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... faith , and travelling for that purpose as far as India , found there , among those who yet re- tained the knowledge of Christ , the gospel of St. Matthew , written as the tradition asserts , by St. Bartholomew , one of the twelve ...
... faith , and travelling for that purpose as far as India , found there , among those who yet re- tained the knowledge of Christ , the gospel of St. Matthew , written as the tradition asserts , by St. Bartholomew , one of the twelve ...
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... faith , when she followed Jesus to Calvary , and did not forsake him even at the cross . Mark xv . 40 , Matt . xxvii . 55 , 56. She was also one of those holy women who brought perfumes to embalm him , and who came for this purpose to ...
... faith , when she followed Jesus to Calvary , and did not forsake him even at the cross . Mark xv . 40 , Matt . xxvii . 55 , 56. She was also one of those holy women who brought perfumes to embalm him , and who came for this purpose to ...
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... faith in Asia ; and principally resided at Ephesus , where he maintained the mother of our Lord . He is said to have founded the churches of Smyrna , Pergamus , Thyatira , Sardis , Philadel- phia , and Laodicea . He is also said to have ...
... faith in Asia ; and principally resided at Ephesus , where he maintained the mother of our Lord . He is said to have founded the churches of Smyrna , Pergamus , Thyatira , Sardis , Philadel- phia , and Laodicea . He is also said to have ...
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... faith from him . TABITHA , or DORCAS , a Christian widow at Joppa , who abounded in works of charity , and after dying was raised to life by St. Peter . Acts ix . 36-42 . ANANIAS and SAPPHIRA , two early professors of Christianity , and ...
... faith from him . TABITHA , or DORCAS , a Christian widow at Joppa , who abounded in works of charity , and after dying was raised to life by St. Peter . Acts ix . 36-42 . ANANIAS and SAPPHIRA , two early professors of Christianity , and ...
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... faith of Christ crucified , is plain from the state of Judaism and Christianity at the period of forsaking the former and embracing the latter faith . 64 . [ CENT . E. UNIVERSAL BIOGRAPHY .
... faith of Christ crucified , is plain from the state of Judaism and Christianity at the period of forsaking the former and embracing the latter faith . 64 . [ CENT . E. UNIVERSAL BIOGRAPHY .
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Seite 54 - And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with : but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
Seite 132 - Cicero, formed his taste, enlarged his understanding, and gave him the noblest ideas of man and government. The exercises of the body succeeded to those of the mind; and Alexander, who was tall, active, and robust, surpassed most of his equals in the gymnastic arts.
Seite 398 - When they had solemnly engaged to do all this, Mohammed sent one of his disciples, named Masab Ebn Omair, home with them, to instruct them more fully in the grounds and ceremonies of his new religion. Masab, being arrived at Medina, by the assistance of those who had been formerly converted, gained several proselytes, particularly...
Seite 392 - I know no man in all Arabia who can offer his kindred a more excellent thing than I now do you; I offer you happiness both in this life, and in that which is to come: God Almighty hath commanded me to call you unto him; who, therefore, among you will be assisting to me herein, and become my brother, and my vicegerent?
Seite 165 - He laid down two principles, the one good, the other evil ; between these he imagined an intermediate kind of Deity, of a mixed nature, who was the Creator of this inferior world, and the god and legislator of the Jewish nation : the other nations, who worshipped a variety of gods, were supposed to be under the empire of the evil principle.
Seite 391 - After he began by this advantageous match to live at his ease, it was, that he formed the scheme of establishing a new religion, or, as he expressed it, of replanting the only true and ancient one, professed by Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and all the prophets...
Seite 136 - AD 19, in the 34th year of his age. The news of his death was received with the greatest grief and the most bitter lamentations.
Seite 596 - ... resolved to remove his body into the choir, which was to have been done with solemn procession on the 15th of July. It rained, however, so violently...
Seite 247 - ... reserved for his rival and colleague, Maximus, the first, among the Christian princes, who shed the blood of his Christian subjects on account of their religious opinions.
Seite 403 - About twenty-eight of the idolaters were killed by a party under the command of Khaled; but this happened contrary to Mahomet's orders, who, when he entered the town, pardoned all the Koreish on their submission, except only six men and four women, who were more obnoxious than ordinary...