An Account of the Most Important and Interesting Religious Events: Which Have Transpired from the Commencement of the Christian Era to the Present TimeL. H. Young, 1834 - 408 pages |
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... , under any form . During his reign , Polycarp , Bishop of Smyrna , added new credit to the cause of Christ , by his triumphant martyrdom . The renowned apologist , Justin Pothe- nus , Bishop of Lyons , and many other eminent 12.
... , under any form . During his reign , Polycarp , Bishop of Smyrna , added new credit to the cause of Christ , by his triumphant martyrdom . The renowned apologist , Justin Pothe- nus , Bishop of Lyons , and many other eminent 12.
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... causes . The second century closed amidst the infernal tri- umphs of persecution . THIRD CENTURY . THE respite which the death of Severus afforded to the church , was but partial . Under the reign of his son , Caracalla , the Christians ...
... causes . The second century closed amidst the infernal tri- umphs of persecution . THIRD CENTURY . THE respite which the death of Severus afforded to the church , was but partial . Under the reign of his son , Caracalla , the Christians ...
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... cause of Christ , and re- ferring to some late calamities with which the empire had been visited , declared them to be nothing but the judgments of Heaven , for shedding the innocent blood of its righteous servants ; and entreated ...
... cause of Christ , and re- ferring to some late calamities with which the empire had been visited , declared them to be nothing but the judgments of Heaven , for shedding the innocent blood of its righteous servants ; and entreated ...
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... caused this gigantic wretch to be slain by his own soldiers ; and his execrable body to be cast out , and devoured ... causes the inroads of different nations upon the empire ( which diverted their attention from the con- cerns of the ...
... caused this gigantic wretch to be slain by his own soldiers ; and his execrable body to be cast out , and devoured ... causes the inroads of different nations upon the empire ( which diverted their attention from the con- cerns of the ...
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... causes sustained by the defection of some of its avowed friends , the multitude of those who loved not their lives to the death , was truly great . Many , who before this trying period had not been known as favour- ers of Christianity ...
... causes sustained by the defection of some of its avowed friends , the multitude of those who loved not their lives to the death , was truly great . Many , who before this trying period had not been known as favour- ers of Christianity ...
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Page 324 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us !" The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous, hosanna round.
Page 149 - AVENGE, O Lord, Thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them, who kept Thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not. In Thy book record their groans, Who were Thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 45 - And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 21 Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains...
Page 320 - And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled : and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Page 190 - ... incurred ; and, then, from all thy, sins, transgressions, and excesses, how enormous soever they may be ; even from such as are reserved for the cognizance of the holy see ; and as far as the...
Page 12 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Page 320 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them : and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands ; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
Page 319 - The knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea," and, " all shall know the Lord from the least unto the greatest.
Page 85 - 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.
Page 48 - And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations : and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.