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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... edicts of former emperors against the Christians still in force , but deem- ing them unnecessarily severe , he hesitated about carrying them into effect , until he had stated the case to the emperor and received his personal in ...
... edicts of former emperors against the Christians still in force , but deem- ing them unnecessarily severe , he hesitated about carrying them into effect , until he had stated the case to the emperor and received his personal in ...
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... edicts , and by his instructions to several of the governors of the provinces , seems to have checked the persecution so much that it was neither so general , nor so severe , as it had been under Trajan . During the reign of Adrian ...
... edicts , and by his instructions to several of the governors of the provinces , seems to have checked the persecution so much that it was neither so general , nor so severe , as it had been under Trajan . During the reign of Adrian ...
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... edict to the common council of Asia , in which , fol- lowing the course of Adrian , he ordered , " that Christians should not bo molested , unless they appeared to attempt something against the Roman government . " 9. Antoninus Pius ...
... edict to the common council of Asia , in which , fol- lowing the course of Adrian , he ordered , " that Christians should not bo molested , unless they appeared to attempt something against the Roman government . " 9. Antoninus Pius ...
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... edict , the persecution commenced by his father , but issued letters of license to the bishops to return from their dispersion , to the care of their respective pastoral charges . After a reign of 15 years , Gallienus was succeeded by ...
... edict , the persecution commenced by his father , but issued letters of license to the bishops to return from their dispersion , to the care of their respective pastoral charges . After a reign of 15 years , Gallienus was succeeded by ...
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... edict , making it un- lawful to persecute , and granting liberty of conscience to his subjects . The disease inflicted upon Galerius , like that of Herod , seems to have come immediately from the hand of God , and to have been , as in ...
... edict , making it un- lawful to persecute , and granting liberty of conscience to his subjects . The disease inflicted upon Galerius , like that of Herod , seems to have come immediately from the hand of God , and to have been , as in ...
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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.