A Translation of the Epistles of Clement of Rome, Polycarp, and Ignatius: And of the Apologies of Justin Martyr and Tertullian: with an Introduction and Brief Notes Illustrative of the Ecclesiastical History of the First Two CenturesJ. & J.J. Deighton, 1833 - 502 pages |
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Page lxxiii
... accused . * Tertullian then appeals to the indirect testi- mony which even their adversaries bore to the strictly moral conduct which characterized those who were converted to Christianity and obviates an objection which was brought ...
... accused . * Tertullian then appeals to the indirect testi- mony which even their adversaries bore to the strictly moral conduct which characterized those who were converted to Christianity and obviates an objection which was brought ...
Page lxxxi
... accused of a crime . This freedom from open guilt arose from the superiority which divine . laws possess over those which are of human in- vention . ' k There were others who represented Christianity as merely a system of philosophy ...
... accused of a crime . This freedom from open guilt arose from the superiority which divine . laws possess over those which are of human in- vention . ' k There were others who represented Christianity as merely a system of philosophy ...
Page cvi
... accused the Christians ..... As human sacrifices .. The tasting of blood .. And the crime of incest From all which Christians are free ... X. Christians are accused of neither worshipping the gods nor sacrificing to the safety of the ...
... accused the Christians ..... As human sacrifices .. The tasting of blood .. And the crime of incest From all which Christians are free ... X. Christians are accused of neither worshipping the gods nor sacrificing to the safety of the ...
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... accused of adoring PAGE 333 338 341 245 348 350 An Asses head ... 351 A Cross . The Sun ..... 352 354 Or a being of monstrous form ... 356 XVII . The object of the Christian worship is One God , the Creator of all things ..... 358 - XX ...
... accused of adoring PAGE 333 338 341 245 348 350 An Asses head ... 351 A Cross . The Sun ..... 352 354 Or a being of monstrous form ... 356 XVII . The object of the Christian worship is One God , the Creator of all things ..... 358 - XX ...
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... of Pliny to Trajan , that one of the customary trials , to which those accused of Christianity were exposed , was to urge them to sacrifice to the gods , looking with a severe countenance upon the whole company of 154 THE MARTYRDOM.
... of Pliny to Trajan , that one of the customary trials , to which those accused of Christianity were exposed , was to urge them to sacrifice to the gods , looking with a severe countenance upon the whole company of 154 THE MARTYRDOM.
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Page 5 - And Cain talked with Abel his brother : and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel, his brother ; and slew him.
Page 266 - And in the name of Jesus Christ, who was crucified under Pontius Pilate, and in the name of the Holy Ghost, who through the prophets foretold all things about Jesus, he who is illuminated is washed.
Page 155 - Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. 16. They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Page 234 - Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Page 17 - The place of the Scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
Page 234 - And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous : but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Page 19 - Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight; that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
Page 234 - Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
Page 20 - Hide thy face from my sins, And blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with thy free Spirit.
Page 19 - Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.