Compendious Ecclesiastical History from the Earliest Period of TimeJames Burns, 1840 - 354 pages |
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... universal tend- ency of human institutions to decay and dissolution . Whether we contemplate the fate of man himself , or of illustrious empires raised by virtue , cemented by wisdom , but destroyed by luxury and sin , we trace in all ...
... universal tend- ency of human institutions to decay and dissolution . Whether we contemplate the fate of man himself , or of illustrious empires raised by virtue , cemented by wisdom , but destroyed by luxury and sin , we trace in all ...
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... universal destruction . CHAPTER II . ON THE EARLY PROGRESS OF CHRISTIANITY . A.D. 30-320 . HEREUNTO shall we liken the king- dom of God ? or with what comparison shall we compare it ? -said our Lord . " It is like a grain of mustard ...
... universal destruction . CHAPTER II . ON THE EARLY PROGRESS OF CHRISTIANITY . A.D. 30-320 . HEREUNTO shall we liken the king- dom of God ? or with what comparison shall we compare it ? -said our Lord . " It is like a grain of mustard ...
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... universal belief of Christians in the second century , as it still continues in the nineteenth . We here find the most plain assertions of the God- head of the Father , the Son , and the Holy Ghost ; the incarnation and satisfaction of ...
... universal belief of Christians in the second century , as it still continues in the nineteenth . We here find the most plain assertions of the God- head of the Father , the Son , and the Holy Ghost ; the incarnation and satisfaction of ...
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... universal Church ( which sup- ported C¿cilianus ) , declaring it apostate . They denied that its members were Christian , that its baptism was valid , or its clergy lawfully ordained ; and refused to hold communion with them . These ...
... universal Church ( which sup- ported C¿cilianus ) , declaring it apostate . They denied that its members were Christian , that its baptism was valid , or its clergy lawfully ordained ; and refused to hold communion with them . These ...
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... universal Church in all subsequent times . This creed was introduced into the liturgy or service of the eucharist in the fifth and sixth centuries . What has been said of the apostolical antiquity of creeds applies also to liturgies ...
... universal Church in all subsequent times . This creed was introduced into the liturgy or service of the eucharist in the fifth and sixth centuries . What has been said of the apostolical antiquity of creeds applies also to liturgies ...
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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.