The Progress of Religious Ideas, Through Successive Ages, Volume 3C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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... Cross above the Sun , which heretofore had been his tutelary deity . On it was inscribed the motto : " Under this sign thou shalt conquer . " He and his army gazed at the brilliant phe- nomenon with astonishment . The following night ...
... Cross above the Sun , which heretofore had been his tutelary deity . On it was inscribed the motto : " Under this sign thou shalt conquer . " He and his army gazed at the brilliant phe- nomenon with astonishment . The following night ...
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... cross . Whatever might have been the real origin of the story , the emperor caused a standard to be made in the form of a cross ; and , according to tradition , it was an exact copy of the one seen in his dream . The shaft was cased ...
... cross . Whatever might have been the real origin of the story , the emperor caused a standard to be made in the form of a cross ; and , according to tradition , it was an exact copy of the one seen in his dream . The shaft was cased ...
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... cross to another , was imme- diately transfixed by a spear in his flight , while the bearer of the cross passed on unhurt amid a shower of javelins , and not a man in its immediate neighbourhood was even wounded . This battle gave ...
... cross to another , was imme- diately transfixed by a spear in his flight , while the bearer of the cross passed on unhurt amid a shower of javelins , and not a man in its immediate neighbourhood was even wounded . This battle gave ...
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... Cross , bear- ing the monogram of Christ . This complete revolution in the wheel of fortune elated some of the bishops beyond the bounds of moderation ; and it could not have been otherwise , unless they had been more than human . In ...
... Cross , bear- ing the monogram of Christ . This complete revolution in the wheel of fortune elated some of the bishops beyond the bounds of moderation ; and it could not have been otherwise , unless they had been more than human . In ...
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... cross in her hand ; and it was decreed that his own statue , thus holding the golden image , should be annually brought to the foot of the throne to receive homage from the reigning emperor . In one part of the city , a statue of Apollo ...
... cross in her hand ; and it was decreed that his own statue , thus holding the golden image , should be annually brought to the foot of the throne to receive homage from the reigning emperor . In one part of the city , a statue of Apollo ...
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Page 120 - 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 314 - That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Page 302 - FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word : It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, that thou mightest know the certainty of those things wherein thou hast been instructed.
Page 314 - And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse ; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
Page 313 - Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Page 312 - And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
Page 312 - And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee. And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
Page 314 - And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God...
Page 423 - I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Page 312 - And he said, A certain man had two sons : and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of thy substance that falleth to me.