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Treatise on Relics by Calvin, John (1509-1564)
, During The Middle Ages. A collection of the lives of the saints of the Roman Catholic calendar has been accomplished by the Jesuits, and is well known as that of the Bollandists, from the name of its first originator Bollandus.
Person of Christ: The Miracle of History. With a Reply to Strauss and Renan, and a Collection of Testimonies of Unbelievers. by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
THE first impression which we receive from the life of Jesus is that of perfect innocency and sinlessness in the midst of a sinful world. He, and he alone, carried the spotless purity of childhood untarnished through his youth and manhood.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
Born at Cartagena, Spain, about 560; died 4 April, 636. Isidore was the son of Severianus and Theodora. His elder brother Leander was his immediate predecessor in the Metropolitan See of Seville; whilst a younger brother St.
Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia by Ramsay, William Mitchell (1851-1939)
Chapter 4: The Letters to the Seven Churches One of the most remarkable parts of that strange and difficult book, the Revelation of St. John, is the passage 2:1 to 3:22, containing the Seven Letters.
Complete Works of Thomas Manton, D.D. Vol. I by Manton, Thomas (1620-1677)
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet; and when thou hast shut the door, pray to thy Father, &c.—Mat. VI. 6-8. I INTEND to go over the Lord’s Prayer; and, to make way for it, I shall speak a little of these foregoing verses, wherein our Lord treats of the duty of prayer, and the necessity of being much therein.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 16: 1870 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"Neither does God respect any person: yet does He devise means, that His banished are not expelled from Him." 2Samuel 14:14. THE woman of Tekoah, in arguing with David for the recall of his son Absalom, argued with great shrewdness.
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
ANF02. Fathers of the Second Century: Hermas, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, and Clement of Alexandria (Entire) by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
On martyrdom the Lord hath spoken explicitly, and what is written in different places we bring together. “But I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess in Me before men,…
Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 08. by Tillotson, John (1630-1694)
Leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps.—1 Pet. ii. 21. I HAVE considered our Saviour’s example as an universal pattern, calculated for all persons, times and places; and this I illustrated in these particulars: 1.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)
I need not explain that silk In the history of insects (far more wonderful than Ovid's Metamorphoses) the silk-worm holds a conspicuous place. The bombyx of the Isle of Ceos, as described by Pliny, (Hist.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 20: 1874 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girds on his harness boast himself as he that takes it off" 1 Kings 20:11. THESE two kings were about to proceed to war and they irritated one another by insulting messages.
