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... afterwards , a vast multitude discovered by them , all of whom were condemned . " It appears from a letter of Pliny , the Roman gover- nor of Pontus and Bithynia , about A.D. 107 , that Christianity had nearly caused the heathen worship ...
... afterwards , a vast multitude discovered by them , all of whom were condemned . " It appears from a letter of Pliny , the Roman gover- nor of Pontus and Bithynia , about A.D. 107 , that Christianity had nearly caused the heathen worship ...
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... afterwards rejected as heresies by the Church of Christ . The following passage from the epistle of St. Clement , bishop of Rome , written in the name of the Roman Church to the Church of Corinth , some time before the end of the first ...
... afterwards rejected as heresies by the Church of Christ . The following passage from the epistle of St. Clement , bishop of Rome , written in the name of the Roman Church to the Church of Corinth , some time before the end of the first ...
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... afterwards , a vast multitude discovered by them ; all of whom were condemned , not so much for the crime of burning the city , as for their enmity to mankind . Their executions were so contrived as to expose them to derision and ...
... afterwards , a vast multitude discovered by them ; all of whom were condemned , not so much for the crime of burning the city , as for their enmity to mankind . Their executions were so contrived as to expose them to derision and ...
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... afterwards went to France , where he became a presbyter of the Church of Lyons , and was in this office when the dreadful persecution , which has been before described , arose in the time of Antoninus . After the death of Pothinus , he ...
... afterwards went to France , where he became a presbyter of the Church of Lyons , and was in this office when the dreadful persecution , which has been before described , arose in the time of Antoninus . After the death of Pothinus , he ...
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... afterwards called to bear witness to the faith of Jesus Christ in the face of torment and death , and he did not shrink from the path which he had so often pointed out to his brethren , but laid down his life for the Gospel , A.d. 258 ...
... afterwards called to bear witness to the faith of Jesus Christ in the face of torment and death , and he did not shrink from the path which he had so often pointed out to his brethren , but laid down his life for the Gospel , A.d. 258 ...
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Page 46 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice : and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
Page 7 - 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 34 - For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 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 98 - 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 272 - Saviour Jesus Christ»; to whom with the Father and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, now and for ever ; Amen, Amen.
Page 276 - 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 3 - But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are : depart from me all ye workers of iniquity.
Page 55 - 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.
Page 6 - But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
Page 130 - I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.