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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)
Eutyches (4) and Eutychianism. Eutyches was archimandrite of a monastery near Constantinople. For 70 years (as he told pope Leo) he had lived a monastic life, and during 30 out of them had presided over his 300 monks.
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)
... sin, but to set them an example of holy living (Cassian, de Incarn. i. 234; Gennad. de Script ...
Golden Legend, vol. 3 by Voragine, Jacobus de (1230-1298)
, and first the interpretation of her name. Agatha is said of agios, which is as much to say as holy, and theos, that is God, that is to say the saint of God: and, as Chrysostom saith, three things make a man holy, which three were perfectly in her; that is cleanness of heart, the presence of the Holy Ghost, and plenty of good manners.
Anonymous (Bible) by Anonymous (Bible)
... — the united tribes of Israel. 6 May Reuben live, and not die out, even though his numbers are few ...
Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Emmerich, Anne Catherine (1774-1824)
1. JOACHIM AND ST. ANNE MEET BENEATH THE GOLDEN GATE. It was a warning from on high that had led Joachim into the Holy Place, and it was by a similar inspiration that he was brought into a subterranean passage which belonged to the consecrated part of the Temple and ran under it and under the Golden Gate.
Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Edersheim, Alfred (1825-1889)
(Vol. i. Book I. ch. viii.) 1. The Traditional Law. - The brief account given in vol. i. p. 100, of the character and authority claimed for the traditional law may here be supplemented by a chronological arrangement of the Halakhoth in the order of their supposed introduction or promulgation.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) by Henry, Matthew (1662-1714)
... force to ours, and let us resolve to live and die together: thou shalt fare as we fare; and ...
Method of Grace in the Gospel Redemption by Flavel, John (1627-1691)
y of it in Believers. I John 2:6. He that saith he abided in him, ought himself also to walk, even as he walked. The express and principal design of the apostle, in this chapter, is to propound marks and signs, both negative and positive, for the trial and examination of men's claims to Christ; amongst which (not to spend time about the coherence) my text is a principal one;…
Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380-1471)
BE WATCHFUL and diligent in God’s service and often think of why you left the world and came here. Was it not that you might live for God and become a spiritual man? Strive earnestly for perfection, then, because in a short time you will receive the reward of your labor, and neither fear nor sorrow shall come upon you at the hour of death.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers by MacLaren, Alexander (1826-1910)
‘And the Lord spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron when they offered before the Lord, and died; 2. And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy-seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat.