History of the Christian Church, Volume 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1833 - Church history |
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... paganism . But it has been justly observed , that neither they nor Menander , who , like Simon Magus , was a native of Samaria , and prac- tised similar arts , can be properly called heretics : D 4 APOLLONIUS OF TYANA . 39.
... paganism . But it has been justly observed , that neither they nor Menander , who , like Simon Magus , was a native of Samaria , and prac- tised similar arts , can be properly called heretics : D 4 APOLLONIUS OF TYANA . 39.
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... pagan philosophers was daily rendering more necessary . Justin is stated to have become a Christian about the thirtieth year of his age . From that period he ap- pears to have constantly employed himself in expound- ing or supporting ...
... pagan philosophers was daily rendering more necessary . Justin is stated to have become a Christian about the thirtieth year of his age . From that period he ap- pears to have constantly employed himself in expound- ing or supporting ...
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... pagan multitude , and saying , " Take away the atheists . " Not deterred by this , the proconsul continued , " Swear , and I will release thee ; curse Christ ! " - " Eighty and six years , ” replied the venerable man , " have I served ...
... pagan multitude , and saying , " Take away the atheists . " Not deterred by this , the proconsul continued , " Swear , and I will release thee ; curse Christ ! " - " Eighty and six years , ” replied the venerable man , " have I served ...
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... , the pagans de- sired the men who had charge of the execution to de- spatch the martyr with a sword ; which being done , the blood which flowed from the wound extinguished the fire , 78 HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH .
... , the pagans de- sired the men who had charge of the execution to de- spatch the martyr with a sword ; which being done , the blood which flowed from the wound extinguished the fire , 78 HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH .
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... pagans praised their gods for their triumph ; and the monument which was raised to commemorate the event bore the figure of Jupiter Pluvius . A story was fabricated from the simple relation of the event , which gave an air of absurd ...
... pagans praised their gods for their triumph ; and the monument which was raised to commemorate the event bore the figure of Jupiter Pluvius . A story was fabricated from the simple relation of the event , which gave an air of absurd ...
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Page 2 - Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
Page 3 - Galileans ? and how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
Page 21 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid .of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: for he is the minister of God to thee for good.
Page 340 - Let not sin, therefore, reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof; neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin ; but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and youY members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Page 19 - ... not that I speak in respect of want; for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound ; every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
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Page 3 - Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. And they were all amazed and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
Page 54 - The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful.
Page 60 - Then Trajan pronounced this sentence against him : — ' Forasmuch as Ignatius has confessed that he carries about within himself him that was crucified, we command that he be carried, bound by soldiers, to the great Rome, there to be thrown to the wild beasts, for the entertainment of the people.
Page 54 - The policy of the emperors and the senate, as far as it concerned religion, was happily seconded by the reflections of the enlightened, and by the habits of the superstitious, part of their subjects. The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful. And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord.