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Christian Ethics. Volume I.—History of Ethics. by Wuttke, Adolf (1819-1870)
... ecclesiastical world. To the period of Thomas Aquinas himself belongs the Summa of William Peraldus, Summa s. tractatius ...
Christian Ethics. Volume I.—History of Ethics. by Wuttke, Adolf (1819-1870)
SECTION XXXVIII. The ethics of the Roman Catholic church, after the Reformation, was treated for the most part as a constantly increasing and more minute-growing body of casuistry.
Systematic Theology - Volume III by Hodge, Charles (1797-1878)
The two fundamental principles of the religion of the Bible are first, that there is one only the living and true God, the maker of heaven and earth, who has revealed Himself under the name Jehovah; secondly, that this God is a Spirit, and, therefore, incapable of being conceived of or represented under a visible form.
Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day by Underhill, Evelyn (1875-1941)
HISTORY AND THE LIFE OF THE SPIRIT We have already agreed that, if we wish to grasp the real character of spiritual life, we must avoid the temptation to look at it as merely a historical subject.
History of the Christian Church, Volume VI: The Middle Ages. A.D. 1294-1517 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. To the pontificate of John XXII. belongs a second group of literary assailants of the papacy. Going beyond Dante and John of Paris, they attacked the pope’s spiritual functions.
History of the Christian Church, Volume VI: The Middle Ages. A.D. 1294-1517 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. Wyclif’s chief service for his people, next to the legacy of his own personality,…
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
... form the work differs from the "Summa" of St. Thomas Aquinas by using exposition where the Angelic Doctor ...
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
"To write a full history of exegesis", says Farrar, "would require the space of many volumes." Nor is this surprising when it is borne in mind that the number of commentaries on such a recent writer as Dante reached the grand total of thirteen hundred at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
(Ab = from; solvere = to free) Absolution is the remission of sin, or of the punishment due to sin, granted by the Church. (For remission of punishment due to sin, see CENSURE, EXCOMMUNICATION, INDULGENCE.) Absolution proper is that act of the priest whereby, in the Sacrament of Penance, he frees man from sin.
History of the Christian Church, Volume VII. Modern Christianity. The German Reformation by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
§ 48. Luther burns the Pope’s bull, and forever breaks with Rome. Dec. 10, 1520. Literature in § 47. Luther was prepared for the bull of excommunication. He could see in it nothing but blasphemous presumption and pious hypocrisy.