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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... ministers of Christ to execute with success , their sublime commission to the human race . An unexampled degree of civilization also prevailed . Barbarous tribes had submitted to the Roman laws , which , with all their imperfections ...
... ministers of Christ to execute with success , their sublime commission to the human race . An unexampled degree of civilization also prevailed . Barbarous tribes had submitted to the Roman laws , which , with all their imperfections ...
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... and ecstacy declared the apostles to be gods ; and were scarcely prevented paying them divine homage . Herc , also , a young man , by the name of Timothy , was converted , who afterwards became a minister , and LABORS OF THE APOSTLES . 19.
... and ecstacy declared the apostles to be gods ; and were scarcely prevented paying them divine homage . Herc , also , a young man , by the name of Timothy , was converted , who afterwards became a minister , and LABORS OF THE APOSTLES . 19.
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... minister , and to whom Paul ad- dressed two of his epistles . While the apostles remained here , the adver- saries who ... ministers in every Church . Hence they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia , preaching the word in Perga ...
... minister , and to whom Paul ad- dressed two of his epistles . While the apostles remained here , the adver- saries who ... ministers in every Church . Hence they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia , preaching the word in Perga ...
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... Ministers and people became jealous of one another ; and ambition and covetousness became ascendant in the Church . The worship of God was indeed generally observed ; nominal Christians continually increased ; but the spirit which had ...
... Ministers and people became jealous of one another ; and ambition and covetousness became ascendant in the Church . The worship of God was indeed generally observed ; nominal Christians continually increased ; but the spirit which had ...
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... minister , and a defender of the faith . There is nothing remaining of his works , excepting an epistle addressed to the Corinthian Church . The epistle , next to holy writ , has usually been esteemed one of the most valu- able ...
... minister , and a defender of the faith . There is nothing remaining of his works , excepting an epistle addressed to the Corinthian Church . The epistle , next to holy writ , has usually been esteemed one of the most valu- able ...
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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.