 | James Biden - 1851 - 394 páginas
...after the reign of Adrian, when the second destruction of Jerusalem had extinguished among the Jews all hopes of seeing their government restored to its former...presbyters represented the priests, and the deacons the Levites. It is, indeed, highly probable that they who first introduced this absurd comparison of offices,... | |
 | 1854 - 606 páginas
...hopes of seeing their government restored to its former lustre, and thcir country arising ont of its ruins. And, accordingly, the bishops considered themselves...presbyters represented the priests, and the deacons the Levites. The notion, once introduced, produced its natural effects, and these effects were pernicious.... | |
 | Vincent L. Milner - 1855 - 444 páginas
...the Christian church succeeded to the character, rights, and privileges of the Jewish priesthood ; and accordingly the bishops considered themselves...presbyters represented the priests, and the deacons the Levites. This notion, which was first introduced in the reign of Adrian, proved a source of very considerable... | |
 | John Jackson - 1855 - 146 páginas
...after the reign of Adrian, when the second destruction of Jerusalem had extinguished among the Jews all hopes of seeing their government restored to its former lustre, and their country rising out of ruins. And, accordingly, the Bishops considered themselves fas invested with a rank and... | |
 | John Dowling - 1871 - 962 páginas
...after the reign of Adrian, when the second destruction of Jerusalem had extinguished among the Jews all hopes of seeing their government restored to its former...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.... | |
 | Charles E. Glass - 1876 - 230 páginas
...that the ministers of the Christian Church succeeded to all the privileges of the Jewish priesthood, and accordingly the bishops considered themselves...presbyters represented the priests, and the deacons the Levites. This notion, which was first introduced in the reign of Adrian, proved the source of very... | |
 | Alonzo Trévier Jones - 1891 - 1046 páginas
...came in proper succession from the high-priests, the priests, and the Levites of the Levitical law. "Accordingly, the bishops considered themselves as...presbyters represented the priests, and the deacons the Levites." — Moxheim.* These distinctions were established as early as the middle of the second century.... | |
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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,... 
