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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.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
Cofoundress of the Order of Poor Ladies, or Clares, and first Abbess of San Damiano; born at Assisi, 16 July, 1194; died there 11 August, 1253. She was the eldest daughter of Favorino Scifi, Count of Sasso-Rosso, the wealthy representative of an ancient Roman family, who owned a large palace in Assisi and a castle on the slope of Mount Subasio.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
There is in sleep something mysterious which seems, from the earliest times, to have impressed man and aroused his curiosity. What philosophy of sleep sprang from the observation of phenomenon, we do not know; but like all phenomena the causes of which are not obvious, sleep came, in the course of time,…
Doctrinal Theology by Schmid, Heinrich (1811-1885)
The state of integrity is the original condition of man created after the image of God, in goodness and rectitude.” QUEN. (II, 2.) The first condition of man is thus designated, because in it he was entirely uninjured and incorrupt in all his endowments, powers, and attributes.
Truth and Innocence Vindicated by Owen, John (1616-1683)
A Survey of the First Chapter [Inconsistent expressions of Parker in regard to the power of the magistrate and the rights of conscience — The design of his discourse to prove the magistrate’s authority to govern the consciences of his subjects in affairs of religion — This doctrine inconsistent with British law — Ascribes more power to the magistrate than to Christ — Contrary to the history of the royal prerogative — Alleged necessity of the principle to public peace and order — Ev…
Truth and Innocence Vindicated by Owen, John (1616-1683)
Among the many disadvantages which those who plead in any sense for liberty of conscience are exposed unto,…
Early Christian Fathers by Richardson, Cyril C. (1909-1976)
The Letter of the Church of Rome to the Church of Corinth, Commonly Called Clement's First Letter THE TEXT The church of God, living in exile The Greek word implies a colony of aliens without full civic rights.
Prayer and Praying Men by Bounds, Edward M. (1835-1913)
The Holy Spirit will give to the praying saint the brightness of an immortal hope, the music of a deathless song, in His baptism and communion with the heart, He will give sweeter and more enlarged visions of heaven until the taste for other things will pall, and other visions will grow dim and distant.
NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
On the mutual relations of Basil and Eustathius up to this time, cf. Prolegomena. 1. There is a time to keep silence and a time to speak, Eccles. iii. 7. is the saying of the Preacher.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 30: 1884 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love." Galatians 5:22. THE worst enemy we have is the flesh. Augustine used to frequently pray, "Lord, deliver me from that evil man, myself." All the fire which the devil can bring from Hell could do us little harm if we had not so much fuel in our nature.