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... question , since , with the religious and civil well - being of our own country the moral and spiritual reno- vation ... questions of political science , for the benefit of the civilized community . Nor have these problems been worked at ...
... question , since , with the religious and civil well - being of our own country the moral and spiritual reno- vation ... questions of political science , for the benefit of the civilized community . Nor have these problems been worked at ...
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... question those first truths ( last learned ) which are the spring and reason of national prosperity , and the warranty of the many blessings they introduce . Yet , and it is a singular fact , the discoverers and masters of axioms so ...
... question those first truths ( last learned ) which are the spring and reason of national prosperity , and the warranty of the many blessings they introduce . Yet , and it is a singular fact , the discoverers and masters of axioms so ...
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... questions belonging to the exterior forms and the pro- fession of religion , are of a kind that affect the christian with inexpressible grief , the patriot with shame and dismay , and the statesman with hopeless perplexity . The usual ...
... questions belonging to the exterior forms and the pro- fession of religion , are of a kind that affect the christian with inexpressible grief , the patriot with shame and dismay , and the statesman with hopeless perplexity . The usual ...
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... question of the propriety and utility of ecclesiastical establishments is hardly ever left to its simple merits . The churchman will not so leave it , because he has an actual church to uphold - and this church hotly assailed . The ...
... question of the propriety and utility of ecclesiastical establishments is hardly ever left to its simple merits . The churchman will not so leave it , because he has an actual church to uphold - and this church hotly assailed . The ...
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... question of a national establishment to the test of experience , by giving or restoring every possible advantage to the one we possess . This momentous problem demands , in truth , to be referred to some , if they could be found , who ...
... question of a national establishment to the test of experience , by giving or restoring every possible advantage to the one we possess . This momentous problem demands , in truth , to be referred to some , if they could be found , who ...
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Page 458 - ... superest, ut de hac ipsa re singuli, quid sentiamus, proferamus neminem iudicantes aut a iure communicationis aliquem, si diversum senserit, amoventes. neque enim quisquam nostrum episcopum se episcoporum constituit aut tyrannico terrore ad obsequendi necessitatem collegas suos adigit, quando habeat omnis episcopus pro licentia libertatis et potestatis suae arbitrium proprium, tamquam iudicari ab alio non possit, quam nee ipse possit alterum iudicare.
Page 348 - ... subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword; out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, and turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Page 497 - What thou hast received commit to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
Page 473 - ... quae sunt pontificalis auctoritas et regalis potestas. Porro sicut luna lumen suum a sole sortitur, quae re vera minor est illo quantitate simul et qualitate, situ pariter et effectu, sic regalis potestas ab auctoritate pontificali suae sortitur dignitatis splendorem, cuius conspectui quanto magis inhaeret, tanto maiori lumine decoratur et quo plus ab eius elongatur aspectu, eo plus proficit in splendore ...» (Mirbt, Quellen zur Geschichte d.
Page 479 - Uterque ergo est in potestate Ecclesiae, spiritualis scilicet gladius et materialis. Sed is quidem pro Ecclesia, ille vero ab Ecclesia exercendus. Ille sacerdotis, is manu regum et militum, sed ad nutum et patientiam sacerdotis. Oportet autem gladium esse sub gladio, et temporalem auctoritatem spiritual! subjici potestati. Nam cum dicat Apostolus, ' Non est potestas nisi a Deo, quse autem sunt a Deo ordinata sunt.
Page 485 - Qui autem inventi fuerint sola suspicione notabiles, nisi juxta considerationes[-m] suspicionis qualitatemque personae propriam innocentiam congrua purgatione monstraverint, anathematis gladio feriantur et usque ad satisfactionem condignam ab omnibus evitentur; ita quod, si per annum in excommunicatione perstiterint, extunc velut haeretici condemnentur.
Page 460 - Apostolis perseveraverit, habuerit auctorem et antecessorem. Hoc enim modo] Ecclesiae Apostolicae [census suos deferunt : sic]ut Smyrnaeorum [ecclesia Polycarpum ab Joanne conlocatum refert : sicut Romanorum, Clementem a Petro ordinatum it idem (edit)] : proinde utique et ceterae exhibent quos ab Apostolis in episcopatum constitutos [Apostolici seminis traduces habeant.
Page 473 - Ecclesiae, quae coeli nomine nuncupatur, duas magnas instituit dignitates, majorem, quae quasi diebus animabus praeesset, et minorem, quae quasi noctibus praeesset corporibus: quae sunt pontificalis auctoritas, et regalis potestas. Porro sicut luna lumen suum a sole sortitur, quae re vera minor est illo quantitate simul et qualitate, situ pariter et effectu; sic regalis potestas ab auctoritate pontifical!
Page 360 - it is not lawful so to expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another.
Page 479 - Dracones, inquis, me mones pascere et scorpiones, non oves ; propter hoc, inquam magis aggredere eos ; sed verbo, non ferro.