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Page xxiii
... in the miracle wrought upon the Confessors under Hunneric , who spoke after
their tongues were cut out , and in the ordeals of hot iron in the middle ages . de
Verit . i . 17 ; and in the miracles wrought at the tombs of the Martyrs . ibid . iii .
... in the miracle wrought upon the Confessors under Hunneric , who spoke after
their tongues were cut out , and in the ordeals of hot iron in the middle ages . de
Verit . i . 17 ; and in the miracles wrought at the tombs of the Martyrs . ibid . iii .
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often committed , in the words of Middleton , “ not to the suc“ cessors of the
Apostles , to the Bishops , the Martyrs , or the “ principal champions of the
Christian cause , but to boys , to “ women , and above all , to private and obscure
laymen , not ...
often committed , in the words of Middleton , “ not to the suc“ cessors of the
Apostles , to the Bishops , the Martyrs , or the “ principal champions of the
Christian cause , but to boys , to “ women , and above all , to private and obscure
laymen , not ...
Page xxxiii
Near Tours , which was his See , a certain spot was commonly considered to be
the tomb of Martyrs , and former Bishops had placed an altar there . No name or
time was known , and Martin found reason to suspect that the tradition was ...
Near Tours , which was his See , a certain spot was commonly considered to be
the tomb of Martyrs , and former Bishops had placed an altar there . No name or
time was known , and Martin found reason to suspect that the tradition was ...
Page xxxix
St . Ambrose , on the discovery of the bodies of the two Martyrs , uses language
of surprise which is quite in accordance with the feelings which the miracles of
Antony and Hilarion seem to have roused , in Alexandria and in Sicily . “ You
know ...
St . Ambrose , on the discovery of the bodies of the two Martyrs , uses language
of surprise which is quite in accordance with the feelings which the miracles of
Antony and Hilarion seem to have roused , in Alexandria and in Sicily . “ You
know ...
Page xlv
... so great “ marvels take place , whether answers to prayer , or cures ; “ so that
the bodies of Martyrs , which had lain concealed “ so many years , ( as they may
hear from many if they do “ but ask , ) were revealed to Ambrose , and in
presence ...
... so great “ marvels take place , whether answers to prayer , or cures ; “ so that
the bodies of Martyrs , which had lain concealed “ so many years , ( as they may
hear from many if they do “ but ask , ) were revealed to Ambrose , and in
presence ...
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Page cxcviii - When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
Page xcii - And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh ; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions ; and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out My Spirit.
Page clxxiii - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page lxxxi - Solomon's porch ; and of the rest durst no man join himself to them. But the people magnified them ; and believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women ; insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
Page c - For there is no man that doeth any 'thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
Page lxxxi - For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them : and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. 8 And there was great joy in that city.
Page cxciii - IF there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams...
Page lvii - And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul; So that from his body were brought unto the sick, handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
Page xx - I flatter myself, that I have discovered an argument of a like nature, which, if just, will, with the wise and learned, be an everlasting check to all kinds of superstitious delusion, and consequently, will be useful as long as the world endures.
Page xcvi - And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
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| Title | The Ecclesiastical History of M. L'abbé Fleury: From the Second Ecumenical Council to the End of the Fourth Century |
| Author | Claude Fleury |
| Publisher | John Henry Parker, 1842 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 19 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 400 pages |
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