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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... follower of Christ . 9. A third sect were the Essenes , who took their rise about 200 years B. C. They derived their name from the Syriac verb Asa , to heal ; because they ap- plied themselves to the cure of diseases , especially those ...
... follower of Christ . 9. A third sect were the Essenes , who took their rise about 200 years B. C. They derived their name from the Syriac verb Asa , to heal ; because they ap- plied themselves to the cure of diseases , especially those ...
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... followers . The hopes of the latter appear , for a short time , to have been interrupted ; not knowing the pow- er of God , nor fully comprehending , that it was a part of the Divine plan that he should suffer , and afterwards be raised ...
... followers . The hopes of the latter appear , for a short time , to have been interrupted ; not knowing the pow- er of God , nor fully comprehending , that it was a part of the Divine plan that he should suffer , and afterwards be raised ...
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... followers , alive , after his crucifixion . 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 ...
... followers , alive , after his crucifixion . 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 ...
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... followers of Christ greatly alarming the Priests and Sadducees , they seiz- ed the two Apostles , Peter and John , and committed them to prison . The next day , being brought before the Sanhedrim , or Jewish council , the language and ...
... followers of Christ greatly alarming the Priests and Sadducees , they seiz- ed the two Apostles , Peter and John , and committed them to prison . The next day , being brought before the Sanhedrim , or Jewish council , the language and ...
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... followers of Christ had yet been called to suffer death , for his name . But near the end of the year 35 , Stephen , a man pre - eminent for his piety , was furiously attacked , on an occasion of de- fending his doctrines , dragged out ...
... followers of Christ had yet been called to suffer death , for his name . But near the end of the year 35 , Stephen , a man pre - eminent for his piety , was furiously attacked , on an occasion of de- fending his doctrines , dragged out ...
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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.