Review of Fox's Book of Martyrs, Volume 1 |
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... converted Jews , wrote two admonitory epistles to them from 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 ...
... converted Jews , wrote two admonitory epistles to them from 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 ...
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... converted into a " Turkish mosque . " And he records the martyrdom of another saint in these words : " Joseph , commonly called Barsabas , was a primitive dis- ciple , and is usually deemed one of the seventy . He was , in some degree ...
... converted into a " Turkish mosque . " And he records the martyrdom of another saint in these words : " Joseph , commonly called Barsabas , was a primitive dis- ciple , and is usually deemed one of the seventy . He was , in some degree ...
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... converted through the eloquence of St. Paul , when that apostle was summoned to give an account of his doctrine in ... convert . He was af- terwards appointed bishop of Athens by St. Paul , and received the crown of martyrdom in the city ...
... converted through the eloquence of St. Paul , when that apostle was summoned to give an account of his doctrine in ... convert . He was af- terwards appointed bishop of Athens by St. Paul , and received the crown of martyrdom in the city ...
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... converted into clubs . Such is the way Fox tells his tales , and yet the most unbounded credit has hitherto been given to him by the people of this country . The real fact is , as gathered from the writings of Eusebius , St. Jerome , St ...
... converted into clubs . Such is the way Fox tells his tales , and yet the most unbounded credit has hitherto been given to him by the people of this country . The real fact is , as gathered from the writings of Eusebius , St. Jerome , St ...
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... converted to Christianity without believing in these mysteries . " << 66 In his epistle to the people of Magnesia , he exhorts them to unity in their faith , which is one of the four marks of the true church . He writes , " Avoiding ...
... converted to Christianity without believing in these mysteries . " << 66 In his epistle to the people of Magnesia , he exhorts them to unity in their faith , which is one of the four marks of the true church . He writes , " Avoiding ...
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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.