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Christian Ecclesia: A Course of Lectures on the Early History and Early Conceptions of the Ecclesia and One Sermon by Hort, Fenton John Anthony (1828-1892)
FROM Titus and Timothy themselves we pass naturally to the officers of the Ecclesiae of which they were set for a time in charge. In Crete, as we saw before, there were apparently no Elders previously; and the duty most definitely named as laid on Titus was to set (or establish or appoint) Elders in the several cities.
History of Dogma - Volume I by Harnack, Adolf (1851-1930)
II THE PRESUPPOSITIONS OF THE HISTORY OF DOGMA § I. Introductory. THE Gospel presents itself as an Apocalyptic message on the soil of the Old Testament, and as the fulfilment of the law and the prophets, and yet is a new thing, the creation of a universal religion on the basis of that of the Old Testament.
Institutes of the Christian Religion by Calvin, John (1509-1564)
CHAPTER 16. PÆDOBAPTISM. ITS ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTITUTION OF CHRIST, AND THE NATURE OF THE SIGN. Divisions of this chapter,—I. Confirmation of the orthodox doctrine of Pædobaptism, sec.
Pneumatologia by Owen, John (1616-1683)
Sundry things preparatory to the work of conversion — Material and formal dispositions, with their difference — Things in the power of our natural abilities required of us in a way of duty — Internal,…
Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Edersheim, Alfred (1825-1889)
(St. Matt. xiii. 54-58; x. 1, 5-42; xi. 1; St. Mark vi. 1-13; St. Luke ix. 1-6.) It almost seems, as if the departure of Jesus from Capernaum marked a crisis in the history of that town.
Old Testament Types and Teachings by Smith, Hannah Whitall (1832-1911)
CHAPTER XX. PROVERBS THE REDEEMED AND SANCTIFIED SOUL GUIDED BY DIVINE WISDOM IN THE DAILY WALKS OF LIFE Keynote: James i. 5, 6. THE book of Proverbs gives us the application of Divine wisdom to the practical details of our walk through the labyrinth of this evil world.
School of Obedience by Murray, Andrew (1828-1917)
. ‘Through the obedience of the One shall all the many be made righteous.… Know ye not that ye are servants of obedience unto righteousness?’ —Rom. 5:19; 6:16.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
Celibacy is the renunciation of marriage implicitly or explicitly made, for the more perfect observance of chastity, by all those who receive the Sacrament of Orders in any of the higher grades.
History of Dogma - Volume IV by Harnack, Adolf (1851-1930)
In what follows I give merely a sketch; the details belong to Church history. Never again in the history of the Church has there been a victory so complete and so quickly secured as that at Nicæa, and no other decision of the Church approaches it in importance.
Beginnings of Christianity. Vol. II. by Wernle, Paul (1872-1939)
THE origin of the New Testament is the last important event in the history of the early days of Christianity, and at the same time that which most deeply influenced all successive centuries.
