The Ecclesiastical Class Book, Or, History of the Church: From the Birth of Christ to the Present TimeF.J. Huntington, 1839 - 255 pages |
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... Roman Empire , under Au- gustus Cæsar . The Roman Empire , at this time , was a magnificent object . It ex- tended from the river Euphrates on the East , to the Atlantic Ocean on the West . In length it was more than 3000 miles ; and in ...
... Roman Empire , under Au- gustus Cæsar . The Roman Empire , at this time , was a magnificent object . It ex- tended from the river Euphrates on the East , to the Atlantic Ocean on the West . In length it was more than 3000 miles ; and in ...
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... Roman power . A principal article in the religious code of this sect appears to have been , that it was lawful for the Jews to adopt the idolatrous customs of the heathen , when required to do so by those in power , and also to pay ...
... Roman power . A principal article in the religious code of this sect appears to have been , that it was lawful for the Jews to adopt the idolatrous customs of the heathen , when required to do so by those in power , and also to pay ...
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... Roman governors of whom Pontius Pilate was one . Of Philip , the tetrarch of Iturea and Trachonites , little is recorded in the history of the Church . In the reign of Herod Antipas , John the Bap tist lost his life , for reproving that ...
... Roman governors of whom Pontius Pilate was one . Of Philip , the tetrarch of Iturea and Trachonites , little is recorded in the history of the Church . In the reign of Herod Antipas , John the Bap tist lost his life , for reproving that ...
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... Roman Pontiff A. D. 606. This is the pe- riod of the Decline of Paganism . PERIOD V. will extend from the Establishment of the Supremacy of the Roman Pontiff A. D. 606 , to the First Crusade A. D. 1095. This is the period of the Rise of ...
... Roman Pontiff A. D. 606. This is the pe- riod of the Decline of Paganism . PERIOD V. will extend from the Establishment of the Supremacy of the Roman Pontiff A. D. 606 , to the First Crusade A. D. 1095. This is the period of the Rise of ...
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... Roman , the former his Grecian name , being thus ac- complished , he preached , for a short season , in the city of Damascus , whence he went into Arabia ; where having abode nearly three years , he returned about A. D. 40. to Damascus ...
... Roman , the former his Grecian name , being thus ac- complished , he preached , for a short season , in the city of Damascus , whence he went into Arabia ; where having abode nearly three years , he returned about A. D. 40. to Damascus ...
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Page 160 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 18 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 154 - A. — In the exposition of the faith by the Eastern Patriarchs it is said that the word Transubstantiation is not to be taken to define the manner in which the bread and wine are changed into the body and blood of the Lord...
Page 78 - is the key of heaven and of hell; a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer; whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim.
Page 13 - It was not one person, but many, who saw him ; they saw him not only separately but together, not only by night but by day, not at a distance but near, not once but several times; they not only saw him, but touched him, conversed with him, ate with him, examined his person to satisfy their doubts.