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Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies. by Wace, Henry (1836-1924)
Lucianus (8), a famous satirist, the wittiest, except Aristophanes, of all the extant writers of antiquity. Born (probably c. 120) at Samosata on the Euphrates, the son of poor parents, he gradually betook himself to the composing and reciting of rhetorical exercises, which he did with continually increasing success as he journeyed westwards, visiting Greece, Italy, and Gaul,…
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
Missal (Latin Missale from Missa, Mass), the book which contains the prayers said by the priest at the altar as well as all that is officially read or sung in connection with the offering of the holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the ecclesiastical year. The present Roman Missal, now almost universally used in the Catholic Church wherever the Latin Rite prevails,…
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible by Jamieson, Robert (1802-1880)
Pr 3:1-35. The study of truth commended. God must be feared, honored, and trusted, and filial submission, under chastisement, exhibited. The excellence of wisdom urged and illustrated by its place in the divine counsels.
American Standard Version of the Holy Bible (1901) by Anonymous (Bible)
11 A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight. When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom. The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
Commentary on Psalms - Volume 5 by Calvin, John (1509-1564)
1. O Jehovah! I have cried unto thee, make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice when I cry unto thee. 2. Let my prayer be directed as incense before thy face; the lifting up of my hands, as As, here and in the preceding clause, is a supplement, very properly made by our author; a word signifying like,…
Abandonment to Divine Providence by de Caussade, Jean-Pierre, S.J. (1675-1751)
Letter I.—About Vanity and Infidelities. To Sister M. Thérèse de Vioménil. About feelings of vanity and frequent infidelities. My dear Sister and very dear daughter in our Lord.
Nave's Topical Bible by Nave, Orville James (1841-1917)
–MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICS .Prayer test proposed by Elijah 1Ki 18:24-39 .Daily, in the morning Ps 5:3; 88:13; 143:8; Isa 33:2 .Twice daily Ps 88:1 .Thrice daily Ps 55:17; Da 6:10 .All night Lu 6:12 .Without ceasing 1Th 5:17 .Boldness in .Enjoined Heb 4:16 .Exemplified by Abraham in his inquiry concerning Sodom Ge 18:23-32 .By Moses,…
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) by Henry, Matthew (1662-1714)
J O B CHAP. XXXVIII. In most disputes the strife is who shall have the last word. Job's friends had, in this controversy, tamely yielded it to Job, and then he to Elihu.
Commentary on Psalms - Volume 1 by Calvin, John (1509-1564)
10. Jehovah scattereth the counsel of the nations, and bringeth to nought the imaginations of the people. The Septuagint here adds a sentence which is not in the Hebrew, namely, “Καὶ ἀθετεῖ βουλὰς ἀρχόντων”- “And frustrates the counsels of princes.” The Vulgate, Arabic, and Ethiopic, copying from the Septuagint, have the same addition.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah by MacLaren, Alexander (1826-1910)
‘They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.’—ISAIAH xlix. 9. This is part of the prophet’s glowing description of the return of the Captives, under the figure of a flock fed by a strong shepherd.