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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... friends of Christianity must devoutly wish might be done away . In the present edition , the number of churches , min- isters and members belonging to the several denomi- nations , have been omitted , for the reason that their numbers ...
... friends of Christianity must devoutly wish might be done away . In the present edition , the number of churches , min- isters and members belonging to the several denomi- nations , have been omitted , for the reason that their numbers ...
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... friend of that Redeemer , whose followers he was now designing to destroy . 13. The conversion of Saul , who , from this time appears to have been called Paul , the latter being his Roman , the former his Grecian name , being thus ac ...
... friend of that Redeemer , whose followers he was now designing to destroy . 13. The conversion of Saul , who , from this time appears to have been called Paul , the latter being his Roman , the former his Grecian name , being thus ac ...
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... friends stood round him , he rose up , and walked into the city , whence , the next day , he and Barnabas departed to Derbe . Having here , also , suc- cessfully proclaimed the name of Jesus , they returned to Lystra , Iconium and ...
... friends stood round him , he rose up , and walked into the city , whence , the next day , he and Barnabas departed to Derbe . Having here , also , suc- cessfully proclaimed the name of Jesus , they returned to Lystra , Iconium and ...
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... friends at Antioch , Paul again took leave of them , A. D. 53 , and commenced his third journey , ( Acts xviii . 23. ) in which he visited Galatia , Phrygia and Ephesus ; at which last place having resided for three years , ( till 56 ) ...
... friends at Antioch , Paul again took leave of them , A. D. 53 , and commenced his third journey , ( Acts xviii . 23. ) in which he visited Galatia , Phrygia and Ephesus ; at which last place having resided for three years , ( till 56 ) ...
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... friends of true piety ; for although he did not espouse Christianity , he neither persecuted it himself , nor suffered others to persecute it . It was an exclamation of this prince , worthy even of a Christian , upon recollecting , one ...
... friends of true piety ; for although he did not espouse Christianity , he neither persecuted it himself , nor suffered others to persecute it . It was an exclamation of this prince , worthy even of a Christian , upon recollecting , one ...
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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.