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 Centures |
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... Church , there are few periods of greater interest and importance than that which succeeded the death of the Apostles . As long as any of those holy men survived , who had personally received instruction from our Lord , they connected ...
... Church , there are few periods of greater interest and importance than that which succeeded the death of the Apostles . As long as any of those holy men survived , who had personally received instruction from our Lord , they connected ...
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... Church was changed . The efforts of its enemies were exerted with greater energy to suppress Chris- tianity , as the numbers of those who professed the faith increased ; while the apparent means of de- fence were materially impaired ...
... Church was changed . The efforts of its enemies were exerted with greater energy to suppress Chris- tianity , as the numbers of those who professed the faith increased ; while the apparent means of de- fence were materially impaired ...
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... Church possess also a charm peculiar to themselves . The records of ecclesiastical history in subsequent years too often display a melancholy picture . The turbulent pas- sions of the worldly minded , the fiery zeal of the intemperate ...
... Church possess also a charm peculiar to themselves . The records of ecclesiastical history in subsequent years too often display a melancholy picture . The turbulent pas- sions of the worldly minded , the fiery zeal of the intemperate ...
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... Church thought and wrote , we are not at liberty to omit what may appear to us superfluous and fanciful in illustration , or diffuse and inconclusive in rea- soning ; or simply uninteresting , because it refers to errors which have long ...
... Church thought and wrote , we are not at liberty to omit what may appear to us superfluous and fanciful in illustration , or diffuse and inconclusive in rea- soning ; or simply uninteresting , because it refers to errors which have long ...
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... Church . Had not the pens of the Evangelists and Apostles been guided by a wisdom superior to any which those writers possessed by ordinary means , they never could have produced a work , which , even as a specimen of plain yet majestic ...
... Church . Had not the pens of the Evangelists and Apostles been guided by a wisdom superior to any which those writers possessed by ordinary means , they never could have produced a work , which , even as a specimen of plain yet majestic ...
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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.