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History of the Christian Church, Volume I: Apostolic Christianity. A.D. 1-100 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
... almost equal to that of the proper apostles. The Twelve (excepting Matthias, who, however, was an eye-witness of ...
Christian Workers' Commentary on the Old and New Testaments by Gray, James (1851-1935)
INTRODUCTORY The Acts of the Apostles records that Paul visited the province of Galatia in Asia Minor twice, on his second and third journeys, but no mention was made of any particular city or town at which he stopped on either occasion.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: The Acts by MacLaren, Alexander (1826-1910)
‘And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Evidence of Christianity by Paley, William (1743-1805)
EARLY CHRISTIAN WRITERS THEMSELVES SO FULLY OR FREQUENTLY AS MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED. I shall consider this objection, first, as it applies to the letters of the apostles preserved in the New Testament; and secondly, as it applies to the remaining writings of other early Christians.
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,…
Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical notes. Volume I. The History of Creeds. by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
§ 65. The Arminian Controversy. A.D. 1604–1619. Literature. I. Arminian Sources. Scripta adversaria Collationis Hagiensis. In Dutch, Gravenhage, 1612; in Latin, by Petrus Bertius, Leyden, 1616.
NPNF2-01. Eusebius Pamphilius: Church History, Life of Constantine, Oration in Praise of Constantine by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
nsideration 1. The chronology of the bishops of Jerusalem I have nowhere found preserved in writing; In his Chron. Eusebius also gives the names of these bishops of Jerusalem, without assigning dates to more than two or three of them.
Treatise on Relics by Calvin, John (1509-1564)
St Augustinus complains, in his work entitled The Labour of Monks, that certain people were, even in his time, exercising a dishonest trade, hawking about relics of martyrs, and he adds the following significant words, should they really be relics of martyrs, from which we may infer, that even then abuses and deceits were practised, by making simple folks believe that bones, picked up any where,…
Short Papers on Church History by Miller, Andrew (1810-1883)
... confessed His name —His kingdom, power, and glory. MATTHIAS —the apostle elected to fill the place of the traitor ...
NPNF1-02. St. Augustine's City of God and Christian Doctrine by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
gment in the End of the World. The Saviour Himself, while reproving the cities in which He had done great works, but which had not believed, and while setting them in unfavorable comparison with foreign cities, says, “But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment than for you.” Matt.
