The History of the Waldenses: Connected with a Sketch of the Christian Church from the Birth of Christ to the Eighteenth Century, Band 1Gale and Fenner, 1816 |
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... pagan antiquity . In the exercise of his office as proconsul , the Christians , against whom the severe edicts which had been issued by preceding emperors seem to be still in force , were brought before his tribunal . Having never had ...
... pagan antiquity . In the exercise of his office as proconsul , the Christians , against whom the severe edicts which had been issued by preceding emperors seem to be still in force , were brought before his tribunal . Having never had ...
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... at this early period , Christianity had made an extraordinary progress in the empire ; for Pliny acknowledges that the pagan temples had become " almost desolate . " Nor should we overlook the remarkable display which they afford us.
... at this early period , Christianity had made an extraordinary progress in the empire ; for Pliny acknowledges that the pagan temples had become " almost desolate . " Nor should we overlook the remarkable display which they afford us.
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... pagan- ism . These letters also give us a pleasing view of the holy and exemplary lives of the first Christians . For it ap- . pears by the confession of apostates themselves , that no man could continue a member of their communion ...
... pagan- ism . These letters also give us a pleasing view of the holy and exemplary lives of the first Christians . For it ap- . pears by the confession of apostates themselves , that no man could continue a member of their communion ...
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... pagan temples a desart , and their priests solitary . Scarce a victim was brought to the altar , or a sacred solemnity observed , through the paucity of the worshippers . The defection from paganism must have been conspicuous which ...
... pagan temples a desart , and their priests solitary . Scarce a victim was brought to the altar , or a sacred solemnity observed , through the paucity of the worshippers . The defection from paganism must have been conspicuous which ...
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... pagan world having early imbibed this inveterate prejudice concerning intercommunity of worship , men were but too much accustomed to new revelations , when the Jewish appeared , not to acknowledge its superior pre- tensions ...
... pagan world having early imbibed this inveterate prejudice concerning intercommunity of worship , men were but too much accustomed to new revelations , when the Jewish appeared , not to acknowledge its superior pre- tensions ...
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Seite 2 - Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low : and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together ; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Seite 72 - ... and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth...
Seite 99 - And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Seite 64 - And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes ; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
Seite 18 - And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
Seite 274 - And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Seite 121 - And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations : and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Seite 206 - For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ, and no marvel ; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light ; therefore it is no great thing, if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness ; whose end shall be according to their works.
Seite 5 - If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him : and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
Seite 121 - And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars ; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth : for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.