An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ, to the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century: In Six Volumes, in which the Rise, Progress, and Variations of Church Power are Considered in Their Connexion with the State of Learning and Philosophy, and the Political History of Europe During that Period, Volumen2W. Gracie, 1819 |
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... gave the mortal blow to the western empire , and reduced all Italy under his domi- nion . About sixteen years after this , Theo- doric king of the Ostrogoths , made war upon these Barbarian invaders , at the request of Zeno , emperor of ...
... gave the mortal blow to the western empire , and reduced all Italy under his domi- nion . About sixteen years after this , Theo- doric king of the Ostrogoths , made war upon these Barbarian invaders , at the request of Zeno , emperor of ...
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... gave them for answer , that the only effectual method of removing this calamity was , to abandon the superstitious worship of their ancestors , and substitute the Christian religion in its place . The docility of this people , joined to ...
... gave them for answer , that the only effectual method of removing this calamity was , to abandon the superstitious worship of their ancestors , and substitute the Christian religion in its place . The docility of this people , joined to ...
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... gave himself out CENT . for the Messiah , opened their eyes upon the truth , and embraced the Christian religion of their own accord [ h ] . all V. PART I. version of pieces The con- con- the Ger- Some man na- tions to IV . The German ...
... gave himself out CENT . for the Messiah , opened their eyes upon the truth , and embraced the Christian religion of their own accord [ h ] . all V. PART I. version of pieces The con- con- the Ger- Some man na- tions to IV . The German ...
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... gave a deadly wound to the usurped supremacy of the Byzantine patriarch . The attentive inquirer into the affairs of the church , from this period , will find , in the events now mentioned , the principal source of those most scandalous ...
... gave a deadly wound to the usurped supremacy of the Byzantine patriarch . The attentive inquirer into the affairs of the church , from this period , will find , in the events now mentioned , the principal source of those most scandalous ...
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... gave audience , and received the homage of a cringing multitude . The office of a presbyter was looked upon of such a high and eminent nature , that Martin , bishop of Tours , was so audacious as to maintain , at a public en ...
... gave audience , and received the homage of a cringing multitude . The office of a presbyter was looked upon of such a high and eminent nature , that Martin , bishop of Tours , was so audacious as to maintain , at a public en ...
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Página 420 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them : and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads or in their hands ; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Página 419 - And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled : and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Página 343 - But this consequence was quickly retorted upon those that imagined it; for they who denied the metamorphosis of the bread and wine into the real body and blood of Christ...
Página 319 - This idolatrous devotion was now considered as the most sacred and momentous branch of religion, nor did any dare to entertain the smallest hopes of finding the Deity propitious, before they had assured themselves of the protection and intercession of some one or other of the saintly order. Hence it was that every church, and indeed every private Christian, had their particular patron among the saints, from an apprehension that their spiritual interests would be but indifferently managed by those,...
Página 39 - The images of those, who, during their lives, had acquired the reputation of uncommon sanctity, were now honoured with a particular worship in several places; and many imagined, that this worship drew down into the images the propitious presence of the saints or celestial beings they represented...
Página 373 - Prince of that region, whom the Nestorians converted to the Christian faith, assumed, according to the vulgar tradition, the name of John after his baptism, to which he added the surname of "Presbyter," from a principle of modesty; whence, it is said, his successors were each of them called " Prester John" until the time of Gingis Khan.
Página 558 - ... there resided an inherent sanctity, and that the adoration of Christians ought not to be confined to the persons represented by these images, but extend to the images themselves.
Página 562 - In this confession there was, among other tenets equally absurd, the following declaration, that "the bread and wine, after consecration, were not only a sacrament, but also the real body and blood of Jesus Christ ; and that this body and blood were handled by the priests and consumed by the faithful, and not in a sacramental sense, but in reality and truth, as other sensible objects are.
Página 262 - Constantinople in 7, ;o, which degraded Germanus, bishop of that city, who was a patron of images ; and he ordered all the images to be publicly burnt, and inflicted a variety of severe punishments...
Página 400 - This exemplary prelate, who sold every ecclesiastical benefice as soon as it became vacant, had in his stable above two thousand hunting horses, which he fed with pignuts, pistachios, dates, dried grapes, figs steeped in the most exquisite wines, to all which he added the richest perfumes.