Show only:
Classics only
Sort by:
CCEL Search results
Doctrinal Divinity by Gill, John (1697-1771)
Chapter 4 Of the Resurrection of the Body. Though the immortality of the soul may be known by the light of nature, yet not the resurrection of the body; the one arises from the nature of the soul itself; but the other does not arise from the constitution of the body, but depends, upon the sovereign will and power of God: now the will and purpose of God, or what he has determined to do, is secret,…
Romance of M. Renan, and the Christ of the Gospels. Three Essays by Rev. Dr. Schaff and M. Napoleon Roussel. by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
By Napoléon Roussel. THE ROMANCE OF M. RENAN. WE have, once more and again, read “The Life of Jesus,” by M. Renan. The book is a masterpiece of skill. We say this without any reference either to its style or to its scientific character; but with respect to the marvelous cleverness with which its author colors events and fashions men,…
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
ANF02. Fathers of the Second Century: Hermas, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, and Clement of Alexandria (Entire) by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Clemens Alexandrinus on the Salvation of the Rich Man. [Translated by Rev. William Wilson, M.A.] Who is the Rich Man that Shall Be Saved?…
Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William (1813-1888)
[IT has been already shewn in the First Volume that the Art of Transcription on vellum did not reach perfection till after the lapse of many centuries in the life of the Church.
Creeds of Christendom, Volume III. The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
[This Confession was prepared by Calvin and his pupil, De Chandieu, revised and approved by a synod at Paris, 1559, delivered by Beza to Charles IX. at Poissy, 1561, adopted by the Synod of La Rochelle, 1571 (hence also called the 'Confession of Rochelle'), and solemnly sanctioned by Henry IV.
Essays and Reviews: The Education of the World, Bunsen's Biblical Researches, On the Study of the Evidences of Christianity; Seances Historiques by Temple, Frederick (1821-1902)
IN a world of mere phenomena, where all events are bound to one another by a rigid law of cause and effect, it is possible to imagine the course of a long period bringing all things at the end of it into exactly the same relations as they occupied at the beginning.
Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Edersheim, Alfred (1825-1889)
CHAPTER XI. THE LAST DISCOURSES OF CHRIST - THE PRAYER OF CONSECRATION. As this chapter is really in the nature of a commentation on St. John xiv., xv., xvi., xvii., the reader is requested to peruse it with the Bible-text beside him.
Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Edersheim, Alfred (1825-1889)
(St. Matt. xiii. 54-58; x. 1, 5-42; xi. 1; St. Mark vi. 1-13; St. Luke ix. 1-6.) It almost seems,…
Selected Sermons of George Whitefield by Whitefield, George (1714-1770)
The Righteousness of Christ, an Everlasting Righteousness Daniel 9:24 — “And to bring everlasting Righteousness.” On reading these words, I cannot help addressing you in the language of the angels to the poor shepherds, who kept watch over their flocks by night, “Behold, I bring you glad tidings of great joy,” such tidings, that if we have ears to hear, if we have eyes to see,…
Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, Galatians and Romans: Essays and Dissertations by Jowett, Benjamin (1817-1893)
IT is a strange, though familiar fact, that great differences of opinion exist respecting the Interpretation of Scripture. All Christians receive the Old and New Testament as sacred writings, but they are not agreed about the meaning which they attribute to them.