A Compendious Ecclesiastical History: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeSwords, Stanford & Company, 1841 - 232 pages |
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... existed for some ages in much more per- fection than it subsequently did , when earthly ambition and unchristian feelings were engendered by prosperity , and the tares began to grow thickly among the good wheat . In the time of the ...
... existed for some ages in much more per- fection than it subsequently did , when earthly ambition and unchristian feelings were engendered by prosperity , and the tares began to grow thickly among the good wheat . In the time of the ...
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... existed in Rome , Italy , and Africa . Every Church had and exercised the power of improving its liturgy by the addition of new rites and prayers ; but all adhered to the general order and substance delivered from the begin- ning . The ...
... existed in Rome , Italy , and Africa . Every Church had and exercised the power of improving its liturgy by the addition of new rites and prayers ; but all adhered to the general order and substance delivered from the begin- ning . The ...
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... existed , threw the whole weight of their authority into its scale ; and sometimes it seemed for a moment trium- phant . The doctrine of the Arians was , that our Lord Jesus Christ had been created , like all other things , by God ...
... existed , threw the whole weight of their authority into its scale ; and sometimes it seemed for a moment trium- phant . The doctrine of the Arians was , that our Lord Jesus Christ had been created , like all other things , by God ...
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... existed in those countries . The decline of Christianity in the East and Africa was , however , very gradual , and the Church beheld the spread of the Gospel amongst many other nations . Christianity was now subduing the remnants of ...
... existed in those countries . The decline of Christianity in the East and Africa was , however , very gradual , and the Church beheld the spread of the Gospel amongst many other nations . Christianity was now subduing the remnants of ...
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... existed in the western Churches ; the eastern Churches continued to retain their ancient doctrines undisturbed . During these ages , the practice of private confession to a priest was not held generally to be a matter of necessity . We ...
... existed in the western Churches ; the eastern Churches continued to retain their ancient doctrines undisturbed . During these ages , the practice of private confession to a priest was not held generally to be a matter of necessity . We ...
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Page 21 - But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Page 62 - The night is far spent, the day is at hand : let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day : not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Page 62 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day ; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 6 - And the word of God increased ; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
Page 178 - Be of good heart, brother, for God will either assuage the fury of the flame, or else strengthen us to abide it.
Page 3 - But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are : depart from me all ye workers of iniquity.
Page 4 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 81 - The body and blood of Christ which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper.
Page 183 - I have lived to see this world is made up of perturbations ; and I have been long preparing to leave it, and gathering comfort for the dreadful hour of making my account with God, which I now apprehend to be near...
Page 30 - And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.