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... and facts are stated with so little attention to historical order and connection ,
that , valuable or rather necessary as his work is to the theological student , he
does not come up to the demand of the present times , when men want to be put
into ...
... and facts are stated with so little attention to historical order and connection ,
that , valuable or rather necessary as his work is to the theological student , he
does not come up to the demand of the present times , when men want to be put
into ...
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This is so serious a consideration in the present publication , that it is a question
whether , in any subsequent portions to which it may proceed , some attempt
might not advantageously be made at abridgment . The portion contained in the ...
This is so serious a consideration in the present publication , that it is a question
whether , in any subsequent portions to which it may proceed , some attempt
might not advantageously be made at abridgment . The portion contained in the ...
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St . Gregory of Nyssa , St . Amphilochius of Iconium , and St . Cyril of Jerusalem
were also present at Constantinople ; in the West St . Martin was at the same date
nearly in the middle of his Episcopate , and about sixty - five years old .
St . Gregory of Nyssa , St . Amphilochius of Iconium , and St . Cyril of Jerusalem
were also present at Constantinople ; in the West St . Martin was at the same date
nearly in the middle of his Episcopate , and about sixty - five years old .
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I will not say why not ; rather , why are there not those “ now who despise the
present life ? why serve we God for “ hire ? When however nature was weak ,
when faith had to “ be planted , then there were many such ; but now He wills , “
not that ...
I will not say why not ; rather , why are there not those “ now who despise the
present life ? why serve we God for “ hire ? When however nature was weak ,
when faith had to “ be planted , then there were many such ; but now He wills , “
not that ...
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But without pushing this remark to an extreme point , or dwelling on it further than
our present purpose requires , let two qualities of the works of nature be
observed before leaving the subject , which ( whatever explanation is to be given
of ...
But without pushing this remark to an extreme point , or dwelling on it further than
our present purpose requires , let two qualities of the works of nature be
observed before leaving the subject , which ( whatever explanation is to be given
of ...
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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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