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... WORSHIP AND MEMBERSHIP .... 277 XXX . THE FATHERS OF THE EARLY CHURCH ... 289 XXXI . THE LAST PERSECUTION . XXXII . " BY THIS SIGN CONQUER ” . 300 311 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS JAFFA ( JOPPA ) : TRADITIONAL HOME 6 CONTENTS.
... WORSHIP AND MEMBERSHIP .... 277 XXX . THE FATHERS OF THE EARLY CHURCH ... 289 XXXI . THE LAST PERSECUTION . XXXII . " BY THIS SIGN CONQUER ” . 300 311 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS JAFFA ( JOPPA ) : TRADITIONAL HOME 6 CONTENTS.
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... worship . For had not the establishment of the Roman power brought with it an era of prosperity and peace such as was never known before ? The Augustan Peace , the pax romana or pax augusta , was the promise of a new age now dawning ...
... worship . For had not the establishment of the Roman power brought with it an era of prosperity and peace such as was never known before ? The Augustan Peace , the pax romana or pax augusta , was the promise of a new age now dawning ...
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... worship of the old gods in the public temples , there were growing up new cults of every sort . The empire tolerated them , though not on the same terms as the older religions . Isis , Serapis , Attis , the Great Mother Cybele , were ...
... worship of the old gods in the public temples , there were growing up new cults of every sort . The empire tolerated them , though not on the same terms as the older religions . Isis , Serapis , Attis , the Great Mother Cybele , were ...
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... worship both God and Mammon , to deceive the brotherhood , playing false to the spirit of charity , aiming to get credit for generosity and unselfishness and at the same time enjoy the posses- sion of at least a part of their property ...
... worship both God and Mammon , to deceive the brotherhood , playing false to the spirit of charity , aiming to get credit for generosity and unselfishness and at the same time enjoy the posses- sion of at least a part of their property ...
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... worshiping just as they had always done as Jews in the synagogue and Temple . Their worship in the upper room or in other gatherings among themselves was in addition to the strict and faithful observance of the Law and its customs . Now ...
... worshiping just as they had always done as Jews in the synagogue and Temple . Their worship in the upper room or in other gatherings among themselves was in addition to the strict and faithful observance of the Law and its customs . Now ...
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Page 316 - We believe in one God the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible. "And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God; begotten of his Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father...
Page 214 - Jesus, who being in the form of God counted it not a prize to be on an equality with God, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men...
Page 125 - Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren...
Page 317 - And he shall come again with glory, to judge both the quick and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end. And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the lord and giver of life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, who spake by the prophets. And I believe one Catholic and apostolic church.
Page 186 - And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there : save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
Page 279 - I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting, Amen.
Page 230 - And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them 'which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
Page 279 - I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son Our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.
Page 118 - Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in. the prophets : Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish : for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.