The History of Christianity: From the Birth of Christ to the Abolition of Paganism in the Roman Empire, Volume 1Baudry's European Library, 1840 - Church history |
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... Peaceful Conduct of the Christians 349 Persecution in the East 350 D. 180-284 . ) .. ib . Christianity not persecuted in the Insecurity of the Throne favour- West .... ib . able to Christianity .. ib . Probable Causes of Persecution ...
... Peaceful Conduct of the Christians 349 Persecution in the East 350 D. 180-284 . ) .. ib . Christianity not persecuted in the Insecurity of the Throne favour- West .... ib . able to Christianity .. ib . Probable Causes of Persecution ...
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... Peace of the Christians ( A. D. 284. ) 378 Maxentius . ..... ib . Constantine Progress of Christianity .. Relaxation of Christian Morals ... ib . Charity . Dioclesian ib . 379 Change in the State of the Empire ib . Neglect of Rome ...
... Peace of the Christians ( A. D. 284. ) 378 Maxentius . ..... ib . Constantine Progress of Christianity .. Relaxation of Christian Morals ... ib . Charity . Dioclesian ib . 379 Change in the State of the Empire ib . Neglect of Rome ...
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... peaceful subordination under the supreme divinity of the Roman Gradivus , ( 1 ) There is a curious passage in Lydus de Ostentis , a book which probably contains some parts of the ancient ritual of Rome . A certain aspect of a comet not ...
... peaceful subordination under the supreme divinity of the Roman Gradivus , ( 1 ) There is a curious passage in Lydus de Ostentis , a book which probably contains some parts of the ancient ritual of Rome . A certain aspect of a comet not ...
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... Peace was at length received among the gods of Rome . And as long as the worship of the heart continued to sanc- tify these impersonations of human virtues , their adoration tended to maintain the lofty moral tone ; but as soon as that ...
... Peace was at length received among the gods of Rome . And as long as the worship of the heart continued to sanc- tify these impersonations of human virtues , their adoration tended to maintain the lofty moral tone ; but as soon as that ...
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... Peace enervated the deities , as well as the soldiers of Rome : their Occupation was gone ( 2 ) ; the augurs read no longer the signs of conquest in the entrails of the victims ; and though down to the days of Augustine ( 3 ) , Roman ...
... Peace enervated the deities , as well as the soldiers of Rome : their Occupation was gone ( 2 ) ; the augurs read no longer the signs of conquest in the entrails of the victims ; and though down to the days of Augustine ( 3 ) , Roman ...
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Page 51 - Fear not, Mary; for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
Page 51 - Then said Mary unto the angel, " How shall this be, seeing I know not a man ? " And the angel answered and said unto her, " The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee : therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age : and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. For with God nothing shall be impossible." And Mary said,...
Page 51 - Fear not, Mary : for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shall conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a Son, and shall call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest : and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David : and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
Page 139 - Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. 29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
Page 51 - Behold the handmaid of the Lord ; be it unto me according to thy word.
Page 119 - He shall not strive, nor cry, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets ; a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench ; till he send forth judgment unto victory.
Page 161 - Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna; Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord, 14.
Page 210 - ... uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost : as your fathers did, so do ye.
Page 24 - ... it is not in the broad and fierce manifestations of the elemental energies, not in the clash of the hail nor the drift of the whirlwind, that the highest characters of the sublime are developed. God is not in the earthquake nor in the fire, but in the still, small voice.
Page 145 - The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.