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57181 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 70.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… be more unsatisfactory, or rather childish, than the explanations of Holy Writ sometimes given by these ancient expositors. According to Tertullian, the …
57182 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 70.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… , knew more of the mind of the Spirit than others who appeared in succeeding ages; but the truths of Scripture, like the phenomena of the visible creation, are …
57183 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 75.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… Testament, more resembling the spirit of Philo than that of St. Paul, or even that of the epistle to the Hebrews, and who indulged himself in such interpretations …
57184 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 76.3 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… a more perfect exhibit of the scarcity of argument in its behalf, than by saying that the so-called “Epistle of Barnabas” contains “valuable testimonies” in …
57185 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 79.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… a more excellent piece of knowledge than this, but I know that ye are worthy.”
57186 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 84.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… truths, more effectually into the minds of his readers But his celestial spirits talk more insipidly than our scavengers and porters.”— Ecclesiastical History …
57187 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 89.3 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… yourself more abundant glory, and will be more honored by God than you would otherwise be. If, therefore, in keeping the commandments of God, you do, in addition …
57188 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 90.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… imagined than described. When we come to consider the great apostasy, we shall see that the reading of such stuff in the church bore its legitimate fruit:— “Having …
57189 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 99.4 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… nothing more of him than what can be extracted from the epistles, with the exception of a few short notices by Irenaeus and by Origen, which he also knows. But …
57190 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 107.4 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… cannot more appropriately close our observations on this subject than by another repetition of it. ‘There is nothing more abominable than that trash which …
57191 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 110.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… was more sure of gaining Heaven than one who simply lived a good life, and died a natural death. The idea was that whatever sins the individual had upon him were …
57192 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 113.3 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… devoted more space and attention to it than to the Bible.
57193 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 115.3 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… no more thorough student, and none better acquainted with Patristic literature, than Professor Harnack, of Berlin. It was he who first called the attention …
57194 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 118.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… any more highly than the matter ascribed to Barnabas, Hermas, and Clement, or the “trash” attributed to Ignatius. That it contains some truth cannot be questioned …
57195 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 120.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… once more carefully, and you will see. Of what does it treat? Of the Lord’s Supper, and that alone. The Greek word for “table” agrees with the adjective kuriaken …
57196 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 120.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… day more confident of their position than heretofore.” What must have been their former confidence in their position? If a single casual expression in an …
57197 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 128.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… were more ancient than any now available, it is greatly to be regretted that they have disappeared or perished. One of our difficulties throughout, has been …
57198 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 133.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… either more or fewer in number than they are. For, since there are four zones of the world in which we live, and four principal winds, while the church is scattered …
57199 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 139.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… both more necessary and more honorable than any other; that more advanced age, I mean, during which also as a teacher he excelled all others. For how could he …
57200 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 141.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… included more than ten years, and appeals to a tradition derived, as he says, from those who had conversed with an apostle.”— Quoted in a foot-note, by Bishop Coxe …