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... early martyrs and of later saints in the early Catholic and the Roman Catholic Church . The origin of these was the natural and commendable desire to preserve the memory of those who had borne witness to the truth at the cost of their ...
... early martyrs and of later saints in the early Catholic and the Roman Catholic Church . The origin of these was the natural and commendable desire to preserve the memory of those who had borne witness to the truth at the cost of their ...
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... early in the 2d century . Its chief city was Carthage , where Cyprian was bishop . The church grew rap- idly , and in 258 a synod was assembled of 97 bishops . Its end came with the conquest by the Vandals , at the same time that it ...
... early in the 2d century . Its chief city was Carthage , where Cyprian was bishop . The church grew rap- idly , and in 258 a synod was assembled of 97 bishops . Its end came with the conquest by the Vandals , at the same time that it ...
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... early Anabaptists . The Swiss imprison - Anabaptists have been unwarrantably charged with fanaticism and disloyalty . The famous case of the fratricide at St. Gall has been con- clusively shown to be attributable to either in ...
... early Anabaptists . The Swiss imprison - Anabaptists have been unwarrantably charged with fanaticism and disloyalty . The famous case of the fratricide at St. Gall has been con- clusively shown to be attributable to either in ...
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... early fathers , was not nearly so much canvassed as by their successors in the 5th century , when the Pelagian and semi - Pelagian controversies arose , and afterward in the post - reformation period when there were hot discussions re ...
... early fathers , was not nearly so much canvassed as by their successors in the 5th century , when the Pelagian and semi - Pelagian controversies arose , and afterward in the post - reformation period when there were hot discussions re ...
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... early church there were those who tried to vindicate Monotheism , either by making the Son so different from the Father that he became a mere creature ( as the Monarchians ) , or else by identifying him so closely with the Father that ...
... early church there were those who tried to vindicate Monotheism , either by making the Son so different from the Father that he became a mere creature ( as the Monarchians ) , or else by identifying him so closely with the Father that ...
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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.