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ANF03. Latin Christianity: Its Founder, Tertullian by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)

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Five Books Against Marcion by Tertullianus, Quintas Septimus Florens (c. 160-c. 225)

Chapter IV.—Another Instance of Marcion’s Tampering with St. Paul’s Text. The Fulness of Time, Announced by the Apostle, Foretold by the Prophets.…

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NPNF1-09. St. Chrysostom: On the Priesthood; Ascetic Treatises; Select Homilies and Letters; Homilies on the Statutes by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)

———————————— 1. Having lately come across the incident of the paralytic The allusion is most probably to Homily XII. against the Anomœans, in which Chrysostom proves the equality of the Divine Son with God the Father by a reference to the cure of the paralytic by the pool of Bethesda.

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Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2 by Arminius, Jacobus (1560-1609)

ations of this chapter. The FIRST, which is the latest of the two opinions embraced by St. Augustine, and which interprets this chapter concerning a man under grace, has various disadvantages: (1.) in the meaning of the word CARNAL, and that of the phrase, "sold under sin." (2.) In the explanation of the evil which,…

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History of the Origins of Christianity. Book II. The Apostles. by Renan, Joseph Ernest (1823-1892).

Till now, the Church of Jerusalem presents itself to the outside world as a little Galilean colony. The friends whom Jesus had made at Jerusalem, and in its environs, such as Lazarus, Martha, Mary of Bethany, Joseph of Arimathea, and Nicodemus, had disappeared from the scene.

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Vindiciæ Evangelicæ or, the Mystery of the Gospel Vindicated and Socinianism Examined by Owen, John (1616-1683)

is ascribed and due to him. Of the nature of the kingly office of Jesus Christ, his investiture with it, his administration of it, with the efficacy of that power which therein he puts forth, both towards his elect and others, Mr Biddle doth not administer any occasion to discourse.

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German Pulpit, Being a Selection of Sermons by the Most Eminent Modern Divines of Germany by Baker, Richard

URY. SERMON XI. ON THE SANCTITY OF AN OATH, AND THE CRIME OF PERJURY. OH God, most holy and just, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, and thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven, that right and truth may rule, and peace and love dwell among us! Let us ever adhere to the truth before thee, that we may not shun thy all-seeing eye,…

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Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)

Brehon law is the usual term for Irish native law, as administered in Ireland down to almost the middle of the seventeenth century, and in fact amongst the native Irish until the final consummation of the English conquest.

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Complete Works of Thomas Manton, D.D. Vol. V by Manton, Thomas (1620-1677)

In that day there shall be one Lord, and his name one.—Zech. XIV. 9, latter part. THE whole chapter, but chiefly the context immediately preceding, is spent in the description of a wonderful day, which, ver.

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Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Kings by Farrar, Frederic William (1831-1903)

1 Kings xii. 21-23. "For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no god: yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces."—Hosea viii. 6. The condemnation of the first king of Israel sounds like a melancholy and menacing refrain through the whole history of the Northern Kingdom.

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Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical notes. Volume I. The History of Creeds. by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)

SOURCES. The Westminster Confession sets forth the Calvinistic system in its scholastic maturity after it had passed through the sharp conflict with Arminianism in Holland, and as it had shaped itself in the minds of Scotch Presbyterians and English Puritans during their conflict with High-Church prelacy.

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