An ecclesiastical history, antient and modern, from the birth of Christ to the beginning of the eighteenth century, tr. with notes by A. Maclaine, Volume 2 |
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... superstitions . Theodosius the younger distinguished himself in this pious and noble work , and many remarkable monuments of his zeal in this matter are still preserved [ c ] ; such as the laws which enjoined either the destruction of ...
... superstitions . Theodosius the younger distinguished himself in this pious and noble work , and many remarkable monuments of his zeal in this matter are still preserved [ c ] ; such as the laws which enjoined either the destruction of ...
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... superstition of their ancestors , and to embrace the religion of Jesus , may be easily deduced from the facts we have related in the history of their conversion . It would , indeed , be an instance of the blindest and most perverse ...
... superstition of their ancestors , and to embrace the religion of Jesus , may be easily deduced from the facts we have related in the history of their conversion . It would , indeed , be an instance of the blindest and most perverse ...
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... superstitions ; nor did their cruelty and op- position to the Christians arise from any religious principle , or from an enthusiastic desire to ruin the cause of Christianity ; it was merely by the instigation of the Pagans who remained ...
... superstitions ; nor did their cruelty and op- position to the Christians arise from any religious principle , or from an enthusiastic desire to ruin the cause of Christianity ; it was merely by the instigation of the Pagans who remained ...
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... superstition [ d ] . The history of these times , and the writings of several Christians who lived in this century , exhibit evident proofs of these clandestine methods of opposing the pro- gress of the gospel . [ d ] Zacharius Mitylen ...
... superstition [ d ] . The history of these times , and the writings of several Christians who lived in this century , exhibit evident proofs of these clandestine methods of opposing the pro- gress of the gospel . [ d ] Zacharius Mitylen ...
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... superstition and ignorance , and all in general formed their ideas of the rights and liberties of Christian ministers from the model exhibited by the sacerdotal orders among the Hebrews , the Greeks , [ y ] Lud . El . Du Pin , De ...
... superstition and ignorance , and all in general formed their ideas of the rights and liberties of Christian ministers from the model exhibited by the sacerdotal orders among the Hebrews , the Greeks , [ y ] Lud . El . Du Pin , De ...
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Page 419 - And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled : and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Page 420 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them : and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands ; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Page 448 - Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God : 33 Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
Page 420 - AND CAST HIM INTO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT AND SHUT HIM UP AND SET A SEAL UPON HIM, THAT HE SHOULD DECEIVE THE NATIONS NO MORE, TILL THE THOUSAND YEARS SHOULD BE FULFILLED: AND AFTER THAT HE MUST BE LOOSED A LITTLE SEASON. AND I SAW THRONES...
Page 373 - Prince of that region, whom the Nestorians converted to the Christian faith, assumed, according to the vulgar tradition, the name of John after his baptism, to which he added the surname of "Presbyter," from a principle of modesty; whence, it is said, his successors were each of them called " Prester John" until the time of Gingis Khan.
Page 343 - But this consequence was quickly retorted upon those that imagined it ; for they who denied the metamorphosis of the bread and wine into the real body and blood of Christ...
Page 177 - We see here a large and ample description of a good Christian, in which there is not the least mention of the love of God, resignation to his will, obedience to his laws, or of justice, benevolence, and charity towards men.
Page 136 - That the sun, moon, and stars, &c., were animated and endowed with rational souls. 5. That after the resurrection all bodies will be of a round figure. 6. That the torments of the damned will have an end ; and that as Christ had been crucified in this world to save mankind, he is to be crucified in the next to save the devils
Page 166 - The bishops in general were so illiterate, that few of that body were capable of composing the discourses which they delivered to the people. Such of them as were not totally destitute of genius, composed out of the writings of Augustin and Gregory a certain number of insipid homilies, •which they divided between themselves and their CENT.
Page 568 - Germany, such as exorcism, the real presence of the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist...