The Hibbert Lectures

Front Cover
University Press, 1890 - Religion

From inside the book

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

Page 169 - For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 47 - Libanius, there was a y'//J</)irr/irt (Liban. defort. sua, vol. ip 59), which points to an assimilation of Athenian usage in his time to that which is mentioned in the following note. 2 This was fixed by a law of Julian in 362, which, however, states it as a concession on the part of the Emperor : " quia singulis civitatibus adesse ipse non possum, jubeo quisquis docere vult non repente nee temere prosiliat ad hoc munus sed judicio ordinis probatus decretum curialium mereatur, optimorum conspirante...
Page 252 - We thank thee, holy Father, for thy holy name, which thou hast caused to dwell in our hearts, and for the knowledge and faith and immortality which thou hast made known to us through Jesus thy servant ; to thee be the glory forever.

Bibliographic information