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Great Controversy by White, Ellen Gould (1827-1915)
Before the entrance of sin, Adam enjoyed open communion with his Maker; but since man separated himself from God by transgression, the human race has been cut off from this high privilege.
History of the Christian Church, Volume VIII: Modern Christianity. The Swiss Reformation by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. In 1516 Zwingli left Glarus on account of the intrigues of the French political party, which came into power after the victory of the French at Marignano (1515), and accepted a call to Einsiedeln, but kept his charge and expected to return; for the congregation was much attached to him, and promised to build him a new parsonage.
Short Papers on Church History by Miller, Andrew (1810-1883)
In the year 1865 two papers appeared in the Magazine, “Things New and Old,” under the title of “Philadelphia.” These were afterwards published separately as a little book, with a few footnotes from church history.
New Testament Commentary Vol. III: John by Johnson, Barton Warren (1833-1894)
The discourse in the synagogue at Capernaum occurred, according to Andrews, in the spring of a.d. 29; the visit to Jerusalem at the feast of Tabernacles, took place in the early autumn of the same year.
History of the Christian Church, Volume VI: The Middle Ages. A.D. 1294-1517 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. Humanistic studies were late in finding entrance into Germany. They were opposed not so much by priestly ignorance and prejudice, as was the case in Italy, as by the scholastic theology which reigned at the universities.
History of American Christianity by Bacon, Leonard Woolsey (1830-1907)
ION OF CHRISTENDOM—CONTROVERSIES—PERSECUTIONS. WE have briefly reviewed the history of two magnificent schemes of secular and spiritual empire, which, conceived in the minds of great statesmen and churchmen, sustained by the resources of the mightiest kingdoms of that age, inaugurated by soldiers of admirable prowess, explorers of unsurpassed boldness and persistence,…
Holy Wisdom: or, Directions for the Prayer of Contemplation by Baker, Augustine (1517-1641)
INDEX. Abstraction of life recommended, 98, 104, 165, 225, 314, 461. Actions, none are indifferent, 93, 109; to be perfect, must proceed from God and be directed towards Him, 109.
Expositions of the Holy Scriptures: Second Kings from Chap. VIII, and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes by MacLaren, Alexander (1826-1910)
‘It came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven.’—NEH. i. 4.
History of the Christian Church, Volume V: The Middle Ages. A.D. 1049-1294 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. "... The knights’ bones are dust And their good swords are rust; Their souls are with the saints, we trust." Coleridge. Literature.—A. R. L. Heeren: Versuch einer Entwickelung der Folgen der Kreuzzüge für Europa, Göttingen, 1808; French trans., Paris, 1808.—Maxime de Choiseul-Daillecourt: De l’influence des croisades sur l’état des peuples de l’Europe, Paris, 1809.
History of the Origins of Christianity. Book VI. The Reigns of Hadrian and Antoninus Pius. (A.D. 117-161) by Renan, Joseph Ernest (1823-1892).
The most different tendencies were apparent in the Church of Jesus, which demonstrated the wonderful fecundity of the newly-awakened conscience in the bosom of humanity; but which at the same time created an immense danger for that newly-born institution.