Project Gutenberg 2015-06-14 Public domain in the USA. 223 Trumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay) 1830 1903 Trumbull, Henry Clay The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious Rites Produced by KD Weeks, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious Rites" by H. Clay Trumbull is a scholarly examination, written in the late 19th century, focused on the origins and development of religious rites related to covenant relationships between God and humanity. It aims to explore the significance of the threshold, or doorway, as a primitive altar where sacrifices were made to establish such covenants, detailing various cultural practices and historical precedents of this concept across different civilizations. The opening of the text sets the stage for an in-depth analysis of how the threshold serves as a sacred space where significant actions such as sacrifices and ceremonial rites take place. Trumbull begins with the notion of the family altar located at the home’s threshold, illustrating the customs surrounding welcoming guests through blood sacrifices. He emphasizes how these rites symbolize both acceptance into a family and the establishment of a covenant with divine forces, subsequently hinting at various cultural traditions that persistently honor the threshold as a sacred entity. This perspective not only serves to illuminate ancient practices but also connects them with modern interpretations of covenant and sacrificial rituals. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Covenants -- Religious aspects BL Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 1061738 1061697 2024-09-20T13:08:28.156930 2023-09-21T09:34:21.140017 text/html text/html 999572 2015-06-14T10:20:46 text/html; charset=utf-8 431207 2015-06-14T10:20:46 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 494771 2024-09-20T13:08:50.866269 application/epub+zip 508317 2024-09-20T13:08:32.220919 application/epub+zip 390038 2024-09-20T13:08:30.026906 application/epub+zip 872786 2024-09-20T13:09:02.518216 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 769076 2024-09-20T13:08:48.647347 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 652085 2022-09-22T10:04:40.404607 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 636844 636654 2024-09-20T13:08:23.048893 2023-09-21T09:34:16.310980 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 636922 2015-06-14T10:20:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 228051 2015-06-14T10:20:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18189 2024-09-20T13:09:02.687218 application/rdf+xml 12065 2024-09-20T13:08:30.499892 image/jpeg 2018 2024-09-20T13:08:30.233861 image/jpeg 435677 2024-09-20T13:08:28.240877 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia