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Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical notes. Volume I. The History of Creeds. by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Literature. I. Original Sources. The Westminster Standards—see § 94. Minutes of the Sessions of the Westminster Assembly of Divines (from Nov. 1644 to March, 1649).
History of the Christian Church, Volume VIII: Modern Christianity. The Swiss Reformation by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. Calvin, in his Refutatio Errorum Mich. Serveti, Opera, vol. VIII. 501–644, presents the doctrines of Servetus from his writings, in thirty-eight articles, the response of Servetus, the refutation of the response, and then a full examination of his whole system.—H.
Expositor's Bible: The Book of Daniel by Farrar, Frederic William (1831-1903)
CHAPTER III PECULIARITIES OF THE HISTORIC SECTION No one can have studied the Book of Daniel without seeing that, alike in the character of its miracles and the minuteness of its supposed predictions, it makes a more stupendous and a less substantiated claim upon our credence than any other book of the Bible,…
Nature and Causes of Apostasy from the Gospel by Owen, John (1616-1683)
of all sorts of persons, in the prevalency of apostasy from the truth and decays in the practice of evangelical holiness. The last part of this discourse is designed for cautions unto those who yet stand, or think they stand,…
Beginnings of Christianity. Vol. II. by Wernle, Paul (1872-1939)
IT was only the Jewish war and the destruction of Jerusalem in the year 70 A.D. that finally effected the external breach between Jews and Christians. It was now clear to all Christians that the mission of Jesus and the apostles to Israel had been in vain, and had not stayed the judgment of God.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah by MacLaren, Alexander (1826-1910)
‘For the Lord God will help Me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set My face like a flint.’—ISAIAH l. 7. What a striking contrast between the tone of these words and of the preceding! There all is gentleness, docility, still communion, submission, patient endurance.
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
ANF02. Fathers of the Second Century: Hermas, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, and Clement of Alexandria (Entire) by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Now I pass over other things in silence, glorifying the Lord. But I affirm that gnostic souls, that surpass in the grandeur of contemplation the mode of life of each of the holy ranks,…
History of the Christian Church, Volume II: Ante-Nicene Christianity. A.D. 100-325 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. Comp. §§ 17 and 45 (this vol.). Sources: I. The Epistles. W. Cureton: The Ancient Syriac Version of the Epistles of S. Ignatius to S. Polycarp, the Ephesians, and the Romans.
Expositor's Bible: The Books of Chronicles by Bennett, William H. (1855-1920)
One remarkable feature of Chronicles as compared with the book of Kings is the greater interest shown by the former in the prophets of Judah. The chronicler, by confining his attention to the southern kingdom, was compelled to omit almost all reference to Elijah and Elisha,…
Sermons on Several Occasions by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
Sermon 104 [text from the 1872 edition] On Attending the Church Service “The sin of the young men was very great.” 1 Sam. 2:17. 1. The corruption, not only of the heathen world, but likewise of them that were called Christians, has been matter of sorrow and lamentation to pious men,…