Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, System of universal knowledge, Volume 221852 |
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... called ministers ( perhaps deaconesses ) : he was unable , however , to discover anything , except , to use his own language , “ a wilful and immoderate superstition ; " an expression , as may be inferred from the whole tenour of the ...
... called ministers ( perhaps deaconesses ) : he was unable , however , to discover anything , except , to use his own language , “ a wilful and immoderate superstition ; " an expression , as may be inferred from the whole tenour of the ...
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... called by Dion Cassius , Caracalla's rgopiùs ( i . e . the person who had the care of his education ) , and that Proculus was her freedman . ( Diatrib . de Jure Princip . Edict . Eccles . quæsit . p . 62. ) Bishop Kaye has observed ...
... called by Dion Cassius , Caracalla's rgopiùs ( i . e . the person who had the care of his education ) , and that Proculus was her freedman . ( Diatrib . de Jure Princip . Edict . Eccles . quæsit . p . 62. ) Bishop Kaye has observed ...
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... called Chrestiani , instead of Christiani . ( Tertull . Apol . c . iii . ) Tertull . Apol . c . ii . 5 Ibid . c . xxxv . xxxvi . xxxviii . xxxix , A. D. 204. feelings exerted an undivided influence , retired CHRISTIANITY IN THE REIGN OF ...
... called Chrestiani , instead of Christiani . ( Tertull . Apol . c . iii . ) Tertull . Apol . c . ii . 5 Ibid . c . xxxv . xxxvi . xxxviii . xxxix , A. D. 204. feelings exerted an undivided influence , retired CHRISTIANITY IN THE REIGN OF ...
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... called up the souls of the departed by 1 Tertull . Apol . c . xxxv . 10 2 Tertull . ( de Idolol . c . i . ) calls it principale crimen generis humani , & c . Cyprian , summum delictum , Ep . 10. Thiers , Traite des Superstitions , lib ...
... called up the souls of the departed by 1 Tertull . Apol . c . xxxv . 10 2 Tertull . ( de Idolol . c . i . ) calls it principale crimen generis humani , & c . Cyprian , summum delictum , Ep . 10. Thiers , Traite des Superstitions , lib ...
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... called from the Adriatic Gulf . From him will arise three others , who will rule the empire together at the same time , but at length one will remain sole possessor . These three scions ( xλádor ) are Antoninus , Marcus Aurelius , and L ...
... called from the Adriatic Gulf . From him will arise three others , who will rule the empire together at the same time , but at length one will remain sole possessor . These three scions ( xλádor ) are Antoninus , Marcus Aurelius , and L ...
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Page 61 - And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
Page 146 - Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee ? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia : and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth : and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
Page 146 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Page 170 - But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God : this did not Abraham.
Page 186 - See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Page 120 - Wilson's Illustration of the Method of explaining the New Testament, by the early opinions of Jews and Christians concerning Christ.
Page 131 - If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee, lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him; thou shalt surely help with him.
Page 167 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it shall live. "And...
Page 147 - Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind...
Page 30 - An Inquiry into the Secondary Causes which Mr. Gibbon has assigned for the rapid growth of Christianity.