General History of Civilization in Europe: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution, Volume 3D. Appleton, 1846 |
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... mean- ing of the word feodum - It is synonymous with beneficium - History of benefices , from the 8th to the 10th century - Examination of the system of Montesquieu concerning the legal gradation of the duration of bene- fices Causes of ...
... mean- ing of the word feodum - It is synonymous with beneficium - History of benefices , from the 8th to the 10th century - Examination of the system of Montesquieu concerning the legal gradation of the duration of bene- fices Causes of ...
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... of articles wrong- ly placed ; various readings of the same manuscript are set down as different capitula . I do not by any means propose to 2 ii . , 91 . go through a list of the blunders of this description CIVILIZATION IN FRANCE . 15.
... of articles wrong- ly placed ; various readings of the same manuscript are set down as different capitula . I do not by any means propose to 2 ii . , 91 . go through a list of the blunders of this description CIVILIZATION IN FRANCE . 15.
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... means , to augment his possessions ; now making use , for this purpose , of menaces of eternal flames , now of promises of eternal beatitude ; in the name of God or of some saint despoiling simple - minded men of their property , to the ...
... means , to augment his possessions ; now making use , for this purpose , of menaces of eternal flames , now of promises of eternal beatitude ; in the name of God or of some saint despoiling simple - minded men of their property , to the ...
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... means of government ; but he wished to make use of them , and not for them to make use of him : the capitularies attest his vigilance in governing the clergy himself , and keeping it under his power . You have seen , by some of the ...
... means of government ; but he wished to make use of them , and not for them to make use of him : the capitularies attest his vigilance in governing the clergy himself , and keeping it under his power . You have seen , by some of the ...
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... mean provisions relative , not to the clergy , to ecclesiastics alone , but to the faithful , to the Christian people , and to its relations with the priests . It is thus distinguished from canonical legisla- tion , which concerns only ...
... mean provisions relative , not to the clergy , to ecclesiastics alone , but to the faithful , to the Christian people , and to its relations with the priests . It is thus distinguished from canonical legisla- tion , which concerns only ...
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Page 173 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Page 172 - Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
Page 173 - Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say ? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
Page 173 - For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
Page 173 - And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked : and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter. So Paul departed from among them. Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed : among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Page 173 - Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, to the unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;...
Page 173 - And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
Page 172 - Dialogue on the Immortality of the Soul and the Resurrection of the Body...
Page 45 - ... of Saint Martin, the honey of the holy writings ; I essay to intoxicate others with the old wine of antique studies ; one class I nourish with the fruits of grammatical science ; in the eyes of another, I display the order of the stars.