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... received in different ages every kind of treatment . It has been studied with devoutest love , and persecuted with bitterest hatred . Revered , neglected , admired , abhorred , it has pursued its course ; enlightening the ignorant ...
... received in different ages every kind of treatment . It has been studied with devoutest love , and persecuted with bitterest hatred . Revered , neglected , admired , abhorred , it has pursued its course ; enlightening the ignorant ...
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... received their deepest religious impressions from its sacred page . The testimony borne to its influence and beauties by literary men is also worthy of re- mark . Petrarch thinks , " that if all books were destroyed , this one retained ...
... received their deepest religious impressions from its sacred page . The testimony borne to its influence and beauties by literary men is also worthy of re- mark . Petrarch thinks , " that if all books were destroyed , this one retained ...
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... were favourably received by the authorities of the nation . Eleazar sent back a copy of the law at least , written in letters of gold upon skins of exquisite beauty . Six elders out of each THE SEVENTY . 85 tribe , seventy - two in.
... were favourably received by the authorities of the nation . Eleazar sent back a copy of the law at least , written in letters of gold upon skins of exquisite beauty . Six elders out of each THE SEVENTY . 85 tribe , seventy - two in.
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... received them , tested their wisdom by seventy - two different questions , and after sumptuously feasting them for many days , ordered them to be conducted to the isle of Pharos , in the harbour of the capital . Here they commenced ...
... received them , tested their wisdom by seventy - two different questions , and after sumptuously feasting them for many days , ordered them to be conducted to the isle of Pharos , in the harbour of the capital . Here they commenced ...
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... received . Written in what was then the common or vulgar tongue , and adapted , therefore , for all readers , it came to be called the Vulgate , and has exercised very great in- fluence over the religious progress of Europe , and on ...
... received . Written in what was then the common or vulgar tongue , and adapted , therefore , for all readers , it came to be called the Vulgate , and has exercised very great in- fluence over the religious progress of Europe , and on ...
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Popular passages
Page 11 - This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that JESUS CHRIST came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
Page 10 - beseeched as brethren by the mercies of God to present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is our reasonable service...
Page 82 - We will not be the dregs of all : seeing other nations have the law of God, which is the law of our faith, written in their own language.
Page 13 - I have regularly and attentively perused these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that this volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever age or language they may have been written.
Page 14 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its author; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Page 169 - Upon this, he put into my hands a copy of the New Testament in Persian. On one of the blank leaves was written — " There is joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth HENRY MARTYN," Upon looking into the Memoir of Mr.
Page 74 - My Lord the King, we are extremely pressed with many calamities, amongst which there is one that most of all affects us, which is, that the Catholic faith is extremely shaken in this our diocese, and St.
Page 1 - I never wanted articles on religious subjects half so much as articles on common subjects, written with a decidedly Christian tone."— DR.
Page 76 - French tranflation of the Bible, which was found in the tent of king John, king of France, after the battle of Poiftiers.
Page 62 - I think," says the illustrious prelate, "that much trouble has been taken in our times very unnecessarily, to prove what is incontestible, that, in the first ages of the church, the laity read the holy scriptures. It is clear as daylight, that all people read the Bible and Liturgy...