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... martyrs , the seeing how flesh and blood could endure tortures and death in support of a religion , which brought the greater portion of converts to the truth . In the following centuries , a new system of evidences was introduced . The ...
... martyrs , the seeing how flesh and blood could endure tortures and death in support of a religion , which brought the greater portion of converts to the truth . In the following centuries , a new system of evidences was introduced . The ...
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... martyr- dom , he would not have been spared to complete the sacred volume . We find that St. Luke , and St. Matthew , wrote for a specific class of readers , for one particular country , or for even separate individuals ; that the ...
... martyr- dom , he would not have been spared to complete the sacred volume . We find that St. Luke , and St. Matthew , wrote for a specific class of readers , for one particular country , or for even separate individuals ; that the ...
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... martyr of Lyons , who lived in the third century . Speaking of the necessity , or non - necessity , of the Bible as the rule of faith , he thus expresses himself . “ And had these apostles left us nothing in writing , must we not in ...
... martyr of Lyons , who lived in the third century . Speaking of the necessity , or non - necessity , of the Bible as the rule of faith , he thus expresses himself . “ And had these apostles left us nothing in writing , must we not in ...
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... martyrs and confessors , for then surely she was marked by no one spot or taint , nor can any imputation be cast on the purity of her morals , or the integrity of her doc- trines . If , looking at those ages , we examine the private ...
... martyrs and confessors , for then surely she was marked by no one spot or taint , nor can any imputation be cast on the purity of her morals , or the integrity of her doc- trines . If , looking at those ages , we examine the private ...
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... martyrs or the rival beauty of saintly images ; for what are they to me ? or what have I to do with the memory of past days ? I scorn the bravery of sumptuous raiment , and the dazzling procession of ministers , and the clouding of ...
... martyrs or the rival beauty of saintly images ; for what are they to me ? or what have I to do with the memory of past days ? I scorn the bravery of sumptuous raiment , and the dazzling procession of ministers , and the clouding of ...
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Page 141 - Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from Heaven ; but my Father giveth you the true Bread from Heaven. For the Bread of God is He Which cometh down from Heaven, and giveth Life unto the world.
Page 158 - Amen, amen, I say to thee, unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of...
Page 100 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 28 - Scriptures contain all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 161 - Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast Thou seen Abraham?" Jesus said unto them, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am.
Page 277 - And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you, as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not ; and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Page 105 - Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world : the angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the just. And shall cast them into the furnace of fire : there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Page 145 - And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
Page 10 - We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Faith, and not for our own works or deservings : Wherefore, that we are justified by faith only is a most wholesome doctrine, and very full of comfort, as more largely is expressed in the Homily of Justification.
Page 23 - The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!