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... an improper veneration for antiquity on the one hand , or a disregard for their legitimate claims as uninspired instructors on the other . BALTIMORE , January , 1846 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. THE STATE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
... an improper veneration for antiquity on the one hand , or a disregard for their legitimate claims as uninspired instructors on the other . BALTIMORE , January , 1846 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. THE STATE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
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... Roman Government - The Dis- covery of Error - Plato and the one God of Philosophers - Advocates for the System of Error - Polybius and Strabo - Varro's Theologia Civilis and Theologia Philosophica - The Old Religion Strengthened in ...
... Roman Government - The Dis- covery of Error - Plato and the one God of Philosophers - Advocates for the System of Error - Polybius and Strabo - Varro's Theologia Civilis and Theologia Philosophica - The Old Religion Strengthened in ...
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... Rights of Man - The Difficulty of Intro- ducing any New Religion - The Common Reproach - The Mode of Account- ing for Roman Persecution - The Disposition of Magistrates - The Better xii CONTENTS . Condition of the Jews - A National.
... Rights of Man - The Difficulty of Intro- ducing any New Religion - The Common Reproach - The Mode of Account- ing for Roman Persecution - The Disposition of Magistrates - The Better xii CONTENTS . Condition of the Jews - A National.
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... Object of Persecution -How Treated - Persecutions in Numidia - The Palace set on Fire - The Fourth Edict - The Favorable Change - End of Persecution in the Roman Empire , ..... 387 LIVES AND TIMES OF THE CHRISTIAN FATHERS . CHAPTER I.
... Object of Persecution -How Treated - Persecutions in Numidia - The Palace set on Fire - The Fourth Edict - The Favorable Change - End of Persecution in the Roman Empire , ..... 387 LIVES AND TIMES OF THE CHRISTIAN FATHERS . CHAPTER I.
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... ROMAN EMPIRE . The Strength of the Established Religion - Hesoid and Homer , their fables , and the use of their writings by Socrates , Plato and Cicero - The Impressions upon Social Life - The Policy of the Roman Government - The ...
... ROMAN EMPIRE . The Strength of the Established Religion - Hesoid and Homer , their fables , and the use of their writings by Socrates , Plato and Cicero - The Impressions upon Social Life - The Policy of the Roman Government - The ...
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Page 336 - For, in the name of God, the Father and Lord of the universe, and of our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit, they then receive the washing with water. For Christ also said, "Except ye be born again, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Page 146 - For this, and for all things else, I praise Thee, I bless Thee, I glorify Thee, by the eternal and heavenly high priest, Jesus Christ, Thy beloved Son ; with whom, to Thee, and the Holy Ghost, be glory, both now, and to all succeeding ages.
Page 280 - And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits; then, when the reader has ceased, the president verbally instructs, and exhorts to the imitation of these good things.
Page 102 - I ordered them to be immediately punished: for I was persuaded, whatever the nature of their opinions might be, a contumacious and inflexible obstinacy certainly deserved correction. There were others also brought before me possessed with the same infatuation, but being citizens of Rome, I directed them to be carried thither.
Page 104 - ... separate, and then reassemble, to eat in common a harmless meal. From this custom, however, they desisted after the publication of my edict, by which, according to your commands, I forbade the meeting of any assemblies.
Page 173 - And these denote Jesus. And because the cross was that by which we were to find grace, therefore he adds three hundred, the note of which is T [the figure of his cross]. Wherefore, by two letters, he signified Jesus; and by the third, his cross.
Page 173 - For the Scripture says that Abraham circumcised three hundred and eighteen men of his house. But what, therefore, was the mystery that was made known unto him ? Mark, first, the eighteen, and next the three hundred.
Page 109 - You err, in that you call the evil spirits of the heathens, gods. For there is but one God, who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that are in them ; and one Jesus Christ, his only-begotten Son, whose kingdom may I enjoy.
Page 146 - I give thee hearty thanks that thou hast vouchsafed to bring me to this day, and to this hour; that I should have a part in the number of thy martyrs, in the cup of thy Christ, to the resurrection of eternal life, both of soul and body, in the incorruption of the Holy Ghost.
Page 103 - Christ, as to some god, binding themselves by a solemn oath, not for the purposes of any wicked design, but never to commit any fraud, theft, or adultery; never to falsify their word, nor deny a trust when they should be called upon to- deliver it up ; after which, it was their custom to separate, and then reassemble to eat, in common, a harmless meal.