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History of the Origins of Christianity. Book V. The Gospels. by Renan, Joseph Ernest (1823-1892).
The defects and omissions in the Gospel of Mark became every day more obnoxious. Those who knew the beautiful addresses of Jesus as they appeared in the Syro-Chaldaic Scriptures, regretted the dryness of the narrative based on the tradition of Peter.
Method of Grace in the Gospel Redemption by Flavel, John (1627-1691)
John 6:45. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that has heard, and has learned of the Father, cometh unto me. How necessary to our union with Jesus Christ, the application of the law, or coming home of the commandment to the heart of a sinner is, we have heard in the last discourse;…
Doctrinal Divinity by Gill, John (1697-1771)
Chapter 3 Of The Creation Of Man. Man was made last of all the creatures, being the chief and masterpiece of the whole creation on earth, whom God had principally and first in view in making the world, and all things in it; according to that known rule, that what is first in intention, is last in execution; God proceeding in his works as artificers in theirs,…
Works of Jonathan Edwards, Volume Two by Edwards, Jonathan (1703-1758)
PART I. OBSERVATIONS ON THE FACTS AND EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY, AND THE OBJECTIONS OF INFIDELS. CHAP. I. General observations. §1. I suppose it will be acknowledged by the deists, that the Christian religion is the most rational and pure that ever was established in any society of men; and that they will except only themselves, as serving God in a manner more according to his will,…
ANF04. Fathers of the Third Century: Tertullian, Part Fourth; Minucius Felix; Commodian; Origen, Parts First and Second by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Works of Origen by Origen (c. 185-c. 254)
Book IV. Translated from the Latin of Rufinus. Chapter I.—That the Scriptures are Divinely Inspired. 1. But as it is not sufficient,…
General Epistles: James, Peter, and Judas by Moffat, James, D.D. (1870-1944)
As in the case of the epistle of Judas, the greeting or address (1-2) is directed to Christians without any specific note of their residence. i. 1 Symeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have been allotted a faith of equal privilege with ours, by the equity of our God and saviour Jesus Christ:…
Religious Affections by Edwards, Jonathan (1703-1758)
they have not, that they have great effects on the body. All affections whatsoever, have in some respect or degree, an effect on the body. As was observed before, such is our nature, and such are the laws of union of soul and body, that the mind can have no lively or vigorous exercise, without some effect upon the body.
Creeds of Christendom, Volume III. The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
[The Auburn Declaration, so called from the place of its adoption, belongs to the history of American Presbyterianism, and although it never aspired to the dignity of an authoritative Confession of Faith, it may claim a place here for its intrinsic value and importance before and after the disruption.
ANF07. Fathers of the Third and Fourth Centuries: Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus, Dionysius, Apostolic Teaching and Constitutions, Homily, and Liturgies by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles by Anonymous
. [The brief notes on these canons have been mainly derived from the text and notes appended to Hefele’s History of Christian Councils, vol. i. pp. 450–492,…
Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia by Ramsay, William Mitchell (1851-1939)
Chapter 17: Ephesus: The City of Change The subject of the present chapter is the early Roman city, the Ephesus of St. John and St. Paul. But as soon as we begin to examine its character and make even a superficial survey of its history,…