A compendious ecclesiastical historyJames Burns, 1840 - 254 pages |
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... charity be- tween all Christians . 66 By this , " said our Lord , shall all men know that ye are my disciples , if ye 66 66 have love one to another . " l By 26 CH . VI . ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY . CHAPTER VI Communion, Rites, and ...
... charity be- tween all Christians . 66 By this , " said our Lord , shall all men know that ye are my disciples , if ye 66 66 have love one to another . " l By 26 CH . VI . ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY . CHAPTER VI Communion, Rites, and ...
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... 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 full exercise , and that 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 full exercise , and that its ...
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... charity was chilled ; in the other it was entirely destroyed . Novatian , disappointed of the bishopric of Rome , rebelled against his bishop , Cornelius , and established a rival community at Rome , of which he was constituted the ...
... charity was chilled ; in the other it was entirely destroyed . Novatian , disappointed of the bishopric of Rome , rebelled against his bishop , Cornelius , and established a rival community at Rome , of which he was constituted the ...
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... charity , and devotion . The Christian who best knows his own heart will most deeply feel the continual tendency of the world , with all its busy thoughts and interests , to deaden his sense of religion , and to withdraw him from the ...
... charity , and devotion . The Christian who best knows his own heart will most deeply feel the continual tendency of the world , with all its busy thoughts and interests , to deaden his sense of religion , and to withdraw him from the ...
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... charity towards the sick and afflicted ; in a word , to all the parts of a life entirely religious , and to continual preparation for death . They literally fol- lowed the advice of our Lord to his disciples , " Sell that ye have , and ...
... charity towards the sick and afflicted ; in a word , to all the parts of a life entirely religious , and to continual preparation for death . They literally fol- lowed the advice of our Lord to his disciples , " Sell that ye have , and ...
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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.