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The Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 107
… This canon is interesting as shewing that thus early in the history of the Church, it was not unusual for those disciplined for their faults in one communion to go to another and there be …
2,244 wordsThe Twelve Patriarchs, Apocrypha, Clementine Homilies & More • SECTION 475
… Paul was, clearly, the Apostolic founder of the Roman church, as appears from Holy Scripture. St. Peter seems to have come to Rome not long before his martyrdom. Linus and Cletus could not have been …
2,213 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 31
… 9.) To the Church of Alexandria, by the grace of God, holy and great; and to our well-beloved brethren, the orthodox clergy and laity throughout Egypt, and Pentapolis, and Lybia, and every nation under …
2,354 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 8
… Recently a good-sized church has been built in the village, evidently on the site of an ancient church; it is dedicated to St. Makrina, who, as the village priest relates, fled hither from Kaisari …
2,265 wordsJerome — Principal Works • SECTION 181
… 359, see Bright's History of the Church, a.d. 313-451, fourth edition, pp. 93-100. [4114] Principium, the equivalent of the Greek 'Arche, which means beginning, or principle, or power. [4115] These two …
2,315 wordsBasil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 15
… church. Both arguments seem a little far-fetched, and might be opposed on plausible grounds. Both literal and allegorical interpretations are given. If Basil is found expressing himself in terms similar to those of Eusebius …
2,227 wordsJerome — Principal Works • SECTION 157
… From my youth up until now I have spent many years in writing various works and have always tried to teach my hearers the doctrine that I have been taught publicly in church. I have …
2,048 wordsThe Twelve Patriarchs, Apocrypha, Clementine Homilies & More • SECTION 19
… Besides, the testimony of the Lord, according to which He rose again after His passion, having been verified by fact, led the Church to confirmation in faith. LX. "The fear of the Lord is pure …
2,222 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 158
… and in every one of my books by God's grace the mind of the Church shines clear. Moreover I have written a book on the Mysteries, another on Providence, another on the Questions of …
2,214 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 12
… Church had brought confusion in its train, the leaders of the Church were characterised by secular knowledge rather than grasp of first principles, by dogmatic intellectualism rather than central apprehension of God in Christ. Eusebius …
2,434 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 306
… Constantine the Great, the union of the State and the Church. London and New York, 1881. 12^o, XIV. 422 pp. For general, not especially scholarly use. Dalhus. Dissertatio de baptismo Constantini Magni. Hafniæ, 1696 …
2,205 wordsGregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 74
… On this Valesius gives the following note:--The Latins call these litteræ communicatoriæ, the use of which is of very ancient date in the Church. They called the same also formatæ, as Augustine witnesses in …
2,333 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 150
… Amen. [3753] Shewing the absurdity of defining the Church by counting heads. [3754] This refers to the distinction drawn by the Arians in degree as to the Godhead, asserting the Spirit to be great, the …
2,337 wordsAugustine — Against the Manichaeans and Donatists • SECTION 285
… Therefore they have not the Holy Ghost who are outside the Church; for it is written of them, "They separate themselves being sensual, having not the Spirit." [2569] But neither does he receive it who …
2,212 wordsJerome — Principal Works • SECTION 104
… 2552] Apollinaris is the author of a most weighty book against Porphyry, and Eusebius has composed a fine history of the Church; yet of these the former has mutilated Christ's incarnate humanity, [2553] while …
2,428 wordsHilary of Poitiers & John of Damascus • SECTION 10
… And though the Western portion of the Via Egnatia did not pass through the existing political division called Illyricum, it did lie within the region called in history and literature by that name. Again, the …
2,444 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 216
… The statue of Christ was dragged around the city and mutilated by the pagans; but the Christians recovered the fragments, and deposited the statue in the church in which it is still preserved. Eusebius relates …
2,395 wordsHilary of Poitiers & John of Damascus • SECTION 5
… We have seen that he was not at Milan; he was therefore not personally compromised, but the honour of the Church compelled him to move. He exerted himself to induce the bishops of Gaul to …
2,693 wordsGospel of Peter, Diatessaron, Apocalypse of Peter & Other Early Texts • SECTION 131
… And in the first place, the Sacred History seems to agree with the text in question, inasmuch as none of the saints composed several works, or set forth his views in a number of books …
2,662 wordsGregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus & Aphrahat • SECTION 35
… a man of wonderful learning, as says Saint Hieronymus, extracts from whose writings Eusebius, bishop of Cæsarea, inserted in his Ecclesiastical History, and Saint Hieronymus praised this same work about Easter in his catalogue) disputes …
2,474 wordsAugustine — Against the Manichaeans and Donatists • SECTION 290
… Justification, obtained only in the church, [2294]647. King, defender of the faith, [2295]578. helper of church, [2296]579, [2297]580. as persecutor and corrector, [2298]584, [2299]585. coerces as part of loyalty …
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