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NPNF2-06. Jerome: The Principal Works of St. Jerome by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
This, one of the longest of Jerome’s letters, was written to console Eustochium for the loss of her mother who had recently died. Jerome relates the story of Paula in detail; speaking first of her high birth, marriage, and social success at Rome, and then narrating her conversion and subsequent life as a Christian ascetic.
NPNF2-06. Jerome: The Principal Works of St. Jerome by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Book II. Jerome answers the second, third, and fourth propositions of Jovinianus. I. (c. 1–4). That those who have become regenerate cannot be overthrown by the devil, Jerome (c.
NPNF2-06. Jerome: The Principal Works of St. Jerome by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Rusticus, a young monk of Toulouse, (to be carefully distinguished from the recipient of Letter CXXII.) is advised by Jerome not to become an anchorite but to continue in a community.
Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching by Irenaeus, St. (c.130-c.200)
1. Knowing, my beloved Marcianus, your desire to walk in godliness, which alone leads man to life eternal, I rejoice with you and make my prayer that you may preserve your faith entire and so be pleasing to God who made you.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 by Calvin, John (1509-1564)
1. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 1. Perfecti fuerunt igitur coeli et terra, et omnis exercitus eorum. 2. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
My Life in Christ, or Moments of Spiritual Serenity and Contemplation, of Reverent Feeling, of Earnest Self-Amendment, and of Peace in God by Sergieff, Archpriest John Iliytch (1829-1909)
My Life in Christ Part I "This is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent."--St. John xvii. 3. Thou, O God, hast opened wide to me Thy truth and Thy verity.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) by Henry, Matthew (1662-1714)
L U K E. CHAP. I. The narrative which this evangelist gives us (or rather God by him) of the life of Christ begins earlier than either Matthew or Mark. We have reason to thank God for them all, as we have for all the gifts and graces of Christ's ministers, which in one make up what is wanting in the other, while all put together make a harmony.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) by Henry, Matthew (1662-1714)
M A T T H E W. CHAP. III. At the start of this chapter, concerning the baptism of John, begins the gospel (Mark i. 1); what went before is but preface or introduction;…
Institutes of the Christian Religion by Calvin, John (1509-1564)
CHAPTER 1. OF THE TRUE CHURCH. DUTY OF CULTIVATING UNITY WITH HER, AS THE MOTHER OF ALL THE GODLY. The three divisions of this chapter are,—I. The article of the Creed concerning the Holy Catholic Church and the Communion of Saints briefly expounded.
NPNF2-07. Cyril of Jerusalem, Gregory Nazianzen by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Introduction to Oration II. It is generally agreed that this oration was not intended for oral delivery. Its object was to explain and defend S. Gregory’s recent conduct, which had been severely criticised by his friends at Nazianzus.