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History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)
III. But in the calmer moments of reflection, when the mind of Valens was not agitated by fear, or that of Valentinian by rage, the tyrant resumed the sentiments, or at least the conduct, of the father of his country.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)
In all his public declarations, the emperor Leo assumes the authority, and professes the affection, of a father, for his son Anthemius,…
Primitive Christianity by Penn, William (1644-1718)
''Yet him God the Most High vouchsafes To call by visions from his father's house, His kindred and false gods, into a land Which he will show him, and from him will raise A mighty nation, and upon him shower His benediction so, that in his seed All nations shall be blest.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 52: 1906 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"Now our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God, our Father, who has loved us, and has given us everlasting consolation and good hope through Grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work." 2 Thessalonians 2:16,17 EVERY man who is engaged in a good work desires that it may be lasting.
Sermons on Faith and Doctrine by the Late Benjamin Jowett, M.A., Master of Balliol College by Jowett, Benjamin (1817-1893)
X SPIRITUAL RELIGION NOT DEPENDENT ON SYSTEM Preached at Balliol. . THE HOUR COMETH, WHEN YE SHALL NEITHER IN THIS MOUNTAIN, NOR YET AT JERUSALEM, WORSHIP THE FATHER.
Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus by Chadwick, George Alexander (1840-1923)
. MURMURING FOR FOOD. xvi. 1—14. The Israelites were now led farther away from all the associations of their accustomed life. From the waters and the palms of Elim they marched deeper into the savage recesses of the desert, haunted by fierce and hostile tribes, such as presently hung upon their rear-guard and cut off their stragglers (Deut.
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
ANF09. The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The Apocalypse of Peter, the Vision of Paul, The Apocalypse of the Virgin and Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena, The Narrative of Zosimus, The Apology of Aristid by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
... of life of the blessed to the fathers in the desert. But the Devil wept because of the ...
Seaboard Parish, Complete by MacDonald, George (1824-1905)
. The awe that dwells in churches fell upon me as I crossed the threshold—an awe I never fail to feel—heightened in many cases, no doubt, by the sense of antiquity and of art, but an awe which I have felt all the same in crossing the threshold of an old Puritan conventicle, as the place where men worship and have worshipped the God of their fathers,…
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
Convoked by Pope Martin V in 1431, closed at Lausanne in 1449. The position of the pope as the common Father of the Christian world had been seriously compromised by the transfer of the papal court to Avignon, and by the subsequent identification of the interests of the Church with those of a particular race.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
(1) Origin The first home of Christian monasticism is the Egyptian desert. Hither during persecution men fled the world and the danger of apostasy, to serve God in solitude.