Compendious Ecclesiastical History from the Earliest Period of TimeJames Burns, 1840 - 354 pages |
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... remarkable testimony , that Christi- anity had , in the course of about fifty years , almost subverted idolatry in those provinces . Little is known of the progress of Christianity for some years after the death of the apostles . The ...
... remarkable testimony , that Christi- anity had , in the course of about fifty years , almost subverted idolatry in those provinces . Little is known of the progress of Christianity for some years after the death of the apostles . The ...
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... remarkable men in the Church after this time was ORIGEN , who having succeeded Clement in the government of the school of Alex- andria , made himself renowned in the Christian Church by his commentaries on Scripture , and his versions ...
... remarkable men in the Church after this time was ORIGEN , who having succeeded Clement in the government of the school of Alex- andria , made himself renowned in the Christian Church by his commentaries on Scripture , and his versions ...
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... remarkable for the extent of its charities to the distressed and persecuted Christians at Corinth and in the East ; and Dionysius of Alex- andria , in the following century , attests that the same truly Christian conduct was still in ...
... remarkable for the extent of its charities to the distressed and persecuted Christians at Corinth and in the East ; and Dionysius of Alex- andria , in the following century , attests that the same truly Christian conduct was still in ...
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... remarkable escape from his enemies . While he was sailing up the Nile into the interior of Egypt , his persecutors , hearing of it , followed him ; but he , being admonished of God , informed his com- panions of their danger , and ...
... remarkable escape from his enemies . While he was sailing up the Nile into the interior of Egypt , his persecutors , hearing of it , followed him ; but he , being admonished of God , informed his com- panions of their danger , and ...
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William Palmer. ministry of the Church . I shall mention some of the most remarkable men in each class successively . Many of the most truly pious and holy men whom these ages produced , were among those who lived retired from the world ...
William Palmer. ministry of the Church . I shall mention some of the most remarkable men in each class successively . Many of the most truly pious and holy men whom these ages produced , were among those who lived retired from the world ...
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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.