 | John Aikin - Biography - 1808 - 730 pages
...whether we consider the extent of his fame, or the multiplicity of his labours," calling him. " a man of vast and uncommon abilities, and the greatest luminary...exhibited to view. Had the justness of his judgment," says he, "been equal to the immensity of his genius, the fervour of his piety, his indefatigable patience,... | |
 | Johann Lorenz Mosheim - Church and state - 1810 - 450 pages
...the multiplicity of his labours, CENT. m. was Origen, a presbyter and catechist of Alexandria, a man of vast and uncommon abilities, and the greatest luminary...genius, the fervour of his piety, his indefatigable paticnce, his extensive erudition, and his other eminent and superior talents, all encomiums must have... | |
 | Johann Lorenz Mosheim - Bibliography - 1811 - 494 pages
...world that this age exhibited to view. Had the juftnefs of his judgment been equal to the immenfity of his genius, the fervour of his piety, his indefatigable patience, his extenfive erudition, and his other eminent and fuperior talents, all encomiums muft have fallen fhort... | |
 | James Townley - Bible - 1813 - 230 pages
...at Tyre, in 254 ; after having suffered much for the testimony of Christ. "A man," says Mosheim, " of vast and uncommon abilities, and " the greatest...that "this age exhibited to view. Had the justness u of his judgment been equal to the immensity of " his genius ', the fervour of his piety, his indefa"... | |
 | Theology - 1828 - 304 pages
...Of Origen, who flourished and wrote in the beginning of the third century, Dr. Mosheira thus writes. "Had the justness of his judgment been equal to the immensity of his genius, the fervor of his piety, his indefatigable patience, his extensive erudition, and his other emiiK-nt and... | |
 | Arminianism - 1822 - 872 pages
...view. Had the justness of Ilia judgment been equal to the immtnsily of his grains, the fervour of hit piety, his indefatigable patience, his extensive erudition,...all encomiums must have fallen short of his merit. Vet, .inch nx he was, his virtues and labours deserve the admiration of all ages ; and his name will... | |
 | Hannah Adams - 1823 - 556 pages
...of heretics, or to his unhappy defect of judgment. " Had the justice of his judgment (says Mosheim) been equal to the immensity of his genius, the fervour...erudition, and his other eminent and superior talents, all encomium must have fallen short of his merits." — [Mosheim's EH vol. i. pp. 245, 270—278. Turner's... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - Bible - 1825 - 854 pages
...Sacrorum, torn. iii. pp. 17 — 15C., and Simon's Hist. C'nt. du Vieux Tect. liv. inch, ix. pp. 439—442. the greatest luminary of the Christian world that...fervour of his piety, his indefatigable patience, bis extensive erudition, and his other eminent and superior talents, nil encomiums must have fallen... | |
 | John Mason Duncan - Creeds - 1825 - 300 pages
...of his fame, or the multiplicity of his labours; — a presbyter and catechist of Alexandria, a man of vast and uncommon abilities, and the greatest luminary...judgment been equal to the immensity of his genius, the fervor of his piety, his indefatigable patience, his extensive erudition, and his other eminent and... | |
 | Theology - 1825 - 312 pages
...language of scripture. He flourished in the third century, and, according to Mosheim, "he was a man of vast and uncommon abilities, and the greatest luminary of the Christian Church which his age exhibited to view." Another passage from Mosheim may now be introduced, which... | |
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