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History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)
... The Paulicians.—Their Persecution By The Greek Emperors.—Revolt In Armenia &c.—Transplantation ... wit of the lively and loquacious Greeks was consumed in the disputes of ... could bigotry and persecution desire? A Greek minister, armed with legal and military ...
Synthetic Bible Studies by Gray, James (1851-1935)
... are sometimes called the synoptics, from two Greek words which mean "a view together," the ... thus converted to Jesus, Jews, Romans and Greeks, the Christian church was founded, and to ... is that of the visit of the Greeks, which some regard as the second great ...
You Can Do Greater Things Than Christ by Kuyper, Abraham (1837-1920)
... the natural sciences and the “wisdom of the Greeks” against which the apostle inveighs in his letters ... triumphed over the highly developed wisdom of the Greeks. In the early stage of the Christian faith ...
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
... , 26, 27). During the period of Greek rule in Palestine, when those that kept ... II Mach., vi, 10), some Jews, under Greek influence, "made themselves prepuces" and turned away ... child is called Sandek, from the Greek synteknos, equivalent to our godfather in ...
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
... by which Christian theology in the Greek language designates the Word of God, ... for this reason that, first among the Greek philosophers, Heraclitus was regarded by St. ... mystery of the Divine generation; the Greek Fathers especially refer to this analogy, ...
History of the Christian Church, Volume III: Nicene and Post-Nicene Christianity. A.D. 311-600 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
... essentially beyond those decisions. The Greek church wrought out Theology and Christology ... , true to the genius of the Greek nationality, was predominantly speculative, dialectical, ... The speculative inclination of the Greek church appeared even in its sermons ...
ANF05. Fathers of the Third Century: Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius, Novatian, Appendix by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Refutation of All Heresies by Hippolytus of Rome (170-235)
... Triad; Support These on the Authority of Greek Poets; Allegorize Our Saviour’s Miracles; ... of) flowing from earth—but (whom) the Greeks by common consent (style)…
Four-Fold Gospel by McGarvey, John William (1829-1911)
... feast [The language indicates that they were Greek converts to Judaism, such as were called ... They were possibly drawn to Philip by his Greek name], and asked him, saying, Sir [ ... of this world be cast out. [The Greek word for “judgment” survives in our English ...
Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Volume II by Dods, Marcus (1834-1909)
... at the feast.” They were proselytes, Greeks by birth, Jews by religion. They ... belonged to a family in which Greek was spoken and Greek connections cultivated, but because, ... among men. He might, as these Greeks suggested, have visited other lands and have ...
New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. II: Basilica - Chambers by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
... (§ 3). Early Medieval Calendars (§ 4). Greek and Slavic Calendars (§ 5). Later medieval calendars ... Epiphany). The calendar of the Greek Church is characterized by numerous fasts ... reformatione calendarii, while among the Greeks the monk Isaac Argyros wrote on ...