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NPNF2-06. Jerome: The Principal Works of St. Jerome by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Ctesiphon had written to Jerome for his opinion on two points in the teaching of Pelagius, (1) his quietism and (2) his denial of original sin. Jerome now refutes these two doctrines and points out that Pelagius has drawn them partly from the philosophers and partly from the heretics.
NPNF2-06. Jerome: The Principal Works of St. Jerome by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
———————————— The life of Hilarion was written by Jerome in 390 at Bethlehem. Its object was to further the ascetic life to which he was devoted.
NPNF2-06. Jerome: The Principal Works of St. Jerome by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Nepotian, the nephew of Heliodorus (for whom see Letter XIV.), had, like his uncle, abandoned the military for the clerical calling, and was now a presbyter at Altinum, where Heliodorus was bishop.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy) by Henry, Matthew (1662-1714)
E X O D U S CHAP. III. As prophecy had ceased for many ages before the coming of Christ, that the revival and perfection of it in that great prophet might be the more remarkable, so vision had ceased (for aught that appears) among the patriarchs for some ages before the coming of Moses, that God's appearances to him for Israel's salvation might be the more welcome;…
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) by Henry, Matthew (1662-1714)
I S A I A H. CHAP. VII. This chapter is an occasional sermon, in which the prophet sings both of mercy and judgment to those that did not perceive or understand either; he piped unto them, but they danced not, mourned unto them, but they wept not.
NPNF2-04. Athanasius: Select Works and Letters by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Introduction to Vita S. Antoni. ———————————— (Written between 356 and 362) The Life of St. Antony is included in the present collection partly on account of the important influence it has exercised upon the development of the ascetic life in the Church, partly and more especially on the ground of its strong claim to rank as a work of Athanasius.
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
ANF05. Fathers of the Third Century: Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius, Novatian, Appendix by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. Oxford ed.: Ep. lxxv. [This is one of the most important illustrations of Ante-Nicene unity and its laws. Elucidation XIX.] Firmilian, Bishop of Cæsarea in Cappadocia, to Cyprian,…
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) by Henry, Matthew (1662-1714)
L U K E. CHAP. XXIV. Our Lord Jesus went gloriously down to death, in spite of the malice of his enemies, who did all they could to make his death ignominious; but he rose again more gloriously, of which we have an account in this chapter; and the proofs and evidences of Christ's resurrection are more fully related by this evangelist than they were by Matthew and Mark.
Works of Jonathan Edwards, Volume Two by Edwards, Jonathan (1703-1758)
. § 1. when we seek for any thing in the dark by so low a faculty of discerning as the sense of feeling, or by the sense of seeing with a dim light, sometimes we cannot find it; though it be there, it seems to us to be impossible that it should be.
General Epistles: James, Peter, and Judas by Moffat, James, D.D. (1870-1944)
The salutation or address is shorter than any other in the N.T. letters, closer to the form commonly employed in ordinary correspondence. 1 James, a servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: greeting.