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... religious character of a peculiar cast . Socrates , speaking of this district , informs us , that its inhabitants were distinguished above other nations by a strictness and seriousness of manners , having neither the ferocity of the ...
... religious character of a peculiar cast . Socrates , speaking of this district , informs us , that its inhabitants were distinguished above other nations by a strictness and seriousness of manners , having neither the ferocity of the ...
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... religion , which seems at that time to have prevailed in the rejected nation . When the spirit and morals of a people are materially debased , varieties of doctrinal error spring up , as if self - sown , and are rapidly propa- gated ...
... religion , which seems at that time to have prevailed in the rejected nation . When the spirit and morals of a people are materially debased , varieties of doctrinal error spring up , as if self - sown , and are rapidly propa- gated ...
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... religious seriousness and earnestness engaged in the like theological discussions , not with any definite ecclesi- astical object , but as a mere trial of skill , or as a literary recreation ; regardless of the mischief thus done to the ...
... religious seriousness and earnestness engaged in the like theological discussions , not with any definite ecclesi- astical object , but as a mere trial of skill , or as a literary recreation ; regardless of the mischief thus done to the ...
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... Religion . Influenced , as we may suppose , by these various considerations , from reverence for the free spirit of Christian faith , and still more for the sacred truths which are the objects of it , and again from ten- derness both ...
... Religion . Influenced , as we may suppose , by these various considerations , from reverence for the free spirit of Christian faith , and still more for the sacred truths which are the objects of it , and again from ten- derness both ...
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... religion of the empire , augmented the evil consequences of this omission , excommunication becoming more difficult , while entrance into the Church was less restricted than before . SECTION III . THE CHURCH OF ALEXANDRIA . As the SECT ...
... religion of the empire , augmented the evil consequences of this omission , excommunication becoming more difficult , while entrance into the Church was less restricted than before . SECTION III . THE CHURCH OF ALEXANDRIA . As the SECT ...
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Accordingly adopted afterwards Alexander Alexandria Anomoans Ante-Nicene Antioch Apostles Arian Arius ascribed Athan Athanasius authority Basil Bishop Cæsarea called Catholic doctrine character Christ Christian Church condemned confession connexion considered Constantius consubstantial controversy creature creed declared Defens Dionysius dispute distinct Divine Nature ecclesiastical Eclectics Emperor Epistle error eternal Euseb Eusebians Eusebius Eusebius of Nicomedia evidence existence express faith Father favour Gnostic God's Gospel Gregory Hær hand heathen heresy heretical Hist Holy Homoüsion hypostasis instance Irenæus Jewish Judaism judaizing Lord matter meaning mind Montanists moral mysteries Neocæsarea Nicæa Nicene Council notion Novatian Origen original orthodox party Patripassian Paulus of Samosata peculiar Petav philosophy Platonic Plotinus principle probole professed Quarto-deciman religion religious revealed Rome Sabellian sacred says school of Antioch Scripture sect Semi-Arians sense speak Spirit substance teaching tenet Tertullian Theod theology things Tillemont tion Trinity true truth Valens Vide Wisdom Word writers καὶ
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Page 24 - But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
Page 162 - For the Father judgeth no man, But hath committed all judgment unto the Son : That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son, Honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
Page 91 - ... eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived.
Page i - FRET not thyself because of the ungodly; neither be thou envious against the evil doers : 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and be withered even as the green herb.
Page 162 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do; for what things soever He doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that Himself doeth : and He will show him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
Page 257 - We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of all things visible and invisible; and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Word of God, God of God, light of light, life of life, the only-begotten Son, the first-born of every creature, begotten of the Father before all ages, by whom all things were made...
Page 413 - It may almost be laid down as an historical fact that the mystical interpretation and orthodoxy will stand or fall together.
Page 51 - The most accurate consideration of the subject will lead us to acquiesce in the statement, as a general truth, that the doctrines in question have never been learned merely from Scripture ; surely, the sacred volume was never intended, and was not adapted, to teach our creed.
Page 75 - He both thinks and speaks the truth; except when careful treatment is necessary, and then, as a physician for the good of his patients, he will LIE, or rather utter a LIE, as the Sophists say. . . . Nothing, however, but his neighbour's good will lead him to do this. He gives himself up for the Church.'"3 As to the
Page 168 - Origin ; forasmuch as the Son is from the Father, not the Father from the Son.