Compendious Ecclesiastical History from the Earliest Period of TimeJames Burns, 1840 - 354 pages |
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... authorities constituted of God the honour which is fitting , and which is not injurious to us ; but for these ( people ) , I have not thought them worthy to hear my defence . ' The proconsul said , ' I have wild beasts , and will cast ...
... authorities constituted of God the honour which is fitting , and which is not injurious to us ; but for these ( people ) , I have not thought them worthy to hear my defence . ' The proconsul said , ' I have wild beasts , and will cast ...
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... authorities of the city following him , and all the crowd , as though he had been Christ himself , ut- tering all sorts of cries against him , bore a good testimony . And when asked by the governor who might be the God of the Christians ...
... authorities of the city following him , and all the crowd , as though he had been Christ himself , ut- tering all sorts of cries against him , bore a good testimony . And when asked by the governor who might be the God of the Christians ...
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... authority into its scale ; and sometimes it seemed for a moment triumphant . The doctrine of the Arians was , that our Lord Jesus Christ had been created , like all other things , by God ; that he was not truly God , but a creature ...
... authority into its scale ; and sometimes it seemed for a moment triumphant . The doctrine of the Arians was , that our Lord Jesus Christ had been created , like all other things , by God ; that he was not truly God , but a creature ...
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... authority ; and , on the failure of this accusation , to allege that he had broken a sacred chalice , and put to death one of his clergy . But , on inquiry , this person was found to be still alive , having secreted himself in conse ...
... authority ; and , on the failure of this accusation , to allege that he had broken a sacred chalice , and put to death one of his clergy . But , on inquiry , this person was found to be still alive , having secreted himself in conse ...
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... of St. Athanasius . The favourable prospects of true religion became speedily overclouded again . The Arians continued their machinations , under the authority of the Emperor Constantius ; and , A.D. 320-680 . 63 ARIANISM .
... of St. Athanasius . The favourable prospects of true religion became speedily overclouded again . The Arians continued their machinations , under the authority of the Emperor Constantius ; and , A.D. 320-680 . 63 ARIANISM .
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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 98 - 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 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 20 - Whosoever shall confess Me before men, him will I confess before My Father.
Page 7 - ... they shall take up serpents ; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them ; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
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 34 - 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 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.