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History of the Christian Church, Volume III: Nicene and Post-Nicene Christianity. A.D. 311-600 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. The principal sources are the books of ecclesiastical law and the acts of councils. Comp. the literature at § 67, and at vol. i. § 114. The union of the church with the state shed, in general, an injurious influence upon the discipline of the church; and that, in two opposite directions.
NPNF2-04. Athanasius: Select Works and Letters by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Chapter V.—Defence of the Council’s Phrases, “from the essence,” And “one in essence.” Objection that the phrases are not scriptural; we ought to look at the sense more than the wording; evasion of the Arians as to the phrase “of God” which is in Scripture; their evasion of all explanations but those which the Council selected,…
NPNF2-04. Athanasius: Select Works and Letters by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Last Things. The idea of Grace is important to the theological system of Athanasius,…
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
Dies Iræ This name by which the sequence in requiem Masses is commonly known. They are the opening words of the first verse: Dies iræ, dies illa.
History of the Christian Church, Volume I: Apostolic Christianity. A.D. 1-100 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. With all this harmony, the Christian doctrine appears in the New Testament in different forms according to the peculiar character, education, and sphere of the several sacred writers.
History of the Christian Church, Volume I: Apostolic Christianity. A.D. 1-100 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. The first duty of the historian, which comprehends all others, is fidelity and justice. He must reproduce the history itself, making it live again in his representation.
NPNF1-04. Augustine: The Writings Against the Manichaeans and Against the Donatists by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
38. O the obscurity of the nature of things! How hard to expose falsehood! Who that hears these things, if he is one who has not learned the causes of things, and who, not yet illuminated by any ray of truth, is deceived by material images, would not think them true, precisely because the things spoken of are invisible, and are presented to the mind under the form of visible things,…
NPNF1-04. Augustine: The Writings Against the Manichaeans and Against the Donatists by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Acts or Disputation Against Fortunatus, the Manichæan. [Acta Seu Disputatio Contra Fortunatum Manichæum.] a.d. 392.…
NPNF1-03. On the Holy Trinity; Doctrinal Treatises; Moral Treatises by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. Abortive conceptions, question regarding resurrection of, 265. Abraham, Christ the promised Seed of, 339, 340; His example cited, 408, 409, 412; actions of, figurative, 470; told no lie, 491; knew the state of the world from Lazarus, 548.
New Testament Commentary Vol. III: John by Johnson, Barton Warren (1833-1894)
The resurrection of Christ from the dead is reported by the four Gospels, taught in the Epistles, believed throughout Christendom, and celebrated on every “Lord's Day,” as an historical fact, as the crowning miracle and divine seal of his whole work, as the foundation of the hopes of believers, as the pledge of their own future resurrection.