The Ecclesiastical Class Book, Or, History of the Church: From the Birth of Christ to the Present TimeF.J. Huntington, 1839 - 255 pages |
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... clergy were pompous ; and the whole of the Christian service , at once , exhibited a scene of worldly grandeur and external parade . 12. The ascendency thus given to Christianity over paganism by Constantine , might lead us to expect a ...
... clergy were pompous ; and the whole of the Christian service , at once , exhibited a scene of worldly grandeur and external parade . 12. The ascendency thus given to Christianity over paganism by Constantine , might lead us to expect a ...
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... clergy were loaded with honors , -humility , and self - denial , and brotherly kind- ness , the prominent characteristics of the religion of Jesus , seem scarcely perceptible . Every thing which was done , had a primary reference to ...
... clergy were loaded with honors , -humility , and self - denial , and brotherly kind- ness , the prominent characteristics of the religion of Jesus , seem scarcely perceptible . Every thing which was done , had a primary reference to ...
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... clergy , could not fail to introduce jealousy and rivalship . For a long period , Antioch , Alexandria , and Rome , had ranked high , on account of the number of Christians in their several districts , and also for that eminence of ...
... clergy , could not fail to introduce jealousy and rivalship . For a long period , Antioch , Alexandria , and Rome , had ranked high , on account of the number of Christians in their several districts , and also for that eminence of ...
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... clergy impoverished . Open persecution was indeed pro- hibited ; but , by every other means , were the followers of the Redeemer humbled and oppressed . By way of reproach , Julian always called the Savior the Galilean . In a war with ...
... clergy impoverished . Open persecution was indeed pro- hibited ; but , by every other means , were the followers of the Redeemer humbled and oppressed . By way of reproach , Julian always called the Savior the Galilean . In a war with ...
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... clergy for dignity , power and wealth , and great exertions were put forth to maintain the supremacy of the Catholic Church . 38. Some time previous to this date , but now more particularly , important changes began to take place in the ...
... clergy for dignity , power and wealth , and great exertions were put forth to maintain the supremacy of the Catholic Church . 38. Some time previous to this date , but now more particularly , important changes began to take place in the ...
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Page 160 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 18 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 154 - A. — In the exposition of the faith by the Eastern Patriarchs it is said that the word Transubstantiation is not to be taken to define the manner in which the bread and wine are changed into the body and blood of the Lord...
Page 78 - is the key of heaven and of hell; a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer; whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim.
Page 13 - It was not one person, but many, who saw him ; they saw him not only separately but together, not only by night but by day, not at a distance but near, not once but several times; they not only saw him, but touched him, conversed with him, ate with him, examined his person to satisfy their doubts.