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Charles Arthur Lane. great imperial city of Rome , the chief highways being through Gaul ( France ) by way of Lyons , the Rhone and Marseilles . All important events in either country would thus soon be made known in the other . Now it ...
Charles Arthur Lane. great imperial city of Rome , the chief highways being through Gaul ( France ) by way of Lyons , the Rhone and Marseilles . All important events in either country would thus soon be made known in the other . Now it ...
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... Gaul . At the time when Irenaeus became bishop of Lyons , the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius was grievously persecuting the Christians everywhere , and many of the faithful in Gaul are supposed to have fled to Britain , and in this way ...
... Gaul . At the time when Irenaeus became bishop of Lyons , the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius was grievously persecuting the Christians everywhere , and many of the faithful in Gaul are supposed to have fled to Britain , and in this way ...
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... Gaul , and the parts inaccessible to the Romans but now subject to Christ . " The only parts then inaccessible to the Romans were the unconquered Picts in the Highlands beyond the fortified walls of Hadrian and Agricola . Another great ...
... Gaul , and the parts inaccessible to the Romans but now subject to Christ . " The only parts then inaccessible to the Romans were the unconquered Picts in the Highlands beyond the fortified walls of Hadrian and Agricola . Another great ...
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... Gaul , who formed the backbone of his army , shared in his successes . Many of them were undoubtedly Christians , and they had become attached to their leader ever since his father Constantius had allowed the persecuting edicts of ...
... Gaul , who formed the backbone of his army , shared in his successes . Many of them were undoubtedly Christians , and they had become attached to their leader ever since his father Constantius had allowed the persecuting edicts of ...
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... Gaul , mainly for the purpose of settling the differences of opinion as to how the Church should treat the timid members , who , in times of persecution , had yielded ' in various ways to the demands made by the heathens ; and among the ...
... Gaul , mainly for the purpose of settling the differences of opinion as to how the Church should treat the timid members , who , in times of persecution , had yielded ' in various ways to the demands made by the heathens ; and among the ...
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Page 119 - A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 273 - THE HOUSE OF GOD THE HOME OF MAN. By the Rev. Canon JELF. THE INNER LIFE, as Revealed in the Correspondence of Celebrated Christians. Edited by the late Rev. T. ERSKINE. THE LIFE OF THE SOUL IN THE WORLD ; its Nature, Needs, Dangers, Sorrows, Aids, and Joys.
Page 55 - Augustine, is said, in a threatening manner, to have foretold, that in case they would not join in unity with their brethren, they should be warred upon by their enemies ; and, if they would not preach the way of life to the English nation, they should at their hands undergo the vengeance of death.
Page 46 - Then repairing to the bishop of the Roman apostolical see, (for he was not himself then made pope,) he entreated him to send some ministers of the word into Britain to the nation of the English, by whom it might be converted to Christ...