A compendious ecclesiastical historyJames Burns, 1840 - 254 pages |
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... never to build on another's foundation.2 The date of St. Peter's epistle from Babylon suggests the probability of his having preached in Chaldæa ; and St. Thaddeus is said to have taught at Edessa and in Mesopotamia . In Egypt the ...
... never to build on another's foundation.2 The date of St. Peter's epistle from Babylon suggests the probability of his having preached in Chaldæa ; and St. Thaddeus is said to have taught at Edessa and in Mesopotamia . In Egypt the ...
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... never been more wonderfully exhibited than in the patience , the courage , and magnanimity of the martyrs . Animated by the promises of their Saviour , " whosoever shall confess me before men , him will I confess before my Father in ...
... never been more wonderfully exhibited than in the patience , the courage , and magnanimity of the martyrs . Animated by the promises of their Saviour , " whosoever shall confess me before men , him will I confess before my Father in ...
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... never hath he injured me ; and how can I blaspheme my King and my Saviour ? ' When the proconsul continued to urge him , saying , ' Swear by the for- tune of Cæsar ; ' Polycarp saith , Since thou art so vainly urgent that I should swear ...
... never hath he injured me ; and how can I blaspheme my King and my Saviour ? ' When the proconsul continued to urge him , saying , ' Swear by the for- tune of Cæsar ; ' Polycarp saith , Since thou art so vainly urgent that I should swear ...
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... never forsake Christ , who suffered for the salvation of those who are saved out of all the world , nor adore any other . For him , as being the Son of God , we worship ; but the martyrs , as being disciples and imi- tators of the Lord ...
... never forsake Christ , who suffered for the salvation of those who are saved out of all the world , nor adore any other . For him , as being the Son of God , we worship ; but the martyrs , as being disciples and imi- tators of the Lord ...
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... never more wonderfully exemplified than in the existence and final triumph of the Nicene creed . Craft and violence alike failed to overthrow the belief of the Church . The truth is , that this heresy had never been able to take deep ...
... never more wonderfully exemplified than in the existence and final triumph of the Nicene creed . Craft and violence alike failed to overthrow the belief of the Church . The truth is , that this heresy had never been able to take deep ...
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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.