A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Comprising the History, Institutions and Antiquities of the Christian Church, from the Time of the Apostles to the Age of Charlemagne, Volume 1William Smith, Samuel Cheetham Murray, 1875 |
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Page 236 - Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church : and he is the saviour of the body.
Page 151 - Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth no sin : And in whose spirit there is no guile.
Page 405 - For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Page 262 - Do this in remembrance of me: this is my body:" and that in like manner having taken the cup, and given thanks, he said, " This is my blood;" and that he distributed them to these alone.
Page 94 - And, behold, there was a great earthquake : for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
Page 156 - For in the name of God, the Father and Lord of the Universe, and of our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit, they then receive the washing with water. For Christ also said, ' Except ye be born again, ye shall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Page vii - British Quarterly Review. The two following Works are intended to furnish a complete account of the leading personages, the Institutions, Art, Social Life, Writings, and Controversies of the Christian Church from the time of the Apostles to the Age of Charlemagne. They commence at the period at which the ' ' Dictionary of the Bible " leaves off, and form a continuation of it.
Page 62 - ut corpus Domini in altari non in imaginario ordine. sed sub crucis titulo componatur...
Page 85 - The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches : and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
Page 70 - How did I weep, in Thy Hymns and Canticles, touched to the quick by the voices of Thy sweet-attuned Church ! The voices flowed into mine ears, and the Truth distilled into my heart, whence the affections of my devotion overflowed, and tears ran down, and happy was I therein.