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57201 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 142.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)

… be more creditably authorized than this.”

57202 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 143.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)

… much more ignorance on the part of the writer than does his attempt to handle the Hebrew. Such ignorance and pedantry on the part of a modern writer would make …

57203 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 147.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)

… of more than passing notice. He says: “It survives in the pulpits of Christendom—Greek, Latin, Anglican, Lutheran, etc.—to this day, in slightly different forms …

57204 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 158.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)

… nothing more in it than some likeness to the form of the material cross. Of the power of the cross as standing for the atoning sacrifice of Christ, he seems to …

57205 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 160.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)

One more extract shall suffice on the subject of the cross. In this “apology” to the rulers, he made the following final appeal:— “But in no instance, not even in any …

57206 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 164.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)

… was more ignorant than any child ten years of age would be, that has had the benefit of Christian training. We may not censure him or any other man for his ignorance …

57207 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 165.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)

… something more than that alone in a leader of Christian thought. Nearly all the pagan writings which have been preserved, contain “exceedingly suggestive …

57208 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 166.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)

… philosopher than the accurate theologian—more the fanciful interpreter than the careful expounder of the Scriptures on true exegetical principles …

57209 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 184.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)

… is more than can be said of the others. Yet notwithstanding his clearness as compared with most of the other Fathers, Killen could truthfully say of him:— “The …

57210 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 186.3 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)

… was more acute than solid.”— Book 1, cent. 2, part 2, chap. 2, sec. 5 .

57211 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 189.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)

… done more than he to establish the Roman Catholic Church. Indeed, as in the case of Clement of Alexandria, Bishop Coxe seems exceedingly anxious to vindicate …

57212 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 193.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)

… fires more fierce than those with which in the days of their pride they raged against the followers of Christ. What world’s wise men besides, the very philosophers …

57213 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 195.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)

… with more information and greater verisimilitude, believe that the sun is our god. We shall be counted Persians perhaps, though we do not worship the orb of …

57214 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 199.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)

… do more than refer to his statement that “Christ did not at all rescind the law of the Sabbath.” That statement is true; but it is only what the Scriptures tell …

57215 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 200.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)

… one more passage in Tertullian’s writings that could by any possibility be considered as giving aid and comfort to the advocates of Sunday observance …

57216 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 205.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)

… is more manifest than the mystery of this ‘wood,’—that the obduracy of this world had been sunk in the profundity of error, and is freed in baptism by the ‘wood’ of …

57217 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 206.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)

… any more driveling nonsense than this. Yet Protestant ministers take precious time to translate and circulate such stuff, and the writers of it are reverenced …

57218 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 207.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)

… not more than what constantly occur in the most renowned speculative writers of antiquity), the reader will discover many interesting proofs of our author’s …

57219 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 207.3 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)

… any more weak, inconclusive, and nonsensical arguments than “constantly occur in the most renowned speculative writers of antiquity”? Is it enough if he shows …

57220 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 211.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)

… (therefrom) more or less of salvation than others. All waters, therefore, in virtue of the pristine privilege of their origin, do, after invocation of God, attain …