The Ecclesiastical History of M. L'abbé Fleury: From the Second Ecumenical Council to the End of the Fourth Century |
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... means of drawing the line of supernatural agency in the early Church . " If [ the final cause , ] " he says , " be so important as " to make the miracle necessary to the ends of the dispensation , " this is all that can be reasonably ...
... means of drawing the line of supernatural agency in the early Church . " If [ the final cause , ] " he says , " be so important as " to make the miracle necessary to the ends of the dispensation , " this is all that can be reasonably ...
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... means of a summary criterion of his own framing . His very mode of speech , as well as his procedure , reminds us of Hume , who in like manner , when engaged in invalidating the evidence for all miracles whatever , observes that ...
... means of a summary criterion of his own framing . His very mode of speech , as well as his procedure , reminds us of Hume , who in like manner , when engaged in invalidating the evidence for all miracles whatever , observes that ...
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... means of a garment which had been taken to his shrine and thrown over the corpse ; and another female by the same means ; and another by the oil used at the shrine ; and a dead infant who was brought to it . In less than two years even ...
... means of a garment which had been taken to his shrine and thrown over the corpse ; and another female by the same means ; and another by the oil used at the shrine ; and a dead infant who was brought to it . In less than two years even ...
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... means of raising not bodies but souls ; these signs then , dearest " brethren , by God's aid , ye do if ye will b . " And St. Clement of Alexandria at the end of the second century : " If it was imputed to Abraham for righteousness on ...
... means of raising not bodies but souls ; these signs then , dearest " brethren , by God's aid , ye do if ye will b . " And St. Clement of Alexandria at the end of the second century : " If it was imputed to Abraham for righteousness on ...
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... means the case . It is true , indeed , that the miracles of Scripture , viewed as a whole , recommend themselves to our reason and claim our venera- tion , beyond all others , by a peculiar dignity and beauty ; but still it is only as a ...
... means the case . It is true , indeed , that the miracles of Scripture , viewed as a whole , recommend themselves to our reason and claim our venera- tion , beyond all others , by a peculiar dignity and beauty ; but still it is only as a ...
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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.