A Compendious Ecclesiastical History: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeSwords, Stanford & Company, 1841 - 232 pages |
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... piety still continued to produce evangelists , saints , and martyrs , and to add wide regions to the Church of Christ . Fourthly , the times ( 1054-1517 ) when the East and West were estranged by the ambition of the Roman pontiffs ...
... piety still continued to produce evangelists , saints , and martyrs , and to add wide regions to the Church of Christ . Fourthly , the times ( 1054-1517 ) when the East and West were estranged by the ambition of the Roman pontiffs ...
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... piety , zeal , and eloquence ; St. Dionysius , bishop of Alexandria , justly celebrated for his piety and wisdom , and an exile for the faith of Christ in the persecu tion of Decius . We learn from Christian writers that miracles were ...
... piety , zeal , and eloquence ; St. Dionysius , bishop of Alexandria , justly celebrated for his piety and wisdom , and an exile for the faith of Christ in the persecu tion of Decius . We learn from Christian writers that miracles were ...
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... piety to the Virgin Mary , signifying that she was the mother of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ , -and taught that God the Word and the man Christ Jesus were different persons under the same appearance . This was contrary to the ...
... piety to the Virgin Mary , signifying that she was the mother of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ , -and taught that God the Word and the man Christ Jesus were different persons under the same appearance . This was contrary to the ...
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... piety , charity , and devotion . The Christian who best knows his own heart will most deeply feel the continual tendency of the world , with all its busy thoughts and interests , to deaden his sense of religion , and to withdraw him ...
... piety , charity , and devotion . The Christian who best knows his own heart will most deeply feel the continual tendency of the world , with all its busy thoughts and interests , to deaden his sense of religion , and to withdraw him ...
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... piety . He was , at first , a monk in Syria , where he became so remark- able by his extreme austerity , that his superiors and com- panions judged it excessive , and he was obliged to leave the society . He then established himself as ...
... piety . He was , at first , a monk in Syria , where he became so remark- able by his extreme austerity , that his superiors and com- panions judged it excessive , and he was obliged to leave the society . He then established himself as ...
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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.