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scended to their successors , the beneficial effect of the church's civil power was
not very widely extended . “ Is it likely that any should undertake the cause of the
oppressed , when even the priests of the Lord do nothing , the most of them ...
scended to their successors , the beneficial effect of the church's civil power was
not very widely extended . “ Is it likely that any should undertake the cause of the
oppressed , when even the priests of the Lord do nothing , the most of them ...
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their presenting some offering to the church , or of their even uttering a simple
prayer . Among the popular legends of those days , there are stories of the Virgin
Mary having interceded with her Divine Son , for the salvation of a dissolute monk
...
their presenting some offering to the church , or of their even uttering a simple
prayer . Among the popular legends of those days , there are stories of the Virgin
Mary having interceded with her Divine Son , for the salvation of a dissolute monk
...
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indistinct commendation of a monkish biographer , ( with whom a knowledge of
church music would pass for literature , ) we could make out a very short list of
scholars . None , certainly , were more distinguished as such than Charlemagne
...
indistinct commendation of a monkish biographer , ( with whom a knowledge of
church music would pass for literature , ) we could make out a very short list of
scholars . None , certainly , were more distinguished as such than Charlemagne
...
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ant evil , which might have been produced had Christianity been preserved in her
purity , and her heaven - born energies been fully developed and directed to the
improvement of mankind , Assuredly the church failed to perform her mission ...
ant evil , which might have been produced had Christianity been preserved in her
purity , and her heaven - born energies been fully developed and directed to the
improvement of mankind , Assuredly the church failed to perform her mission ...
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... with all their disadvantages , thus laboured to furnish themselves with
knowledge , how much more ought we , in these times , to do so , when the
means of literary acquisition are so widely diffused . The benevolence of the
church has been ...
... with all their disadvantages , thus laboured to furnish themselves with
knowledge , how much more ought we , in these times , to do so , when the
means of literary acquisition are so widely diffused . The benevolence of the
church has been ...
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Página 64 - Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Página 95 - How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Página 161 - By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Página 41 - Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
Página 22 - ... the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost:" joy, that is to say, in the holy, healthful, and helpful Spirit.
Página 63 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me ? saith the LORD : I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
Página 10 - ... with frequent funerals : Houses and holy temples float in blood, And hostile nations make a common flood. Not only Trojans fall, but, in their turn, The vanquish'd triumph, and the victors mourn.
Página 64 - Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with it; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth : they are a trouble unto me ; I am weary to bear them.
Página 179 - Stsegthmans ; and they went to her, and inquired what she had to say about the lands which her son claimed. She said that she had no land which belonged to him, and fell into a noble passion against her son, and calling for Leofleda her kinswoman, the wife of Thurkil, thus spake to her before them : — ' This is Leofleda, my kinswoman, to whom I give my lands, money, clothes, and whatever I possess after my life.
Página 182 - Will you sell your things here as you bought them there?" " I will not, because what would my labour benefit me? I will sell them here dearer than I bought them there, that I may get some profit, to feed me, my wife, and children."40 That public markets were established in various parts of England in this period, we learn from many documents.
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| Título | Glimpses of the dark ages; or, Sketches of the social condition of Europe, from the fifth to the twelfth century Volumen2 de Monthly volume |
| Autor | Europe |
| Colaborador | Glimpses |
| Editor | Religious Tract Society, 1789 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 10 Oct. 2006 |
| Largo | 194 páginas |
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