A compendious ecclesiastical historyJames Burns, 1840 - 254 pages |
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... piety still continued to produce evangelists , saints , and martyrs , and to add wide regions to the Church of Christ . Fourthly , the times ( 1054-1517 ) when the 1 John xiv . 18. 2 John xiv . 16. 3 Matt . xxviii . 20 . East and West ...
... piety still continued to produce evangelists , saints , and martyrs , and to add wide regions to the Church of Christ . Fourthly , the times ( 1054-1517 ) when the 1 John xiv . 18. 2 John xiv . 16. 3 Matt . xxviii . 20 . East and West ...
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... piety , zeal , and eloquence ; St. Dionysius , bishop of Alexandria , justly celebrated for his piety and wisdom , and an exile for the faith of Christ in the persecution of Decius . We learn from Christian writers that miracles were ...
... piety , zeal , and eloquence ; St. Dionysius , bishop of Alexandria , justly celebrated for his piety and wisdom , and an exile for the faith of Christ in the persecution of Decius . We learn from Christian writers that miracles were ...
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... piety to the Virgin Mary , signi- fying that she was the mother of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ , -and taught that God the Word and the man Christ Jesus were different per- sons under the same appearance . This was contrary to the ...
... piety to the Virgin Mary , signi- fying that she was the mother of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ , -and taught that God the Word and the man Christ Jesus were different per- sons under the same appearance . This was contrary to the ...
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... piety , 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 ...
... piety , 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 ...
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... piety . He was , at first , a monk in Syria , where he became so remarkable by his extreme austerity , that his superiors and com- panions judged it excessive , and he was obliged to leave the society . He then established himself as an ...
... piety . He was , at first , a monk in Syria , where he became so remarkable by his extreme austerity , that his superiors and com- panions judged it excessive , and he was obliged to leave the society . He then established himself as an ...
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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.