Christianity Always Progressive: Being the Christian Advocate's Publication for the Year MDCCCXXIX.C. J. G. & F. Rivington, 1829 - 212 páginas |
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Página 18
... empires , and the fortunes of war , must in- fluence the fate and the fortunes , of the very revela- tion of God . When due weight is given to these considerations , we shall understand , and admit without difficulty , that the progress ...
... empires , and the fortunes of war , must in- fluence the fate and the fortunes , of the very revela- tion of God . When due weight is given to these considerations , we shall understand , and admit without difficulty , that the progress ...
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... empires and the fortunes of war , the slow and painful progress of truth , the inveteracy of judice ; the open opposition of the evil ; the cold- ness , or , at least , the slow apprehension , of the good . The sad procession is closed ...
... empires and the fortunes of war , the slow and painful progress of truth , the inveteracy of judice ; the open opposition of the evil ; the cold- ness , or , at least , the slow apprehension , of the good . The sad procession is closed ...
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... empire , to the countries then considered as barba- rian conquests . That " where the Roman conquered , he inhabited , " is the just remark of one of their own philosophers ; and the civil colonization of these distant countries , had ...
... empire , to the countries then considered as barba- rian conquests . That " where the Roman conquered , he inhabited , " is the just remark of one of their own philosophers ; and the civil colonization of these distant countries , had ...
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... empire , again , when a moment's cessation of persecution was obtained , there was a large body of Christians to take advantage of it ; but the pul- sation , which might be strong at the heart , would be languidly felt at the ...
... empire , again , when a moment's cessation of persecution was obtained , there was a large body of Christians to take advantage of it ; but the pul- sation , which might be strong at the heart , would be languidly felt at the ...
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... Empire , that the faith of Christ had been preached in every province , and in all the great cities of that empire , before the close of the third century This admission is , undoubtedly , one of extreme im- portance . For we must ...
... Empire , that the faith of Christ had been preached in every province , and in all the great cities of that empire , before the close of the third century This admission is , undoubtedly , one of extreme im- portance . For we must ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 123 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence.
Página 79 - For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth ; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Página 16 - It is true no age can restore a life, whereof perhaps there is no great loss; and revolutions of ages do not oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want of which whole nations fare the worse.
Página 41 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Página 21 - God is not a man that he should lie; nor the son of man, that he should repent...
Página 144 - If the empire had been afflicted by any recent calamity, by a plague, a famine, or an unsuccessful war; if the Tyber had, or if the Nile had not, risen beyond its banks; if the earth had shaken, or if the temperate order of the seasons had been interrupted, the superstitious pagans were convinced, that the crimes and the impiety of the Christians, who were spared by the excessive lenity of the government, had at length provoked the Divine justice.
Página 189 - We can hardly regret, in reflecting on the desolating violence which prevailed, that there should have been some green spots in the wilderness, where the feeble and the persecuted could find refuge.
Página 118 - ... men's moral probation may also be, whether they will take due care to inform themselves by impartial consideration, and afterwards whether they will act as the case requires, upon the evidence which they have, however doubtful. And this, we find by experience, is frequently our probation,* in our temporal capacity.
Página 162 - Christianity was successfully preached to the Bactrians, the Huns, the Persians, the Indians, the Persarmenians, the Medes, and the Elamites. The Barbaric Churches, from the Gulf of Persia to the Caspian Sea, were almost infinite ; and their recent faith was conspicuous in the number and sanctity of their monks and martyrs.
Página 183 - The most favourable calculation, however, that can be deduced from the examples of Antioch and of Rome will not permit us to imagine that more than a twentieth part of the subjects of the empire had enlisted themselves under the banner of the Cross before the important conversion of Constantine.