A compendious ecclesiastical historyJames Burns, 1840 - 254 pages |
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... there is no race of men , whether barbarian or Greek , or by whatever other name they be designated , whether they wander in waggons , or dwell in tents , amongst whom prayers and thanks- givings 10 CH . II . ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY .
... there is no race of men , whether barbarian or Greek , or by whatever other name they be designated , whether they wander in waggons , or dwell in tents , amongst whom prayers and thanks- givings 10 CH . II . ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY .
Page 78
... Greek . The Ethiopic was used in Abyssinia , the Armenian in Armenia , Sclavonic in Russia , and Illyric in Illyria . The Latin was vernacular in Italy , Africa , Spain , Gaul , and was employed in the liturgy of those Churches . Even ...
... Greek . The Ethiopic was used in Abyssinia , the Armenian in Armenia , Sclavonic in Russia , and Illyric in Illyria . The Latin was vernacular in Italy , Africa , Spain , Gaul , and was employed in the liturgy of those Churches . Even ...
Page 83
... Greek monks , converted to Christianity the Mœ- sians , Bulgarians , Gazarians , Bohemians , and Mora- vians , about the middle of this century ; and the Sclavonians , Aretani , and other nations of Dalmatia , having expressed , in 867 ...
... Greek monks , converted to Christianity the Mœ- sians , Bulgarians , Gazarians , Bohemians , and Mora- vians , about the middle of this century ; and the Sclavonians , Aretani , and other nations of Dalmatia , having expressed , in 867 ...
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... Greek emperors , Leo , Con- stantine Caballinus , and several of their successors in the eighth and ninth centuries , seeing these abuses , and desirous to free the Church from them , com- menced reformation by breaking down all images ...
... Greek emperors , Leo , Con- stantine Caballinus , and several of their successors in the eighth and ninth centuries , seeing these abuses , and desirous to free the Church from them , com- menced reformation by breaking down all images ...
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... Greek writer in the time of the crusades ( the twelfth cen- tury ) that the Germans did not permit the use of images . However , at length , superstition in this respect became very common in the West , -an evil which was very much ...
... Greek writer in the time of the crusades ( the twelfth cen- tury ) that the Germans did not permit the use of images . However , at length , superstition in this respect became very common in the West , -an evil which was very much ...
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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 68 - 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 192 - Be of good heart, brother, for God will either assuage the fury of the flame, or else strengthen us to abide it.
Page 193 - 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 24 - 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 86 - The body and blood of Christ which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper.
Page 33 - 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 11 - There is not a nation, either of Greek or Barbarian, or of any other name, even of those who wander in tribes, and live in tents, amongst whom prayers and thanksgivings are not offered to the Father and Creator of the universe by the name of the crucified Jesus.