Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Second Series, Volume VIII BasilPhilip Schaff Cosimo, Inc., 2007 M06 1 - 448 pages |
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Page xxiii
... light of true religion . Basil ' shewed some natural distress and astonishment on hearing that attacks against him were readily received . 9 It was at the close of this same year 371 that Basil and his diocese suffered most severely ...
... light of true religion . Basil ' shewed some natural distress and astonishment on hearing that attacks against him were readily received . 9 It was at the close of this same year 371 that Basil and his diocese suffered most severely ...
Page xxxii
... light not of Cappadocia only , but of the world.3 To Sophronius * he is the " glory of the Church . " To Isidore of Pelusium , he seems to speak as one inspired . To the Council of Chalcedon he is emphatically a minister of grace ; to ...
... light not of Cappadocia only , but of the world.3 To Sophronius * he is the " glory of the Church . " To Isidore of Pelusium , he seems to speak as one inspired . To the Council of Chalcedon he is emphatically a minister of grace ; to ...
Page xxxvi
... light to the contemplation of the divine generation , they must think of a generation worthy of God , without passion , partition , division , or time . They must conceive of the image of the invisible God not after the analogy of ...
... light to the contemplation of the divine generation , they must think of a generation worthy of God , without passion , partition , division , or time . They must conceive of the image of the invisible God not after the analogy of ...
Page lvi
... light wing far above the wiles of the hunter . " Beware lest in self protection thou prove inferior to brutes , lest haply thou be caught in the gins and be made the devil's prey , and be taken alive by him to do with thee as he will ...
... light wing far above the wiles of the hunter . " Beware lest in self protection thou prove inferior to brutes , lest haply thou be caught in the gins and be made the devil's prey , and be taken alive by him to do with thee as he will ...
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... light and create darkness , " describes Himself not as Creator of any evil , but as Demiurge of creation . " It is lest thou shouldst suppose that there is one cause of light and another of darkness that He described Himself as being ...
... light and create darkness , " describes Himself not as Creator of any evil , but as Demiurge of creation . " It is lest thou shouldst suppose that there is one cause of light and another of darkness that He described Himself as being ...
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Antioch Apostle Arian Arist Athanasius baptism Basil Basilius begotten bishop blessed body brethren brother Cæsarea called Canon Cappadocia cause Christ Church communion confession creature creed death divine doctrine earth essence Eunomius Eusebius Eusebius of Samosata Eustathius evil faith Father flesh give glory Glycerius God's Godhead grace Greg Gregory of Nazianzus Gregory of Nyssa hand hath heart heaven Hist Holy Ghost Holy Spirit Homily honour hypostasis Irenæus Jesus John letter Libanius live Lord Maran Matt means mind nature Neocæsarea object Placed in 373 pray prayer presbyter quod reason received reverence Sabellius Samosata Sasima Scripture Sebasteia sense shew soul speak suffer thee Theodoret things thou thought tion troubles true religion truth unto Valens Vide viii wisdom words worthy write written δὲ ἐν καὶ τῆς τὸ τὸν τοῦ τῶν
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Page 20 - Also I say unto you. Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God : But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
Page lix - These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs ; but the time cometh when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
Page 152 - I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool; his throne was like the fiery flame and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him; thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set and the books were opened.
Page 144 - For which of you intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
Page 97 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Page 34 - And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you : to the end He may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.
Page 53 - If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
Page 34 - And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
Page 25 - And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.