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Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical notes. Volume I. The History of Creeds. by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
... taught, even before Luther and Zwingli, His Commentary on the Pauline Epistles appeared in 1512. the doctrine of justification by ...
Christian View of God and the World by Orr, James (1844-1913)
... ; Heb. xi. 22. It is significant that the Epistle to the Hebrews connects Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac with his ...
History of the Christian Church, Volume VIII: Modern Christianity. The Swiss Reformation by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
... the gospel, such as we find in the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians and Ephesians. "It may be ...
Institutes of the Christian Religion by Calvin, John (1509-1564)
... weight of glory. Hence, the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews elegantly describes the visible worlds as images of ... the notice of any people, however obtuse. The apostle Paul, stating this still more clearly, says, “That which ...
Early Christian Fathers by Richardson, Cyril C. (1909-1976)
The most striking facts about early Christian literature are its rich variety and its almost exclusively Gentile authorship. Outside the New Testament writings little belongs to the first century, the only considerable document being Clement's Letter to the Church of Corinth.
ANF02. Fathers of the Second Century: Hermas, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, and Clement of Alexandria (Entire) by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Stromata, or Miscellanies by Clement of Alexandria (c.150-c.215)
On the plagiarizing of the dogmas of the philosophers from the Hebrews, we shall treat a little afterwards. But first, as due order demands,…
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible by Jamieson, Robert (1802-1880)
... of all times and places. See Trench's [Commentary on the Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia] interesting note ...
Barnes' New Testament Notes by Barnes, Albert (1798-1870)
... EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE ... the Acts of the Apostles, and in the epistles of Paul, does not mean ... finished this demonstration, the apostle closes the epistle 1 Co 16 with some ...
Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I by Erasmus, Desiderius (c. 1466-1536)
... has obliged. And in this did the Apostle Paul abstain from that which was lawful, ... out of doubt, altho' St. Paul, in that Epistle, (proposing to handle many Things at ... bestow'd. Eu. There are St. Paul's Epistles; your constant Companions, Eulalius, are in ...
Commentaries on the Catholic Epistles by Calvin, John (1509-1564)
The design of Peter in this Epistle is to exhort the faithful to a denial of the world and a contempt of it, so that being freed from carnal affections and all earthly hindrances, they might with their whole soul aspire after the celestial kingdom of Christ, that being elevated by hope, supported by patience, and fortified by courage and perseverance, they might overcome all kinds of temptations,…