The Cross and the Crescent as Standards in War: Their Origin, Progress, and the Abuses of the Cross as Devised and Enforced by the Bishops of Rome |
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... Asia and Europe , the sign of the cross was regarded with reverence ; and in the second century , that sign was used in the rite of baptism and other ceremonies in the worship of God . In the third cen- tury , the reverence for the ...
... Asia and Europe , the sign of the cross was regarded with reverence ; and in the second century , that sign was used in the rite of baptism and other ceremonies in the worship of God . In the third cen- tury , the reverence for the ...
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... establishment of four great empires , which ruled Greece , Asia , and Africa , * Wilkinson's " Manners and Customs , " vol . ii . pp . 283 , 284 , Second Series . until the Romans , at the advent of Christ , 32 THE CROSS AND THE CRESCENT ,
... establishment of four great empires , which ruled Greece , Asia , and Africa , * Wilkinson's " Manners and Customs , " vol . ii . pp . 283 , 284 , Second Series . until the Romans , at the advent of Christ , 32 THE CROSS AND THE CRESCENT ,
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... Asia , and Africa , where ambition and avarice led them . The Roman standards were present at all those stupendous events , which , by the Saviour , have to the present hour affected and changed the condition of mankind . At the trial ...
... Asia , and Africa , where ambition and avarice led them . The Roman standards were present at all those stupendous events , which , by the Saviour , have to the present hour affected and changed the condition of mankind . At the trial ...
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... of the Roman countries of Italy , Greece , and Asia Minor , prepared the people to receive strong and permanent impressions . In the * Prideaux , vol . iv . fourth century there was the final struggle for out- ward AS STANDARDS IN WAR . 47.
... of the Roman countries of Italy , Greece , and Asia Minor , prepared the people to receive strong and permanent impressions . In the * Prideaux , vol . iv . fourth century there was the final struggle for out- ward AS STANDARDS IN WAR . 47.
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... being principally from Africa and Asia Minor . " + Eusebius's " Life of Constantine , " b . iii . c . vi - xvi . Ibid . , b . iv . c . lvii . • the contending armies . We have already shown , 72 THE CROSS AND THE CRESCENT ,
... being principally from Africa and Asia Minor . " + Eusebius's " Life of Constantine , " b . iii . c . vi - xvi . Ibid . , b . iv . c . lvii . • the contending armies . We have already shown , 72 THE CROSS AND THE CRESCENT ,
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Page 4 - Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of me ! You would play upon me ; you would seem to know my stops ; you would pluck out the heart of my mystery ; you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass : and there is much music, excellent voice, in this little organ ; yet cannot you make it speak. 'Sblood, do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe ? Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, you cannot play upon me.
Page 267 - And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear...
Page 267 - For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries...
Page 284 - Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, And turneth the shadow of death into the morning, And maketh the day dark with night: That calleth for the waters of the sea, And poureth them out upon the face of the earth : The Lord is his name: That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, So that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
Page 227 - To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Page 285 - He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered ? Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
Page 4 - The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven ; And, as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation, and a name. Such tricks hath strong imagination, That, if it would but apprehend some joy, It comprehends some bringer of that joy ; Or, in the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear ! Hip.
Page 222 - And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship ; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
Page 220 - And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?
Page 268 - Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind ; neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.