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61641 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 322.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… “rational natures” “endowed with the power of freewill,” able to rise or fall, the degree of fall determining the conditions of one’s birth and earthly lot. He …

61642 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 325.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… but natural, for from its very beginning the allegorism of the Alexandrian school had exerted a pernicious influence, endeavoring to explain and harmonize …

61643 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 345.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… in natural immortality. Six brief points summarize his none-too-vital contribution:

61644 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 346.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… bait natural that such antagonistic teachings should be proscribed. But the Christians were convinced from inspired prophecy that pagan Rome, drunk with …

61645 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 346.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… was naturally much conjecture as regards the coming Antichrist, whom everyone feared and expected. But this archenemy of Christianity came increasingly …

61646 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 357.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… of nature. Thus the earth shall be laid waste, as though by one common robbery. When these things shall so happen, then the righteous and the followers of truth …

61647 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 361.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… the nature of Christ, for he seems to have leaned a little toward the Arian position. His Ecclesiastical History was published about 325. In his later years …

61648 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 380.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… quite natural; all men were seeking charms to ensure their happiness in the hereafter, and even the Christians, as we learn from Lactantius, considered the …

61649 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 396.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… the nature of the prophesied kingdom of God-the time, manner, and character of its establishment and continuance—constitutes a key that unlocks Christendom’s …

61650 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 408.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… would naturally wish to find a Christian employment for the philosophy he brought out of Egypt with him. E. W. Watson, Introduction to Saint Hilary of Poitiers …

61651 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 421.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… , the natural death, which is not to be dreaded, for it is not a punishment but a release from the vicissitudes of mortal life, which constitute the punishment …

61652 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 428.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… . And naturally. For as long as the fear of this empire lasts, no one will willingly exalt himself, but when that is dissolved, he will attack the anarchy, and endeavor …

61653 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 428.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… may naturally enquire, what is that which withholdeth, and after that would know, why Paul expresses it so obscurely. [ 2 Thessalonians 2:6-9 .] What then is it that …

61654 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 451.6 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… to nature, the cutting out of a stone Ibid, cols 1300, 1301.

61655 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 470.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… angelical nature to be corporeal, moreover he doubts that there will be a reign of the righteous on earth for a thousand years after the resurrection, or that …

61656 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 478.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… the nature of the church. Milman, History of Christianity, book 3, chap. 10, vol. 3, p.. 170 Johannes Huber, quoted in Schaff, History, vol. 2, p. 1003.

61657 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 479.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… the nature of the first and second resurrections, Augustine builds upon Matthew 8:22 —“Let the dead bury their dead”—which he interprets thus:

61658 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 481.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… is natural that he would expect the end in less than a thousand years. However, the thousand-year idea later came to prevail.Ibid., book 18, chap. 53, in NPNF, 1st …

61659 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 495.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… . Writers naturally refer to the empires of the East and the West; yet, technically, such language is inexact. The empire was, and continued to be, one and undivided …

61660 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 497.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… , and naturally, because of his metropolitan position, the bishop of Rome became increasingly the leader.