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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Page xxxviii
... manners of the Heathens were entirely vitiated , the Eleusinian mysteries long preserved their original purity . But at last they also , yielding to the fate of all human institutions , partook of the common depravity , and had a very ...
... manners of the Heathens were entirely vitiated , the Eleusinian mysteries long preserved their original purity . But at last they also , yielding to the fate of all human institutions , partook of the common depravity , and had a very ...
Page xli
... manner . The victims followed , wearing white fillets , with their horns gilt . As soon as the priest reached the altar , he prayed to the gods , imploring pardon for his sins , and a blessing upon his country . Having commanded all ...
... manner . The victims followed , wearing white fillets , with their horns gilt . As soon as the priest reached the altar , he prayed to the gods , imploring pardon for his sins , and a blessing upon his country . Having commanded all ...
Page xlii
... manner of conducting their worship in the city of Rome , but simi- lar arrangements prevailed in the provinces : and in our own country there were twenty eight flamins , or pagan priests , according to the number of the cities , and ...
... manner of conducting their worship in the city of Rome , but simi- lar arrangements prevailed in the provinces : and in our own country there were twenty eight flamins , or pagan priests , according to the number of the cities , and ...
Page lx
... manner of life , virtue and voluptuousness seemed to be convertible terms with them : and ever since , an Epicure is a title appropriate to every character in which excess and sensual indulgence are found to meet . Such was the hopeless ...
... manner of life , virtue and voluptuousness seemed to be convertible terms with them : and ever since , an Epicure is a title appropriate to every character in which excess and sensual indulgence are found to meet . Such was the hopeless ...
Page lxiii
... manner were entrusted with the collection of the revenue , and for whose continual and flagrant abuses of authority it was seldom possible to obtain any sort of redress , became a subject of in- finite dissatisfaction and complaint ...
... manner were entrusted with the collection of the revenue , and for whose continual and flagrant abuses of authority it was seldom possible to obtain any sort of redress , became a subject of in- finite dissatisfaction and complaint ...
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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.