A Compendious Ecclesiastical History: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeSwords, Stanford & Company, 1841 - 232 pages |
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... king- dom of Christ , under the figure of " the stone cut out of the mountain without hands , " which " became a great mountain , and filled the whole earth . " Thus was Christianity destined to spring from a small and obscure beginning ...
... king- dom of Christ , under the figure of " the stone cut out of the mountain without hands , " which " became a great mountain , and filled the whole earth . " Thus was Christianity destined to spring from a small and obscure beginning ...
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... King , and every tongue confess unto him ; and that he may exercise righteous judgment on all — may send spiritual wickedness , and the an- gels that transgressed and became apostate , and the impious , unrighteous , wicked , and ...
... King , and every tongue confess unto him ; and that he may exercise righteous judgment on all — may send spiritual wickedness , and the an- gels that transgressed and became apostate , and the impious , unrighteous , wicked , and ...
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... King and my Saviour ? ' When the proconsul continued to urge him , saying , ' Swear by the fortune of Cæsar ; ' Polycarp saith , ' Since thou art so vainly urgent that I should swear by the fortune of Cæsar , and feignest not to know ...
... King and my Saviour ? ' When the proconsul continued to urge him , saying , ' Swear by the fortune of Cæsar ; ' Polycarp saith , ' Since thou art so vainly urgent that I should swear by the fortune of Cæsar , and feignest not to know ...
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... King and Master . ” Space will not permit me to cite similar examples of faith and Christian heroism from the martyrdoms of the blessed Si- meon , bishop of Jérusalem ; St. Ignatius , bishop of Antioch ; Justin Martyr ; the martyrs of ...
... King and Master . ” Space will not permit me to cite similar examples of faith and Christian heroism from the martyrdoms of the blessed Si- meon , bishop of Jérusalem ; St. Ignatius , bishop of Antioch ; Justin Martyr ; the martyrs of ...
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... king and people of Armenia by St. Gregory the illuminator , when the most formidable heresy by which she has ever been af- A.D. 319 . flicted made its appearance . The evil doctrine of Arius , presbyter of Alexandria , disturbed the ...
... king and people of Armenia by St. Gregory the illuminator , when the most formidable heresy by which she has ever been af- A.D. 319 . flicted made its appearance . The evil doctrine of Arius , presbyter of Alexandria , disturbed the ...
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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.