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... European monarchies , therefore , were only rising in the west when the Jewish Theocracy was sinking into decay ... Europe so far secured . One Jew had risen to be minister , another was the cupbearer , and a Jewess had become the ...
... European monarchies , therefore , were only rising in the west when the Jewish Theocracy was sinking into decay ... Europe so far secured . One Jew had risen to be minister , another was the cupbearer , and a Jewess had become the ...
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... Europe , and on modern versions . Two of the chief revisions of this version were executed by coun- trymen of our own - Alcuin , the friend of Charlemagne ( 802 , ) and Lanfranc , archbishop of Canterbury . There is now a beautiful manu ...
... Europe , and on modern versions . Two of the chief revisions of this version were executed by coun- trymen of our own - Alcuin , the friend of Charlemagne ( 802 , ) and Lanfranc , archbishop of Canterbury . There is now a beautiful manu ...
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... Europe till the middle of the sixteenth century . A copy was sent to Italy in the year 1552 , and the New Testament was forthwith printed at Venice . Great pains have since been taken to obtain Syriac manuscripts of Scripture , and with ...
... Europe till the middle of the sixteenth century . A copy was sent to Italy in the year 1552 , and the New Testament was forthwith printed at Venice . Great pains have since been taken to obtain Syriac manuscripts of Scripture , and with ...
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... Europe were throwing off old bonds , and were peculiarly exposed to the danger of abusing their liberty , Providence was providing fresh evidence of the truth of Scripture from the very ends of the earth . They have supplied , moreover ...
... Europe were throwing off old bonds , and were peculiarly exposed to the danger of abusing their liberty , Providence was providing fresh evidence of the truth of Scripture from the very ends of the earth . They have supplied , moreover ...
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... Europe . On the borders of the districts occu- pied by those different forms of speech , how- ever , there were other tongues into which it was necessary , if the people were to read the Bible , that it should be translated ; and this ...
... Europe . On the borders of the districts occu- pied by those different forms of speech , how- ever , there were other tongues into which it was necessary , if the people were to read the Bible , that it should be translated ; and this ...
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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...