The History of the Christian Church: From the Birth of Christ to the Eighteenth Century, Including the Very Interesting Account of the Waldenses and Albigenses, Volume 1author, 1819 - Albigenses A history of the Christian church from a Protestant perspective with a detailed account of the Albigensian and Waldensian crusades and persecutions. |
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... priests or flamens . It belonged to the province of these minis- ters to see that the ancient and customary honours were paid to the publicly acknowledged deities , and that a due regard was manifested in every other respect for the ...
... priests or flamens . It belonged to the province of these minis- ters to see that the ancient and customary honours were paid to the publicly acknowledged deities , and that a due regard was manifested in every other respect for the ...
Page xl
... hands in consecrated water . When the people were assembled about the altar , the priest sprinkled them with holy water , and See Acts xiv . 11-13 . offered up a short prayer for them : he next xl State of the world in general.
... hands in consecrated water . When the people were assembled about the altar , the priest sprinkled them with holy water , and See Acts xiv . 11-13 . offered up a short prayer for them : he next xl State of the world in general.
Page xli
... priests and ministers , sacrifices and oblations . The augurs , or soothsayers , in whose art or imposture the founder of Rome excelled , were considered as an important and necessary part of the establishment . Each tribe had one of ...
... priests and ministers , sacrifices and oblations . The augurs , or soothsayers , in whose art or imposture the founder of Rome excelled , were considered as an important and necessary part of the establishment . Each tribe had one of ...
Page xlii
... priests , according to the number of the cities , and three arch - flamins ; namely one at London , a second at York , and a third at Caerleon . But to enter into a more par- ticular detail of these things would carry me beyond the ...
... priests , according to the number of the cities , and three arch - flamins ; namely one at London , a second at York , and a third at Caerleon . But to enter into a more par- ticular detail of these things would carry me beyond the ...
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... priests by the people of either country . Their official duties were not restricted to the administration of the concerns of religion , but extended to the enacting of laws , and the various other departments of civil government . In ...
... priests by the people of either country . Their official duties were not restricted to the administration of the concerns of religion , but extended to the enacting of laws , and the various other departments of civil government . In ...
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Page 165 - 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.
Page 110 - Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
Page 84 - 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.
Page 201 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Page 198 - For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
Page 158 - For the king knoweth of these things before whom also I speak freely; for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner. King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
Page 86 - Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
Page 88 - And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
Page 94 - And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Page 258 - But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.