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Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical notes. Volume I. The History of Creeds. by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
The importance of the subject justifies and demands a brief examination of the arguments in favor of this novel dogma, which is one of the most characteristic features of modern Romanism, and forms an impassable gulf between it and Protestantism.
Death of Christ by Denney, James (1856-1917)
CHAPTER 3 The Epistles of St. Paul WHEN we pass from primitive Christian preaching to the epistles of St. Paul, we are embarrassed not by the scantiness but by the abundance of our materials.
Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Kings by Farrar, Frederic William (1831-1903)
The "Two Books of Kings," as we call them, are only one book (Sepher Melakîm), and were so regarded not only in the days of Origen (ap. Euseb., H. E., vi. 25) and of Jerome (a.d.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 15: 1869 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ."- Philippians 1:6. THE dangers which attend the spiritual life are of the most appalling character.
NPNF2-01. Eusebius Pamphilius: Church History, Life of Constantine, Oration in Praise of Constantine by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Montanism must not be looked upon as a heresy in the ordinary sense of the term. The movement lay in the sphere of life and discipline rather than in that of theology.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 14: 1868 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is engraved upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars." Jeremiah 17:1.
Reformed Pastor by Baxter, Richard (1615-1691)
Let us consider, what it is to take heed to ourselves. 1. See that the work of saving grace be thoroughly wrought in your own souls. Take heed to yourselves, lest you be void of that saving grace of God which you offer to others, and be strangers to the effectual working of that gospel which you preach; and lest, while you proclaim to the world the necessity of a Savior,…
Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Edersheim, Alfred (1825-1889)
ERUNNER. (St. Matt. i.; St. Luke i. 26-80.) FROM the Temple to Nazareth! It seems indeed most fitting that the Evangelic story should have taken its beginning within the Sanctuary, and at the time of sacrifice.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: The Acts by MacLaren, Alexander (1826-1910)
‘The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach. 2. Until the day in which He was taken up.’—ACTS i. 1, 2. ‘And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, 31.
Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries by Harnack, Adolf (1851-1930)
CHAPTER 4 THE GOSPEL OF LOVE AND CHARITY In his work, Die christliche Liebestätigkeit in der alten Kirche (1st ed., 1882; Eng. trans., Christian Charity in the Ancient Church, Edinburgh), Uhlhorn presents a sketch which is thorough, but unfair to paganism.