An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern: From the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Present Century : in which the Rise, Progress, and Variations of Church Power, are Considered in Their Connection with the State of Learning and Philosophy, and the Political History of Europe During that PeriodSamuel Etheridge, 1810 |
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Strana xii
... Rome , such as Baro- nius , Raynaldus , Bzovius , Manriques , and Wadding , though they were amply furnished with ancient manuscripts and records , have nevertheless committed more faults , and fall- en into errors of greater ...
... Rome , such as Baro- nius , Raynaldus , Bzovius , Manriques , and Wadding , though they were amply furnished with ancient manuscripts and records , have nevertheless committed more faults , and fall- en into errors of greater ...
Strana 17
... Rome , and to deliv- er divine truth from the darkness that covered it . And the Fourth will carry down the same his- tory , from the rise of Luther to the present times . XXIV . We have seen above , that the sphere of Ecclesiastical ...
... Rome , and to deliv- er divine truth from the darkness that covered it . And the Fourth will carry down the same his- tory , from the rise of Luther to the present times . XXIV . We have seen above , that the sphere of Ecclesiastical ...
Strana 34
... Rome , in those excellent words ; " Sunt in fortunæ qui casibus omnia ponunt , Et nullo credunt mundum rectore moveri , Natura volvente vices et lucis et anni ; Atque ideo intrepidi quæcunque altaria tangunt . ” See the notes upon ...
... Rome , in those excellent words ; " Sunt in fortunæ qui casibus omnia ponunt , Et nullo credunt mundum rectore moveri , Natura volvente vices et lucis et anni ; Atque ideo intrepidi quæcunque altaria tangunt . ” See the notes upon ...
Strana 52
... Rome 748 or 749.b uncertainty , however , of this point is of no sort of consequence . We know that the Sun of Right- eousness has shone upon the world . And , though we cannot fix the precise period in which he arose , this will not ...
... Rome 748 or 749.b uncertainty , however , of this point is of no sort of consequence . We know that the Sun of Right- eousness has shone upon the world . And , though we cannot fix the precise period in which he arose , this will not ...
Strana 65
... Rome , which the opposition of the senate hindered from taking effect . Many have doubted of the truth of this story ; there are , however , several authors of the first note who have declared , that the reasons alleged for the truth of ...
... Rome , which the opposition of the senate hindered from taking effect . Many have doubted of the truth of this story ; there are , however , several authors of the first note who have declared , that the reasons alleged for the truth of ...
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Strana 175 - These councils, of which we find not the The authority smallest trace before the middle of this century, «p™m^"£ changed the whole face of the church, and gave it * "" »' a new form; for by them the ancient privileges of the people were considerably diminished, and the power and authority of the bishops greatly augmented.
Strana 371 - The first of these maxims was, that it was an act of virtue to deceive and lie, when by that means the interests of the church might be promoted...
Strana 208 - CHRISTIANS: the first rise of this denomination is placed under the reign of Adrian. For when this emperor had at length razed Jerusalem, entirely destroyed its very foundations, and enacted laws of the severest kind against the whole body of the Jewish people, the greatest part of the Christians who lived in Palestine, to prevent their being confounded with the Jews, abandoned entirely the Mosaic rites, and chose a bishop, namely, Mark, a foreigner by nation, and an alien from the commonwealth of...
Strana 356 - ... acquired. The reins being once let loose to superstition, which knows no bounds, absurd notions and idle ceremonies multiplied every day. Quantities of dust and earth brought from Palestine, and other places remarkable for their supposed sanctity, were handed about as the most powerful remedies against the violence of wicked spirits, and were sold and bought everywhere at enormous prices.
Strana 382 - The rites and institutions, by which the Greeks, Romans, and other nations, had formerly testified their religious veneration for fictitious deities, were now adopted, with some slight alterations, by Christian bishops, and employed in the service of the true God.
Strana 294 - The auditors were allowed to possess houses, lands, and wealth, to feed on flesh, to enter into the bonds of conjugal tenderness ; but this liberty was granted them with many limitations, and under the strictest conditions of moderation and temperance. The general assembly...
Strana 276 - Long before this period, an opinion had prevailed that Christ was to come and reign a thousand years among men, before the entire and final dissolution of this world. This opinion, which had hitherto met with no opposition...
Strana 183 - They all attributed a double sense to the words of scripture ; the one obvious and literal, the other hidden and mysterious, which lay concealed, as it were, under the veil of the outward letter.
Strana 103 - Three or four presbyters, men of remarkable piety and wisdom, ruled these small congregations in perfect harmony, nor did they stand in need of any president or superior to maintain concord and order, where no dissensions were known. But the number of the presbyters and deacons increasing with that of the churches, and the sacred work of the ministry growing more painful and weighty by a number of additional duties, these new. circumstances required new regulations. It was then judged necessary that...
Strana 373 - ... and to the instruction of their people ; and when (to complete the enormity of this horrid detail) multitudes were drawn into the profession of Christianity, not by the power of conviction and argument, but by the prospect of gain and the fear of punishment ; then it was, indeed, no wonder that the church was contaminated with shoals of profligate Christians, and that the virtuous few were, in a manner, oppressed and overwhelmed with the superior numbers of the wicked and licentious.