Compendious Ecclesiastical History from the Earliest Period of TimeJames Burns, 1840 - 354 pages |
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... called for , was resisted by those who ought to have promoted it ; when the Western Church became divided ; and at length infidelity came to threaten universal destruction . CHAPTER II . ON THE EARLY PROGRESS OF CHRISTIANITY . A.D. 30 ...
... called for , was resisted by those who ought to have promoted it ; when the Western Church became divided ; and at length infidelity came to threaten universal destruction . CHAPTER II . ON THE EARLY PROGRESS OF CHRISTIANITY . A.D. 30 ...
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... called by the same will in Christ Jesus , are not justified by ourselves , neither by our own wisdom , or knowledge , or piety , or the works we have done in the holiness of our hearts ; but by that faith , by which Almighty God has ...
... called by the same will in Christ Jesus , are not justified by ourselves , neither by our own wisdom , or knowledge , or piety , or the works we have done in the holiness of our hearts ; but by that faith , by which Almighty God has ...
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... called out and requested the asiarch Philip to let loose a lion at Polycarp . He said that it was not lawful for him to do so , as the combats of beasts had closed . They then cried out with one accord that Polycarp should be burned ...
... called out and requested the asiarch Philip to let loose a lion at Polycarp . He said that it was not lawful for him to do so , as the combats of beasts had closed . They then cried out with one accord that Polycarp should be burned ...
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... called to a marriage - supper , instead of being thrown to wild beasts . And after the scourging , after the wild beasts , after the scorch- ing , at last she was placed in a basket , and thrown to a bull , and died , after having been ...
... called to a marriage - supper , instead of being thrown to wild beasts . And after the scourging , after the wild beasts , after the scorch- ing , at last she was placed in a basket , and thrown to a bull , and died , after having been ...
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... called away from this world , he commended to Cyprian the care of his wife and children ; and thus made him the heir of his affection , whom he had formerly made par- taker of the communion of his Church . Cyprian had been exceedingly ...
... called away from this world , he commended to Cyprian the care of his wife and children ; and thus made him the heir of his affection , whom he had formerly made par- taker of the communion of his Church . Cyprian had been exceedingly ...
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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.