Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ I see, I feel, and am assured, that several men may be very sincere, and yet entertain notions of divinity, all widely different. I confess, now and then some opinions, or some unhappy occurrences are ready to narrow and confine my affections again, if I am not watchful over myself ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ This excellent man observes in his Preface, that "The design of such a work is not to convey an idea of all religious principles being equally true, or safe to those who imbibe them but to exhibit the multiplied speculations of the human mind in as just and impartial a manner as possible. Such things exist or have existed in the world, whether we know them or not ; and the reading of them in a proper spirit may induce us to cleave more closely to the law and to the testimony $ forming our religious principles by their simple and obvious meaning ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ As for modern sects, it has been the practice in this candid age to let them speak for themselves. This liberal principle has been adopted in all the editions of my work, where I had an opportunity to peruse their own authors. ”
