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... died , A.D. 306 , Constantine succeeding him as Cæsar . The other Cæsars objecting to his elevation , he had to uphold his position by force of arms , which he did successfully , and after 12 years joint authority with Licinius , became ...
... died , A.D. 306 , Constantine succeeding him as Cæsar . The other Cæsars objecting to his elevation , he had to uphold his position by force of arms , which he did successfully , and after 12 years joint authority with Licinius , became ...
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... died . One memento of this mission may be found in the bishopric of the Isle of Man , which was founded in honour of Germanus , A.D. 447 , the first bishop adopting his name . The ruins of St. German's Cathedral , which may still be ...
... died . One memento of this mission may be found in the bishopric of the Isle of Man , which was founded in honour of Germanus , A.D. 447 , the first bishop adopting his name . The ruins of St. German's Cathedral , which may still be ...
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... died , he had organised a thoroughly efficient ecclesiastical system in the emerald isle , with monastries governed by native clergy , which became centres of education , refinement , and missionary enterprise . After his death the ...
... died , he had organised a thoroughly efficient ecclesiastical system in the emerald isle , with monastries governed by native clergy , which became centres of education , refinement , and missionary enterprise . After his death the ...
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... died- " To this place , little and poor though it be , there shall come great honour , not only from Scottish kings and peoples , but from barbarous and foreign nations , and from the saints of other churches also " —have been most ...
... died- " To this place , little and poor though it be , there shall come great honour , not only from Scottish kings and peoples , but from barbarous and foreign nations , and from the saints of other churches also " —have been most ...
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... died were buried under the shadow of its church . 9. The British Church in Cornwall.2 - Meanwhile the Church in West Wales - that is , Cornwall and Devonshire - was striking its roots no less deeply down . There is very little doubt but ...
... died were buried under the shadow of its church . 9. The British Church in Cornwall.2 - Meanwhile the Church in West Wales - that is , Cornwall and Devonshire - was striking its roots no less deeply down . There is very little doubt but ...
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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...