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... Hebrew and Greek languages means messenger , and as such is applied to men . But in most cases it desig ; nates a class of spiritual beings whom God uses to carry out his will . We know of them only what the Scripture reveals . From ...
... Hebrew and Greek languages means messenger , and as such is applied to men . But in most cases it desig ; nates a class of spiritual beings whom God uses to carry out his will . We know of them only what the Scripture reveals . From ...
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... Hebrew . This was of slow development . The patriarchs , being nomads , dwelt in tents . Their children , living in Egypt , became acquainted with architecture as an art , and were compelled to take part in the con- struction of huge ...
... Hebrew . This was of slow development . The patriarchs , being nomads , dwelt in tents . Their children , living in Egypt , became acquainted with architecture as an art , and were compelled to take part in the con- struction of huge ...
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... Hebrew . No representa- He then visited Padua and Rome , and on his tions of the Hebrew weapons have been pre- return to Amsterdam , in 1586 , was ordained . served on vases , coins , or jewels ; so that our Soon after he was ...
... Hebrew . No representa- He then visited Padua and Rome , and on his tions of the Hebrew weapons have been pre- return to Amsterdam , in 1586 , was ordained . served on vases , coins , or jewels ; so that our Soon after he was ...
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... Hebrew she is known as Ashtoreth . She was worshipped even in the time of Abraham by the Philistines , who in Saul's days had a temple in her honor ( 1 Sam . xxxi . 10 ) . Solomon introduced her worship into Jerusalem ( 1 Kings xi . 5 ) ...
... Hebrew she is known as Ashtoreth . She was worshipped even in the time of Abraham by the Philistines , who in Saul's days had a temple in her honor ( 1 Sam . xxxi . 10 ) . Solomon introduced her worship into Jerusalem ( 1 Kings xi . 5 ) ...
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... Hebrew Sephar- vaim , which has a dual termination ) , and to have no proper connection with the name of the territory , Akkad . " " 66 " " The entire land of Babylonia and Assyria , during the period which most concerns us , was in the ...
... Hebrew Sephar- vaim , which has a dual termination ) , and to have no proper connection with the name of the territory , Akkad . " " 66 " " The entire land of Babylonia and Assyria , during the period which most concerns us , was in the ...
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Page 273 - The souls of believers are at their death made perfect in holiness, and do immediately pass into glory ; and their bodies, being still united to Christ, do rest in their graves till the resurrection.
Page 22 - Persons therein; (4) The utter Depravity of Human Nature, in consequence of the Fall; (5) The Incarnation of the Son of God, His Work of Atonement for...
Page 398 - Moreover, that the images of Christ, of the Virgin Mother of God, and of the other saints, are to be had and retained particularly in temples, and that due honour and veneration are to be given them...
Page 164 - The visible church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 58 - Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the King of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
Page 231 - Shottesbrook, in the same neighbourhood, where he spent the rest of his days. He possessed, it appears, an estate in Ireland, but he allowed a relation to enjoy the principal part of the rent, only...
Page 251 - At the four seasons of the year ; being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, after Whitsunday, after the 14th of September, and after the 13th of December; it being enjoined by a canon of the church, that no deacons or ministers be ordained or made but only on the Sundays immediately following these ember fasts.
Page 412 - Council approving, we teach and define that it is a dogma divinely revealed: that the Roman Pontiff, when he speaks ex cathedra, that is, when in discharge of the office of pastor and doctor of all Christians, by virtue of his supreme Apostolic authority, he defines a doctrine regarding faith or morals to be held by the universal Church, by the divine assistance promised to him in blessed Peter, is possessed of that infallibility with which the divine Redeemer willed that his Church should be endowed...
Page 22 - The Unity of the Godhead, and the Trinity of persons therein. " 4. The utter depravity of human nature in consequence of the fall. " 5. The incarnation of the Son of God, his work of atonement for sinners of mankind, and his mediatorial intercession and reign.
Page 105 - It lives on the ear, like a music that can never be forgotten, like the sound of church bells, which the convert hardly knows how he can forego. Its felicities often seem to be almost things rather than mere words. It is part of the national mind, and the anchor of national seriousness The memory of the dead passes into it.