A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church: St. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus, 1899Christian literature Company, 1899 - Christian literature, Early |
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... fact that work of this kind can only be done in the intervals of regular duties , and the almost inevitable drawback that the best men are also the busiest , has repeatedly stood in the way and caused the work to be returned to me ...
... fact that work of this kind can only be done in the intervals of regular duties , and the almost inevitable drawback that the best men are also the busiest , has repeatedly stood in the way and caused the work to be returned to me ...
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... fact that he has had to be distinguished by the name of his see , to avoid confusion with his namesake of Arles , the contemporary of St. Augustine , shews how soon and how thoroughly personal details concerning him were forgotten . The ...
... fact that he has had to be distinguished by the name of his see , to avoid confusion with his namesake of Arles , the contemporary of St. Augustine , shews how soon and how thoroughly personal details concerning him were forgotten . The ...
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... fact that Hilary could use language so reserved upon this subject must have led them to welcome his alliance the more heartily . Neither he nor they could foresee the future of the doctrine , and both sides must have sincerely thought ...
... fact that Hilary could use language so reserved upon this subject must have led them to welcome his alliance the more heartily . Neither he nor they could foresee the future of the doctrine , and both sides must have sincerely thought ...
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... fact which could not be respectfully stated . That he should have spoken as he did , and indeed that he should have raised the subject at all , is a clear sign of the uncertainty of the times . A timorous appeal for mercy would have ...
... fact which could not be respectfully stated . That he should have spoken as he did , and indeed that he should have raised the subject at all , is a clear sign of the uncertainty of the times . A timorous appeal for mercy would have ...
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... fact , he seems often to be thinking aloud on subjects which interest him rather than address . ing himself to the needs of his audience . Practical exhortation has , indeed , a much smaller space than mystical exegesis and speculative ...
... fact , he seems often to be thinking aloud on subjects which interest him rather than address . ing himself to the needs of his audience . Practical exhortation has , indeed , a much smaller space than mystical exegesis and speculative ...
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Page 91 - But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth ; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
Page 28 - And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shall not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Page 236 - BLESSED is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners : and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful.
Page 99 - Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die. And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him; and to every seed his own body.
Page 4 - Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible ; and in One Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages ; God of God ; Light of Light ; True God of True God ; begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father, by Whom all things were made.
Page 175 - And the Angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham ! Abraham! and he said here am I. And he said lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him ; for now I know that thou fearest God-, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 85 - Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist : notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Page 149 - He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation; for in him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities — all things were created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Page 78 - Is any thing too hard for the Lord ? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
Page 96 - 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...