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Page 296 - Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
Page 388 - Thou art, of what sort the eternal life of the saints was to be, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 408 - Crucifixus est Dei filius : non pudet, quia pudendum est : et mortuus est Dei filius : prorsus credibile est, quia ineptum est : et sepultus resurrexit : certum est quia impossibile est...
Page 558 - Thou shalt not commit adultery : but I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery already with her in his heart.
Page 187 - Cyprian, ep. 10 (ad martyres) cap. 5: „o beatam ecclesiam nostram quam sie honor divinae dignationis inluminat, quam temporibus nostris gloriosus martyrum sanguis inlustrat. erat ante in operibus fratrum candida: nunc facta est in martyrum cruore purpurea.
Page 74 - Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things which are God's.
Page 118 - when it must depart from the body, should be ready to be extinguished, to be dispersed, or to subsist a while longer with the body. But this readiness must proceed from its own judgment, and not from mere obstinacy, as with the Christians ; it must be arrived at with reflection and dignity, so that you could even convince another without declamation
Page 167 - Dicebat praeterea ludaeorum et Samaritanorum religiones et Christianam devotionem illuc transferendam, ut omnium culturarum secretum Heliogabali sacerdotium teneret".
Page 168 - Primumut, si facultas esset, id est si non cum uxore cubuisset, matutinis horis in larario suo (in quo et divos principes, sed optimos electos et animas sanctiores, in queis et Apollonium, et, quantum scriptor suorum temporum dicit, Christum, Abraham, et Orpheum, et hujuscemodi deos habebat, ac majorum effigies) rem divinam faciebat*.
Page 4 - Hesterni sumus, et vestra omnia implevimus, urbes, insulas, castella, municipia, conciliabula, castra ipsa, tribus, decurias, palatium, senatum, forum; sola vobis reliquimus templa.