An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, Volume 2T. Cadell, 1826 - Church history |
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... doctors who adopted the Platonic system , and were sufficiently qualified to explain it to the youth , this naturally prevented the schools of these heathen sages from being so much frequented as they had formerly been . VI . The credit ...
... doctors who adopted the Platonic system , and were sufficiently qualified to explain it to the youth , this naturally prevented the schools of these heathen sages from being so much frequented as they had formerly been . VI . The credit ...
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... Doctors and Ministers of the Christian Church , and its Form of Government . I. SEVERAL causes contributed to bring about a The external change in the external form of ecclesiastical govern- ment . The power of the bishops ...
... Doctors and Ministers of the Christian Church , and its Form of Government . I. SEVERAL causes contributed to bring about a The external change in the external form of ecclesiastical govern- ment . The power of the bishops ...
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... doctors imitated the manner of the heathen schools ; and this was the first step to that universal dominion , which the Stagirite afterwards obtained in the republic of letters . A second and yet larger stride toward this universal ...
... doctors imitated the manner of the heathen schools ; and this was the first step to that universal dominion , which the Stagirite afterwards obtained in the republic of letters . A second and yet larger stride toward this universal ...
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... name of Palestine ; and accordingly the original is thus expressed , Trium Palæstinarum Episcopum seu Patriarcham . After the destruc- CENT . V. a rank that rendered him supreme and CHAP . II . DOCTORS , CHURCH - GOVERNMENT , & c . 21.
... name of Palestine ; and accordingly the original is thus expressed , Trium Palæstinarum Episcopum seu Patriarcham . After the destruc- CENT . V. a rank that rendered him supreme and CHAP . II . DOCTORS , CHURCH - GOVERNMENT , & c . 21.
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... patri- archali , printed at the end of archbishop Usher's book , entitled , Opusculum de Origine Episcoporum et Metropolitanorum . CENT . V. the prerogatives of their bishops , and CHAP . II . DOCTORS , CHURCH - GOVERNMENT , & c . 23.
... patri- archali , printed at the end of archbishop Usher's book , entitled , Opusculum de Origine Episcoporum et Metropolitanorum . CENT . V. the prerogatives of their bishops , and CHAP . II . DOCTORS , CHURCH - GOVERNMENT , & c . 23.
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Page 383 - Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God : 33 Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
Page 357 - AND I SAW AN ANGEL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, HAVING THE KEY OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT AND A GREAT CHAIN IN HIS HAND. AND HE LAID HOLD ON THE DRAGON, THAT OLD SERPENT, WHICH IS THE DEVIL AND SATAN AND BOUND HIM A THOUSAND YEARS. AND CAST HIM INTO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT AND SHUT HIM UP AND SET A SEAL UPON HIM, THAT HE SHOULD DECEIVE THE NATIONS NO MORE, TILL THE THOUSAND YEARS SHOULD BE FULFILLED: AND AFTER THAT HE MUST BE LOOSED A LITTLE SEASON.
Page 211 - Homiliarium of Charlemagne ; and which being followed as a model by many productions of the same kind, composed by private persons, from a principle of pious zeal, contributed much (says Mosheim) to nourish the indolence 'and to perpetuate the ignorance of a worthless clergy.
Page 272 - The bodies of the saints were sought by fasting and prayer, instituted by the priest, in order to obtain a divine answer, and an infallible direction ; and this pretended direction never failed to accomplish their desires : the holy carcass was always found, and that always in consequence, as they impiously gave out, of the suggestion and inspiration of God himself. Each discovery of this kind was attended with excessive demonstrations of joy, and animated the zeal of these devout seekers to enrich...
Page 213 - ... in France, Germany, and Italy, both during this and the following century. But that these Hibernians were the first teachers of the scholastic theology in Europe, and so early as the eighth century illustrated the doctrines of religion by the principles of philosophy) I learned but lately...
Page 420 - His purpose was to engage, in the bonds of fidelity and allegiance to St. Peter, ie to the Roman pontiffs, all the kings and princes of the earth, and to establish at Rome an annual assembly of bishops, by whom the contests that might arise between kingdoms or sovereign states were to be decided, the rights and pretensions of princes to be examined, and the fate of nations and empires to be determined.
Page 224 - Saronium, torn. iii. p. 323. is of opinion, that this controversy had both its date and its occasion from the dispute concerning images : for, when the Latins treated the Greeks as heretics, on account of their opposition to image worship, the Greeks in their turn charged the Latins also with heresy, on account of their maintaining that the Holy Ghost proceeded from the Father and the Son.
Page 340 - ... perfumes. One Holy Thursday, as he was celebrating highmass, his groom brought him the joyful news that one of his favourite mares had foaled ; upon which he threw down the Liturgy, left the church, and ran in raptures to the stable, where, having expressed his joy at that grand event, he returned to the altar to finish the divine service, which he had left interrupted during his absence
Page 357 - And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit...
Page 26 - ... temples, and such like matters, and even transferring them into their religious services ; and as, instead of entirely abolishing the rites and institutions of ancient times, these institutions were still observed with only some slight alterations; all this swelled of necessity the torrent of superstition, and deformed the beauty of the Christian religion and worship with those corrupt remains of paganism, which still subsist in a certain Church. " It will not be improper to observe here...