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literary language of the Nestorians ; in it their books are all written , and in it they conduct their epistolary correspondence . Though a dead language , the best educated of their clergy con- verse in it with fluency . Their written ...
literary language of the Nestorians ; in it their books are all written , and in it they conduct their epistolary correspondence . Though a dead language , the best educated of their clergy con- verse in it with fluency . Their written ...
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... language directly from the Syriac . Very little attempt had been made to reduce the vernacular language of the Nestorians to writing , until we commenced our missionary operations . The ancient Syriac being a dead language , and ...
... language directly from the Syriac . Very little attempt had been made to reduce the vernacular language of the Nestorians to writing , until we commenced our missionary operations . The ancient Syriac being a dead language , and ...
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refined , by a reference to the ancient language , so far as pos- sible . " We have , from the first , been fully impressed , in attempting to reduce this spoken dialect to writing , with the high importance of shaping it , so far as is ...
refined , by a reference to the ancient language , so far as pos- sible . " We have , from the first , been fully impressed , in attempting to reduce this spoken dialect to writing , with the high importance of shaping it , so far as is ...
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... subjects from the Greek into their own language . This word , Sunhados ( Synod ) , is an instance , and several others which follow . They have books of wise and moral sayings ( Akuldaree 14 [ JAN . The Nestorian Christians .
... subjects from the Greek into their own language . This word , Sunhados ( Synod ) , is an instance , and several others which follow . They have books of wise and moral sayings ( Akuldaree 14 [ JAN . The Nestorian Christians .
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... language . " The creed which was composed by three hundred and eighteen holy fathers at Nice , a city of Bythinia , in the time of king Constantine the pious . The occasion of their assembling was on account of Arius , the infidel ...
... language . " The creed which was composed by three hundred and eighteen holy fathers at Nice , a city of Bythinia , in the time of king Constantine the pious . The occasion of their assembling was on account of Arius , the infidel ...
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Page 192 - For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
Page 216 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 237 - I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall grow as the lily and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Page 181 - I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean from all your filthiness and from all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
Page 184 - But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Page 458 - And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
Page 313 - But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
Page 66 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Page 320 - For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine ; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears ; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Page 66 - And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.