A History of the Church: From the Birth of Christ to the Present Time ... with a History of the Several Protestant Denominations ... Including Biographical Notices of the Principal Martyrs and Promoters of Christianity ... to which is Added an Account of the Religious Rites and Ceremonies of All Nations ... Also a View of the Most Efficient Missionary Societies ... and a Chronological Table of the Most Important Events Belonging to Ecclesiastical HistoryA.K. White, 1845 - 504 pages |
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... length nor dry detail are essential to a faithful ecclesiastical history . The great outlines of it are comparatively few ; and incidents sufficiently interesting and important exist , by which to enliven and enrich it . Under this ...
... length nor dry detail are essential to a faithful ecclesiastical history . The great outlines of it are comparatively few ; and incidents sufficiently interesting and important exist , by which to enliven and enrich it . Under this ...
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... length it was more than three thousand miles ; and in breadth it exceeded two thousand . The whole included above sixteen hundred thousand square miles . This vast territory , which was divided into provinces , comprised the countries ...
... length it was more than three thousand miles ; and in breadth it exceeded two thousand . The whole included above sixteen hundred thousand square miles . This vast territory , which was divided into provinces , comprised the countries ...
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... length , the prayers and wishes of such were answered . The prophecies were fulfilled . The long night of darkness and superstition passed by , and the glorious Sun of Righteousness was revealed , to enlighten the nations , and to ...
... length , the prayers and wishes of such were answered . The prophecies were fulfilled . The long night of darkness and superstition passed by , and the glorious Sun of Righteousness was revealed , to enlighten the nations , and to ...
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... length seized the whole company of the apostles , and confin- ed them in the common prison . From this , however , they were mira- culously released in the night , and , to the amazement of their enemies , were found in the morning in ...
... length seized the whole company of the apostles , and confin- ed them in the common prison . From this , however , they were mira- culously released in the night , and , to the amazement of their enemies , were found in the morning in ...
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... length , proved to be more odious and atrocious , than had been those of his predecessor . A brief notice of the above emperors may not be unappropriate in this place , as it will serve to shew something of the amazing corruption of the ...
... length , proved to be more odious and atrocious , than had been those of his predecessor . A brief notice of the above emperors may not be unappropriate in this place , as it will serve to shew something of the amazing corruption of the ...
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Page 163 - 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...
Page 429 - ... delivered from the power of darkness, and translated into the kingdom of God's dear Son ; as having redemption through Christ's blood, and the forgiveness of sins.
Page 34 - And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Page 29 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 87 - Let no man deceive you by any means ; for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition ; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped ; so that he, as God, sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Page 209 - God and man have concurred to punish the wickedness of this time. And think not slightly of this advertisement ; but retire yourself into your country, where you may expect the event in safety. For though there be no appearance of any stir, yet, I say, they will receive a terrible blow — this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them.
Page 223 - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious. And, accordingly, they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment...
Page 201 - 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 133 - Church, to the unity of the faithful, and to that innocence and purity which you possessed at baptism; so that when you die the gates of punishment shall be shut, and the gates of the paradise of delight shall be opened; and if you shall not die at present this grace shall remain in full force when you are at the point of death.
Page 196 - A. — In the exposition of the faith by the Eastern Patriarchs it is said that the word Transubstantiation is not to be taken to define the manner in which the bread and wine are changed into the body and blood of the Lord...