This author quotes the questionable authority of Benjamin of Tudela, for the sacrifice of a camel by the caliph at Bosra; but sacrifice undoubtedly forms no part of the ordinary Mahometan ritual; nor will the sanctity of the caliph, as the earthly representative of the prophet, bear any close analogy to the priesthood of the Mosaic or Gentila religions .-- M.] [Footnote 102: Mahomet (Sale's Koran, c.

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153) reproaches the Christians with taking their priests and monks for their lords, besides God.

Yet Maracci (Prodromus, part iii.p.69, 70) excuses the worship, especially of the pope, and quotes, from the Koran itself, the case of Eblis, or Satan, who was cast from heaven for refusing to adore Adam.] [Footnote 103: Koran, c.

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