An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, from the Birth of Christ to the Beginning of the Eighteenth 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 PeriodR. Baynes, 1819 |
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... doctrines of IX . In that part of the sacred history which Rules ne- relates to the doctrines of Christianity , it is necessary to be cessary , above all things , to inquire particularly givinga his- into the degree of authority that ...
... doctrines of IX . In that part of the sacred history which Rules ne- relates to the doctrines of Christianity , it is necessary to be cessary , above all things , to inquire particularly givinga his- into the degree of authority that ...
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... doctrine , at others by a variety of sentiments about certain rites and ceremonies . The princi- pal authors of these divisions , have been stigma- tized with the title of Heretics , and their pecu- liar opinions of consequence ...
... doctrine , at others by a variety of sentiments about certain rites and ceremonies . The princi- pal authors of these divisions , have been stigma- tized with the title of Heretics , and their pecu- liar opinions of consequence ...
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... doctrines of Christianity ; and that these pretensions have ex- tended further than belongs to the province of ... doctrine and worship . For the genius of human laws , and the maxims of civil rulers , have undoubtedly had a great ...
... doctrines of Christianity ; and that these pretensions have ex- tended further than belongs to the province of ... doctrine and worship . For the genius of human laws , and the maxims of civil rulers , have undoubtedly had a great ...
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... doctrine of this philosopher con- cerning the human soul , it is uncertain , to say no more , whether he believed its immortality or not [ f ] . What then could be expected from such a philosophy ? could any thing solid and sa ...
... doctrine of this philosopher con- cerning the human soul , it is uncertain , to say no more , whether he believed its immortality or not [ f ] . What then could be expected from such a philosophy ? could any thing solid and sa ...
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... doctrine , but , at the same time , as a body without nerves , or any principles of consistence and vigour . The Plato- nics . XXIV . Plato is generally looked upon as su- perior to all the other philosophers in wisdom ; and this ...
... doctrine , but , at the same time , as a body without nerves , or any principles of consistence and vigour . The Plato- nics . XXIV . Plato is generally looked upon as su- perior to all the other philosophers in wisdom ; and this ...
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Página 109 - For, not long after Christ's ascension into heaven, several histories of his life and doctrines, full of pious frauds, and fabulous wonders, were composed by persons, whose intentions, perhaps, were not bad, but whose writings discovered the greatest superstition and ignorance. Nor was this all : productions appeared, which were imposed on the world by fraudulent men as the writings of the holy apostles.
Página 409 - The subject of this fatal controversy, which kindled such deplorable divisions throughout the Christian world, was the doctrine of three persons in the godhead ; a doctrine which, in the three preceding centuries, had happily escaped the vain curiosity of human researches, and been left undefined and undetermined by any particular set of ideas.
Página 186 - 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.
Página 284 - 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...
Página 65 - Mosheim gives it as the result of his researches, that " the stories often told respecting their travels among the Gauls, the Britons, the Spaniards, the Germans, the Americans, the Chinese, the Indians, and the Russians, are too recent and fantastic to be received by an inquisitive lover of the truth.
Página 193 - Christ prescribed to all his disciples one and the same rule of life and manners. But certain Christian doctors, either through a desire of imitating the nations among whom they lived, or in consequence of a natural propensity to a life of austerity (which is a disease not uncommon in Syria, Egypt, and other...
Página 211 - The reasons of this particular ritual coincide with what we have said in general concerning the origin and causes of the multiplied ceremonies that crept from time to time into the church.
Página 180 - Jews all hopes of seeing their government restored to its former lustre, and their country arising out of ruins. And accordingly, the bishops considered themselves as invested with a rank and character similar to those of the high priest among the Jews, while the presbyters represented the priests, and the deacons the levites.
Página 137 - The greatest part of this sect adopted rules of life that were full of austerity, recommended a strict and rigorous abstinence, and prescribed the most severe bodily mortifications, from a notion that they had a happy influence in purifying and enlarging the mind, and in disposing it for the contemplation of celestial things. As they looked upon it to be the...
Página 353 - ... enjoyed. In the ecclesiastical commonwealth, they were indeed the most eminent order of citizens ; but still they were citizens as well as their brethren, and subject like them to the edicts and laws of the emperors. All religious causes of extraordinary importance were examined and determined, either by judges appointed by the emperors, or in councils assembled for that purpose, while those of inferior moment were decided in each district by its respective bishop. The ecclesiastical Inws were...