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Sermons. Volume Third. by Manning, Henry Edward (1808-1892)
ROMANS viii. 19-21. “The earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of Him who hath subjected the same, in hope.
Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William (1813-1888)
CHAPTER XI (continued). CAUSES OF CORRUPTION CHIEFLY INTENTIONAL. VII. ADDITION. § 5. [THE smallest of the four Classes, which upon a pure survey of the outward form divide among themselves the surface of the entire field of Corruption, is that of Additions B has 536 words added in the Gospels: א, 839: D, 2,213.
Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies. by Wace, Henry (1836-1924)
Polycarpus (1), bp. of Smyrna, one of the most prominent figures in the church of the 2nd cent. He owes this prominence less to intellectual ability, which does not appear to have been pre-eminent, than to the influence gained by a consistent and unusually long life.
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Chapter XII.—Doctrine of the rest of the apostles. 1. The Apostle Peter, therefore, after the resurrection of the Lord, and His assumption into the heavens,…
Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 08. by Tillotson, John (1630-1694)
IFE. For without me ye can do nothing.—John xv. 5. IN the beginning of this chapter our Saviour compares his mystical body, that is, his church, to a vine, which his Father, whom he compares to a husbandman, hath planted.
Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 04. by Tillotson, John (1630-1694)
SERMON LXXV. [Preached on St. Luke’s Day.] THE REPUTATION OF GOOD MEN AFTER DEATH. The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.—Psal. cxii. 6. AS the desire and hope of immortality, which is implanted in human nature, is some evidence of the thing, so likewise, that natural desire which is in men to have a good name perpetuated, and to be remembered, and mentioned with honour,…
Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 09. by Tillotson, John (1630-1694)
SERMON CCXXII. Of THE TESTIMONY OF THE SPIRIT, TO THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL. But without faith it is impossible to please God.—Heb. xi. 6. IN discoursing of the faith or persuasion of a Divine revelation, I came to inquire, in what respects this may be called a Divine faith.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
I. ANGLO-SAXON OCCUPATION OF BRITAIN The word Anglo-Saxon is used as a collective name for those Teutonic settlers -- the foundation stock of the English race -- who after dispossessing the Celtic inhabitants of Britain in the middle of the fifth century, remained masters of the country until a new order of things was created in 1066 by the coming of the Normans.…
Expositor's Bible: The Epistles of St. John by Alexander, William (1824-1911)
"Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the Day of Judgment: because as He is, so are we in this world."—1 John iv. 17. It has been so often repeated that St.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 01: 1855 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you,…