Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: First Series, Volume VI St. Augustine"The Council of Nicaea in 325 AD marked the beginning of a new era in Christianity. For the first time, doctrines were organized into a single creed. The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers did most of their writing during and after this important event in Church history. Unlike the previous era of Christian writing, the Nicene and Post-Nicene era is dominated by a few very important and prolific writers. In Volume VI of the 14-volume collected writings of the Nicenes and Post-Nicenes (first published between 1886 and 1889), readers will find Saint Augustines exegesis on the Gospels and the Sermon on the Mount, which strove to interpret and draw meaning out of the text without incorporating the author's personal agenda or bias. Also included in this volume are a selection of Augustines sermons." |
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Even the mistakes of an exegete, properly disposed, may confirm religious faith and character; and so far forth are his labors to be commended, though he himself is to be corrected, that he err not again after the same manner.
Even the mistakes of an exegete, properly disposed, may confirm religious faith and character; and so far forth are his labors to be commended, though he himself is to be corrected, that he err not again after the same manner.
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Now, where there is no sound faith, there can be no righteousness, for the just [righteous] man lives by faith.? Neither let schismatics promise themselves anything of that reward ; for similarly, I Mulia ; Vulgate, atfm.
Now, where there is no sound faith, there can be no righteousness, for the just [righteous] man lives by faith.? Neither let schismatics promise themselves anything of that reward ; for similarly, I Mulia ; Vulgate, atfm.
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... spiritual interpretation, in order that what has been said may be understood without absurdity. 2 j. And so we may interpret the altar spiritually, as being faith itself in the inner temple of God, whose emblem is the visible altar.
... spiritual interpretation, in order that what has been said may be understood without absurdity. 2 j. And so we may interpret the altar spiritually, as being faith itself in the inner temple of God, whose emblem is the visible altar.
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faith, and, as it were, placed on that fixedly and immoveably, so that what we utter may remain whole and uninjured. For many heretics, not having the altar, i,e. true faith, have spoken blasphemies for praise ; being weighed down, ...
faith, and, as it were, placed on that fixedly and immoveably, so that what we utter may remain whole and uninjured. For many heretics, not having the altar, i,e. true faith, have spoken blasphemies for praise ; being weighed down, ...
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... conversation and conduct; and therefore they ought not to conceal their good works from each other, by which they are to be mutually attracted, so that the one may be able to attract the other to communion in the Christian faith.
... conversation and conduct; and therefore they ought not to conceal their good works from each other, by which they are to be mutually attracted, so that the one may be able to attract the other to communion in the Christian faith.
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Page 218 - But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And He said unto them, Why are ye troubled ? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts ? Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself: handle Me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see Me have.
Page 198 - Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also His coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be...
Page 111 - And when the days of her purification, according to the law of Moses, were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, (As it is written in the law of the Lord ; Every male that openeth the womb shall be called Holy to the Lord,) and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord ; A pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons.
Page 212 - And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them ; Why seek ye the living among the dead ? He is not here, but is risen. Remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, saying ; The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
Page 228 - But Jesus said, Forbid him not : for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. For he that is not against us is on our part.
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Page 112 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
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| Title | Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: First Series, Volume VI St. Augustine Cosimo classics religion + spirituality |
| Editor | Philip Schaff |
| Publisher | Cosimo, Inc., 2007 |
| ISBN | 1602066019, 9781602066014 |
| Length | 592 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Christian Theology / General Religion / Christianity / History |
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