Review of Fox's Book of Martyrs, Volume 1 |
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... Rome , and there- fore were Roman Catholics . Now is it not a piece of the strangest ab- surdity for man to adduce the sufferings of Roman Catholics under Pagan persecutors , to excite in the minds of Protestants , a hatred and abhor ...
... Rome , and there- fore were Roman Catholics . Now is it not a piece of the strangest ab- surdity for man to adduce the sufferings of Roman Catholics under Pagan persecutors , to excite in the minds of Protestants , a hatred and abhor ...
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... Rome on fire ; and on the right is a representation of the fire of London in 1666. Nero fired the former city , and charged the primitive Christians with doing it , to bring odium upon them ; the latter city was struck by the hand of ...
... Rome on fire ; and on the right is a representation of the fire of London in 1666. Nero fired the former city , and charged the primitive Christians with doing it , to bring odium upon them ; the latter city was struck by the hand of ...
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... Rome , in the second of which he tells them , that " no prophecy of scripture is made by private interpretation , " ch . i . v . 20 ; and in conclusion he writes , " Even as our beloved brother " Paul also according to the wisdom given ...
... Rome , in the second of which he tells them , that " no prophecy of scripture is made by private interpretation , " ch . i . v . 20 ; and in conclusion he writes , " Even as our beloved brother " Paul also according to the wisdom given ...
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... Rome after St. Peter , so that here is a mistake on the part of Fox . At the time of Fabian's death , the violence of the per- secution under Decius was so great that the see of Rome was vacant sixteen months , so that Cornelius did not ...
... Rome after St. Peter , so that here is a mistake on the part of Fox . At the time of Fabian's death , the violence of the per- secution under Decius was so great that the see of Rome was vacant sixteen months , so that Cornelius did not ...
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... Rome they chose ca- verns or arenĉ for their burial places , digging lodges on each hand , " in each of which they deposited a corpse , and then walled up the en- " trance of that lodge . Boldetti proves the cemetry of St. Agnes to ...
... Rome they chose ca- verns or arenĉ for their burial places , digging lodges on each hand , " in each of which they deposited a corpse , and then walled up the en- " trance of that lodge . Boldetti proves the cemetry of St. Agnes to ...
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Page 149 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings ! and ye would not...
Page 134 - WHOSOEVER will be saved: before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic Faith, which Faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.
Page 323 - And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God...
Page 149 - Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes : and some of them ye shall kill and crucify ; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city...
Page 149 - For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another ; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Page 134 - Faith is this : that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity ; Neither confounding the Persons : nor dividing the substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son : and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one : the glory equal, the Majesty co-eternal.
Page 134 - For the right faith is, that we believe and confess, That our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and man; God of the substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds; and Man of the substance of his mother, born in the world...
Page 18 - Lord is salvation: even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things HARD TO BE UNDERSTOOD, WHICH THEY THAT ARE UNLEARNED AND UNSTABLE WREST, AS THEY DO ALSO THE OTHER SCRIPTURES. UNTO THEIR OWN DESTRUCTION.
Page 134 - Man of the substance of his mother, born in the world ; perfect God, and perfect man, of a reasonable soul, and human flesh subsisting; equal to the Fattier, as touching his Godhead ; and inferior to the Father, as touching his manhood.
Page 150 - Whilst Alypius, assisted by the governor of the province, urged, with vigour and diligence, the execution of the work, horrible balls of fire breaking out near the foundations, with frequent and reiterated attacks, rendered the place, from time to time, inaccessible to the scorched and blasted workmen; and the victorious element continuing in this manner obstinately and resolutely bent, as it were, to drive them to a distance, the undertaking was abandoned.