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302 Arguments of Petavius revived 303 The Canon and Authority of Scripture .
304 Mr . Newman ' s preliminary Discussion . 305 Distinctness of New Testament
Teaching . Theory of Development stated . . . Place assigned by it to New ...
302 Arguments of Petavius revived 303 The Canon and Authority of Scripture .
304 Mr . Newman ' s preliminary Discussion . 305 Distinctness of New Testament
Teaching . Theory of Development stated . . . Place assigned by it to New ...
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... and State . . . Established Churches . . . . Married Clergy sufficiently
independent . Incidental Advantages of voluntary Celibacy . Of a married Clergy
Test of clerical Fitness . . . . Ecclesiastical ' Power ' a Phantom . Abrogation of '
Authority ...
... and State . . . Established Churches . . . . Married Clergy sufficiently
independent . Incidental Advantages of voluntary Celibacy . Of a married Clergy
Test of clerical Fitness . . . . Ecclesiastical ' Power ' a Phantom . Abrogation of '
Authority ...
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... still stirring words ; words which , however strange and wearisome from their
perpetual iteration , reveal the man in all his living lineaments , his powers , his
objects , his passions , the secret of his authority , even the causes of his fatal end
.
... still stirring words ; words which , however strange and wearisome from their
perpetual iteration , reveal the man in all his living lineaments , his powers , his
objects , his passions , the secret of his authority , even the causes of his fatal end
.
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He turned from the great authorities of the profession , Hippocrates , Galen ,
Avicenna . He stole away to Aristotle , to his ethics and metaphysics , his
knowledge of which betrays itself even in his most impassioned sermons ; but still
more to ...
He turned from the great authorities of the profession , Hippocrates , Galen ,
Avicenna . He stole away to Aristotle , to his ethics and metaphysics , his
knowledge of which betrays itself even in his most impassioned sermons ; but still
more to ...
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When God , in answer to my prayer , condescended to show me the right way ,
could I decline it ? O gentle Jesus , may I suffer a thousand deaths rather ? There
is a vague story , resting on but slight authority , that Savonarola was the victim of
...
When God , in answer to my prayer , condescended to show me the right way ,
could I decline it ? O gentle Jesus , may I suffer a thousand deaths rather ? There
is a vague story , resting on but slight authority , that Savonarola was the victim of
...
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Page 116 - Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age, And drove those holy Vandals off the stage. But see! each Muse, in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her withered bays; Rome's ancient genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his reverend head.
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