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Light in the Dark Places: or, Memorial of Christian Life in the Middle Ages by Neander, Augustus Johann (1789-1850)
BONIFACE, or Winfried, as they called him in Anglo-Saxon, born at Crediton in Devonshire, in 680, deserves to be honoured as the father of the German Church, although he was by no means the first who brought the seeds of the Gospel to Germany.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 50: 1904 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish forever." Psalm 9:18. These words will fall upon different ears with quite different effects.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)
Part III. The generosity of the Christian princes was cold and tardy; but in the first apprehension of a siege, Constantine had negotiated, in the isles of the Archipelago, the Morea, and Sicily, the most indispensable supplies.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)
II. The devotion of individuals was the first circumstance which distinguished the Christians from the Platonists:…
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)
When the six ambassadors of the French pilgrims arrived at Venice, they were hospitably entertained in the palace of St. Mark, by the reigning duke;…
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794)
During the period of the crusades, the Greeks beheld with astonishment and terror the perpetual stream of emigration that flowed, and continued to flow,…
Essays on the Social Gospel by Harnack, Adolf (1851-1930)
CHAPTER X CONFLICT BETWEEN THE EVANGELISTIC AND MODERN OUTLOOK YET the Cross itself would be of no avail if it happened that in seeking our moral goal we had to look beyond Jesus Himself: Along the path of duty He must always be our Guide.
NPNF2-01. Eusebius Pamphilius: Church History, Life of Constantine, Oration in Praise of Constantine by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
1. Against Apion, I. 8. The common Christian tradition (since the first century, when it was stated in the fourth book of Ezra xiv. 44 sq.) is that Ezra was the compiler of the Old Testament canon.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 14: 1868 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant which I commanded them to do; but they did them not." Jeremiah 11:8.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 62: 1916 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody."—Isaiah 51:3.