Essays on the Rise and Progress of the Christian Religion in the West of Europe: From the Reign of Tiberius to the End of the Council of Trent |
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... Bishop of Jerusalem ; James the brother of John had that title and authority . Yet he was during his life revered and followed as the Apostle chosen by Jesus to be the founder of his Church . St. John says in the second chapter of his ...
... Bishop of Jerusalem ; James the brother of John had that title and authority . Yet he was during his life revered and followed as the Apostle chosen by Jesus to be the founder of his Church . St. John says in the second chapter of his ...
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... Bishop of Rome ; and , lastly , transformed into a school of vice and immorality resembling the picture which St. Paul has left to us of Roman society under the empire . I proceed to speak of each of these signs of dege- neracy . From ...
... Bishop of Rome ; and , lastly , transformed into a school of vice and immorality resembling the picture which St. Paul has left to us of Roman society under the empire . I proceed to speak of each of these signs of dege- neracy . From ...
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... Bishop Burnet has con- trasted the value of the gifts offered in one year to God , to Jesus Christ , and to St. Thomas in the cathe- dral of Canterbury . In the same manner , the offerings to St. James , in the cathedral of Santiago in ...
... Bishop Burnet has con- trasted the value of the gifts offered in one year to God , to Jesus Christ , and to St. Thomas in the cathe- dral of Canterbury . In the same manner , the offerings to St. James , in the cathedral of Santiago in ...
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... bishop of Carthage , and the preference given to Cæcilian by the majority of the electors . It is true that the appellation of heretic , and the reproach of deserting the standard of Christ , were freely hurled from one party to the ...
... bishop of Carthage , and the preference given to Cæcilian by the majority of the electors . It is true that the appellation of heretic , and the reproach of deserting the standard of Christ , were freely hurled from one party to the ...
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... bishops . Constantine himself attended the council , seated on a low stool , and leaving outside his guards . The emperor being deeply intent on promot- ing peace and Christianity on each side , and his bishops still more intent on war ...
... bishops . Constantine himself attended the council , seated on a low stool , and leaving outside his guards . The emperor being deeply intent on promot- ing peace and Christianity on each side , and his bishops still more intent on war ...
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Page 286 - Then kneeling down, to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays: Hope "springs exulting on triumphant wing," That thus they all shall meet in future days: There, ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere...
Page 302 - Transubstantiation, or the change of the substance of bread and wine in the supper of the ' Lord, cannot be proved by holy writ ; but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions.
Page 32 - But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles : but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision. And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
Page 302 - As the godly consideration of Predestination, and our Election in Christ, is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort to godly persons, and such as feel in themselves the working of the Spirit of Christ, mortifying the works of the flesh, and their earthly members, and drawing up their mind to high and heavenly things...
Page 24 - Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see :The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them : and blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me.
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Page 6 - An English-Greek Lexicon, containing all the Greek Words used by Writers of good authority. By CD YONGE, BA New Edition.
Page 285 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care, And " Let us worship God !
Page 12 - And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth : for there is one God ; and there is none other but he: And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than, all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices. And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.
Page 23 - But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of me : And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.