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Page viii
... Bishop of Milan , died . The exiled Catholic Bishop Dionysius by this time was also dead . It was necessary to elect a new bishop , and the Catholics and Arians contended violently to supply the winning candidate . Suddenly , with sur ...
... Bishop of Milan , died . The exiled Catholic Bishop Dionysius by this time was also dead . It was necessary to elect a new bishop , and the Catholics and Arians contended violently to supply the winning candidate . Suddenly , with sur ...
Page ix
... bishop . St. Ambrose resorted to all sorts of subterfuges to avoid the ap- pointment , but he finally yielded , as Paulinus says , ' recognizing the Divine Will concerning him . ' The consecration was per- formed on December 1 by the ...
... bishop . St. Ambrose resorted to all sorts of subterfuges to avoid the ap- pointment , but he finally yielded , as Paulinus says , ' recognizing the Divine Will concerning him . ' The consecration was per- formed on December 1 by the ...
Page x
... bishop of a great city was varied and extremely arduous . The following duties are noteworthy : 1. The administration of baptism and penance . He took great care to give adequate instruction to catechumens , the most famous of whom was ...
... bishop of a great city was varied and extremely arduous . The following duties are noteworthy : 1. The administration of baptism and penance . He took great care to give adequate instruction to catechumens , the most famous of whom was ...
Page xi
... bishop , whose aim was to discredit , and , if possible , to bring about the removal of the too powerful bishop . The point around which the battle would be waged was the question of providing facilities for Arian worship in Milan ...
... bishop , whose aim was to discredit , and , if possible , to bring about the removal of the too powerful bishop . The point around which the battle would be waged was the question of providing facilities for Arian worship in Milan ...
Page xii
... bishops . ' The emperor sent soldiers to secure the delivery of the basilica , but St. Ambrose with some of his faithful followers occupied it first , and remained in it , singing psalms and hymns until the soldiers were ordered to ...
... bishops . ' The emperor sent soldiers to secure the delivery of the basilica , but St. Ambrose with some of his faithful followers occupied it first , and remained in it , singing psalms and hymns until the soldiers were ordered to ...
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Page 34 - But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Page 128 - And these signs shall follow them that believe; in my name they shall cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Page 186 - And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of GOD and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month : and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Page 183 - And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
Page 190 - He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
Page 34 - And I will ask the Father, and He shall give you another Paraclete, that He may abide with you for ever. The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, nor knoweth Him : but you shall know Him, because He shall abide with you, and shall be in you.
Page 104 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth ; as there are gods many, and lords many ; yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him ; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.
Page 149 - Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: when your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
Page 140 - I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and all in Moses were baptized, in the cloud and in the sea...
Page 137 - Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart.