The lives of the popes, Volumes 1-2Religious Tract Society, 1799 |
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... prince , was compelled to attend this council , not as its president , nor even to vote in its decisions , but as a petitioner at its bar . To complete the iniquity of the plot , Dioscurus was made president , and , as in the former ...
... prince , was compelled to attend this council , not as its president , nor even to vote in its decisions , but as a petitioner at its bar . To complete the iniquity of the plot , Dioscurus was made president , and , as in the former ...
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... prince , Theodatus , by whose influ- ence he was supported , was a man of the most insatiable avarice , and would unquestionably have disposed of the seat to his own pecuniary advantage . But the pontificate of Sylverius was signalized ...
... prince , Theodatus , by whose influ- ence he was supported , was a man of the most insatiable avarice , and would unquestionably have disposed of the seat to his own pecuniary advantage . But the pontificate of Sylverius was signalized ...
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... Prince of the heavenly host , that he will send unto you a devil for the destruction of your body and the salvation of your soul . You say , with foolish arrogance , I will despatch my orders to Rome ; I will break in pieces the image ...
... Prince of the heavenly host , that he will send unto you a devil for the destruction of your body and the salvation of your soul . You say , with foolish arrogance , I will despatch my orders to Rome ; I will break in pieces the image ...
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... prince of the city . Thus , in the year 730 , the foun- dation was laid for the temporal sovereignty of the pope ; the title of Dominus was added to that of Servus Servorum ; and the humble successor of the " Fisherman " was transformed ...
... prince of the city . Thus , in the year 730 , the foun- dation was laid for the temporal sovereignty of the pope ; the title of Dominus was added to that of Servus Servorum ; and the humble successor of the " Fisherman " was transformed ...
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Lives. difficulty in maintaining his ground against this warlike and aspiring prince , and had recourse to the stratagem of fomenting discords amongst the Lombards themselves . In 741 , ZACHARY ascended the papal throne , and finding ...
Lives. difficulty in maintaining his ground against this warlike and aspiring prince , and had recourse to the stratagem of fomenting discords amongst the Lombards themselves . In 741 , ZACHARY ascended the papal throne , and finding ...
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Page 13 - Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Page 55 - Let no man deceive you by any means ; for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
Page 45 - Their arms, their kings, their gods were rolled away. As oft have issued, host impelling host, The blue-eyed myriads from the Baltic coast. The prostrate South to the destroyer yields Her boasted titles and her golden fields. With grim delight...
Page 172 - Father, thy word is a lamp unto our feet, and a light unto our path...
Page 20 - Gospels, literally bathed his feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
Page 97 - You assault us, O tyrant! with a carnal and military hand: unarmed and naked we can only implore the Christ, the prince of the heavenly host, that he will send unto you a devil, for the destruction of your body and the salvation of your soul.
Page 79 - For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son ; much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
Page 148 - If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink." " Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest ;" and " whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
Page 45 - The prostrate South to the Destroyer yields Her boasted titles, and her golden fields : With grim delight the Brood of winter view A brighter day, and Heav'ns of azure hue, Scent the new fragrance of the breathing rose, And quaff the pendent vintage as it grows.
Page 126 - antichrist, the proud, worldly priest of Rome, the most cursed of clippers and purse kervers.