Origines Ecclesiasticae, Or, The Antiquities of the Christian Church and Other Works of the Rev. Joseph Bingham: With a Set of Maps of Ecclesiastical Geography to which are Now Added Several Sermons, and Other Matter, Never Before Published, Volume 1William Straker, 1834 - Absolution |
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Page 423 - Receive not an heretic to testify against a bishop ; nor a single witness, though he be one of the faithful;" for the law saith, " in the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established." Athanasius pleaded the privilege of this law, when he was accused for suffering Macarius, his presbyter, to break the
Page 487 - but we dedicate them to him, who said, ' Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit-tree yielding fruit after his kind. ' To whom we give our first-fruits, to him also we send up our prayers, having a great high-priest that is entered into heaven, &c.
Page 530 - that direction of St. Paul to Timothy, 1 Tim. iv. 13. " Give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine : meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them, that thy profiting
Page 51 - Instead of thy fathers, thou shalt have children, whom thou mayest make princes in all lands." They say, bishops are the sons of the Apostles, and princes and fathers in the Church.
Page 41 - to do all things in unity, under the bishop presiding in the place of God; and the presbyters in the place of the apostolical senate; and the deacons, to whom is committed the ministry and service of Jesus Christ.
Page 77 - The first were such as were granted only to persons of quality, or else persons, whose reputation had been called in question, or to the clergy, who had occasion to travel into foreign countries. The second sort were granted to all, who were in the peace and communion of the Church; whence they were also called
Page 484 - except your righteousness exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Page 31 - . that after his return from banishment in the isle of Patmos, he settled at Ephesus ; whence being often invited to visit the neighbouring regions, he ordained them bishops and set apart such men for the clergy, as were signified to him by the Holy Ghost." Whence it appears, that the name
Page 50 - now called bishops, were called Apostles. But shortly after, the name of Apostles was appropriated to such only as were Apostles indeed; and then the name, bishop, was given to those, who before were called Apostles." Thus, he says, " Epaphroditus was the Apostle of the Philippians, and Titus the Apostle of the Cretians, and Timothy the Apostle of the
Page 26 - the Initiated, that is, admitted to the use of the sacred offices, and knowledge of the sacred mysteries of the Christian religion. Hence came that form of speaking, so frequently used by St. Chrysostom and other ancient writers,* when they touched upon any doctrines or mysteries which the catechumens understood not,