 | Johann Lorenz Mosheim - Church history - 1803 - 464 pages
...assembly, which, at that time, was, PA « T n. general! v ^peaking, small enough to be contained 1 * -' in a private house. ' In this assembly he acted, not...with the zeal and diligence of a faithful servant. He instructed the people, performed the several parts of divine worship, attended the sick, and inspected... | |
 | Samuel Miller - Clergy - 1807 - 370 pages
...during the first and second century, was a person " who had the care of one Christian .assembly, " which, at that time, was, generally speaking, •...the " authority of a master, as with the zeal and dili" gence of a faithful servant. He instructed the " people, performed the several parts of divine... | |
 | Johann Lorenz Mosheim - Church and state - 1810 - 450 pages
...bishop, during the first and second century, was a person who had the care of one christian assembly, which, at that time, was, generally speaking, small enough to be contained dioc ii . , r '• jt . t_ i- • t_ CENT. i. in a private house. In this assembly he acted not -?**!... | |
 | David Benedict - Baptists - 1813 - 624 pages
...who had the care of one Christian assembly, which at that time was, generally speaking, small enougli to be contained in a private house. In this assembly...with the zeal and diligence of a faithful servant,"* and so on. " There was," says Robinson,- "among primitive christians, an uniform belief that Jesus... | |
 | Books - 1814 - 574 pages
...bishop during the first and second ,century, was a person who had the care of one Christian a> sembly, which, at that time, was, generally speaking, small...in a private house. In this assembly he acted not eo much with the authority of a master, as with the zeal and diligence of a faithful servant. The churches,... | |
 | William Jones - Albigenses - 1816 - 500 pages
...bishop, during the first and second centuries, was a person who had the care of one Christian assembly, which, at that time, was, generally speaking, small...faithful servant. The churches also, in those early times were entirely independent ; none of them subject to any foreign jurisdiction, but each one governed... | |
 | William Jones - Albigenses - 1816 - 492 pages
...bishop, during the first and second centuries, was a person who had the care of one Christian assembly, which, at that time, was, generally speaking, small...authority of a master, as with the zeal and diligence of » faithful servant. The churches also, iu those early times were entirely independent ; none of them... | |
 | William Jones - Albigenses - 1816 - 500 pages
...bishop, during the first and second centuries, was a person who had the care of one Christian assembly, which, at that time, was, generally speaking, small...contained in a private house. In this assembly, he acted riot so much with the authority of a roaster, as with the zeal and diligence of a faithful servant.... | |
 | William Jones - Albigenses - 1819 - 626 pages
...Christianity, vol. ii. p. 341. and second centuries, was a person who had the care of one Christian assembly, which, at that time, was, generally speaking, small...faithful servant. The churches also, in those early times, were entirely independent ; none of them subject to any foreign jurisdiction, but each one governed... | |
 | Johann Lorenz Mosheim - Church history - 1824 - 538 pages
...bishop, during the first and second century, was a person who had the care of one Christian assembly, which at that time, was, generally speaking, small...with the zeal and diligence of a faithful servant. He instructed the people, performed the several parts of divine worship, attendk For an ample account... | |
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A bishop, during the first and second century, was a person who had the care of one Christian assembly, which, at that time, was, generally speaking, small enough to be contained in a private house. 
