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... universe , came into the souls of men not without the Divine will and intervention through the agency of divine and pro- phetic men . " " To the poets sometimes , I mean the very ancient poets , there came a brief utterance from the ...
... universe , came into the souls of men not without the Divine will and intervention through the agency of divine and pro- phetic men . " " To the poets sometimes , I mean the very ancient poets , there came a brief utterance from the ...
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... universe : he is said to have stolen fire , because it was the forethought of men found out its use : he is said to have stolen it from heaven , because it came down in a lightning - flash : and his being chained to a rock is a picture ...
... universe : he is said to have stolen fire , because it was the forethought of men found out its use : he is said to have stolen it from heaven , because it came down in a lightning - flash : and his being chained to a rock is a picture ...
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... universe , the Maker of heaven and earth , ' tempts ' men as though He did not know- for who then does foreknow ? and if He ' repents , ' who is perfect in thought and firm in judgment ? and if He ' hardens ' men's hearts , who makes ...
... universe , the Maker of heaven and earth , ' tempts ' men as though He did not know- for who then does foreknow ? and if He ' repents , ' who is perfect in thought and firm in judgment ? and if He ' hardens ' men's hearts , who makes ...
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... universe , the kind and gentle Word . When he is said to have fed the multitude on five barley - loaves and two fishes , it is meant that he gave mankind the preparatory training of the Law , for barley , like the Law , ripens sooner ...
... universe , the kind and gentle Word . When he is said to have fed the multitude on five barley - loaves and two fishes , it is meant that he gave mankind the preparatory training of the Law , for barley , like the Law , ripens sooner ...
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... universe , 2 subject while we live to the same forces , resolved when we die into the same elements , 3 so by virtue of reason our souls are linked to and continuous with Him , being in reality parts and offshoots of Him . There is no ...
... universe , 2 subject while we live to the same forces , resolved when we die into the same elements , 3 so by virtue of reason our souls are linked to and continuous with Him , being in reality parts and offshoots of Him . There is no ...
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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.