Historical Religious EventsD.F. Robinson, 1828 - 148 pages |
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... . 2 . MARTYRDOM OF THE APOSTLES . After the Crucifixion of our Lord , the Apos- tles were scattered abroad in various parts of the They preached the gospel wherever world . they went , and the most of them were called RELIGIOUS EVENTS .
... . 2 . MARTYRDOM OF THE APOSTLES . After the Crucifixion of our Lord , the Apos- tles were scattered abroad in various parts of the They preached the gospel wherever world . they went , and the most of them were called RELIGIOUS EVENTS .
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... Gospel with great success . He suffered martyrdom in the city of Nadabar , being slain by a halbard , about A. D. 60 . St. Mark . After writing his gospel he went to Egypt and founded a church . When Mark was preaching in his church at ...
... Gospel with great success . He suffered martyrdom in the city of Nadabar , being slain by a halbard , about A. D. 60 . St. Mark . After writing his gospel he went to Egypt and founded a church . When Mark was preaching in his church at ...
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... gospel to many Asiatic nations . On arriving at Edessa , the governor of the country ordered him to be crucified on a cross , two ends of which were transversely fixed in the ground ; he lived two days after he was tied to the cross ...
... gospel to many Asiatic nations . On arriving at Edessa , the governor of the country ordered him to be crucified on a cross , two ends of which were transversely fixed in the ground ; he lived two days after he was tied to the cross ...
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... gospel in Parthia and India , where , displeasing the pagan priests , he was martyred , by being thrust through with a spear . St. Luke . This apostle and Evangelist had the advantage of a liberal education , and was by profession a ...
... gospel in Parthia and India , where , displeasing the pagan priests , he was martyred , by being thrust through with a spear . St. Luke . This apostle and Evangelist had the advantage of a liberal education , and was by profession a ...
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... gospels and other parts of the Holy Scriptures to be made into the French language . Perusing these books with deep ... gospel , he abandoned his mercantile vocation , distribu- ted his riches among the poor , and forming an association ...
... gospels and other parts of the Holy Scriptures to be made into the French language . Perusing these books with deep ... gospel , he abandoned his mercantile vocation , distribu- ted his riches among the poor , and forming an association ...
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Page 85 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 28 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our Fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Page 28 - When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones, Forget not : in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese that roll'd Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 38 - I can be convinced by clear reasoning, or by proofs taken from the Holy Scriptures, I neither can nor will recant, because it is neither safe nor advisable to do any thing which is against my conscience. Here I stand ; I cannot do otherwise ; so help me God ! Amen!
Page 97 - The idol is a block of wood, having a frightful visage painted black, with a distended mouth of a bloody colour. His arms are of gold, and he is dressed in gorgeous apparel. The other two idols are of a white and yellow colour. — Five elephants preceded the three towers, bearing towering flags, dressed in crimson caparisons, and having bells hanging to their caparisons, which sounded musically as they moved.
Page 39 - ... orders of regulars, the members of his society should take a fourth vow of obedience to the pope, binding themselves to go whithersoever he should command for the service of religion, and without requiring any thing from the holy see for their support.