Scenes from Christian HistoryCrosby, Nichols, and Company, 1854 - 288 pages |
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... LUTHER XXIII . THE JESUITS . -LOYOLA . - XAVIER XXIV . THE POLISH UNITARIANS . - MARTIN RUARUS 221 230 236 XXV . NEW ENGLAND . COTTON MATHER · · 243 XXVI . XXVII . THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . - SWEDENBORG . 248 PROTESTANT MISSIONS ...
... LUTHER XXIII . THE JESUITS . -LOYOLA . - XAVIER XXIV . THE POLISH UNITARIANS . - MARTIN RUARUS 221 230 236 XXV . NEW ENGLAND . COTTON MATHER · · 243 XXVI . XXVII . THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . - SWEDENBORG . 248 PROTESTANT MISSIONS ...
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... Luther there are instances of bishops disobeying the Pope , of kings disregarding his claims , indeed , of whole nations who - lived in their Christian faith as if there were no Pope . The king of Hungary was so far from him , A. D. ...
... Luther there are instances of bishops disobeying the Pope , of kings disregarding his claims , indeed , of whole nations who - lived in their Christian faith as if there were no Pope . The king of Hungary was so far from him , A. D. ...
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... Luther did , of the moderate but ear- nest Cassian , and above all , of the Scriptures , New and Old . At last he resolved to take orders , hoping to effect a reform in the priestly office itself . In 1483 ( the year of Luther's birth ) ...
... Luther did , of the moderate but ear- nest Cassian , and above all , of the Scriptures , New and Old . At last he resolved to take orders , hoping to effect a reform in the priestly office itself . In 1483 ( the year of Luther's birth ) ...
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... Luther adapted it from them . And there is nothing to prevent us from thinking that it came down from the Apostles ' times . Of the words of the Apostolic hymns , however , we have but a few traces . The Psalms of David were used in all ...
... Luther adapted it from them . And there is nothing to prevent us from thinking that it came down from the Apostles ' times . Of the words of the Apostolic hymns , however , we have but a few traces . The Psalms of David were used in all ...
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... LUTHER . MARTIN LUTHER , a monk , dressed in a monk's dress , sat in an open wagon , with three friends , riding into the old city of Worms . It was the 16th of April , 1521 . There was nothing in his simple arrangements for the journey ...
... LUTHER . MARTIN LUTHER , a monk , dressed in a monk's dress , sat in an open wagon , with three friends , riding into the old city of Worms . It was the 16th of April , 1521 . There was nothing in his simple arrangements for the journey ...
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Page 226 - For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
Page 102 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 206 - And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth ; And the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou remainest; And they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, And they shall be changed: But thou art the same, And thy years shall not fail.
Page 102 - Not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying; but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh™ in concupiscence.
Page 11 - And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Page 167 - One part of his dress only remains, but it is too remarkable to be suppressed; it was a brass ring, resembling a dog's collar, but without any opening, and soldered fast round his neck, so loose as to form no impediment to his breathing, yet so tight as to be incapable of being removed, excepting by the use of the file. On this singular gorget was engraved in Saxon characters, an inscription of the following purport:—" Gurth, the son of Beowulph, is the born thrall of Cedric of Rotherwood.
Page 218 - Below him extended a vast chaos of rock and forest, and green savannahs and wandering streams, while at a distance the waters of the promised ocean glittered in the morning sun. At this glorious prospect Vasco Nunez sank upon his knees, and poured out thanks to God for being the first European to whom it was given to make that great discovery. He then called his people to ascend : " Behold, my friends," said he, " that glorious sight which we have so much desired.
Page 166 - His garment was of the simplest form imaginable, being a close jacket with sleeves, composed of the tanned skin of some animal...
Page 34 - Christ, as to a divinity, binding themselves by a solemn oath, not for the purposes of any wicked design, but never to commit any fraud, theft, or adultery, never to falsify their word, nor deny a trust when they should be called upon to •deliver it up; after which it was their custom to separate, and then reassemble, to eat in common a harmless meal.
Page 24 - By that event the sect, of which he was the founder, received a blow, which for a time checked the growth of a dangerous superstition ; but it revived soon after, and spread with recruited vigor, not only in Judea, the soil that gave it birth, but even in the city of Rome...