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9261 Civil Sunday Holiday, p. 8.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… an argument for Sunday laws upon the existence of national holidays. It shows either that the man wishes to make sentiment for the Sunday law, regardless …
9262 The Everlasting Covenant, p. 63.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
The argument is very simple: Abraham gave tithes to Melchizedek; the Melchizedek priesthood is a priesthood by which righteousness and peace come; it is …
9263 The Everlasting Covenant, p. 303.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… an argument on the word “added,” supposing that it indicates something entirely new added to the provisions which God had previously made. A reference to Deuteronomy …
9264 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 14.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… by arguments and example, the most flagitious practices. Thus theft, as is well known, was permitted in Egypt and in Sparta; Plato taught the expediency and …
9265 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 33.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… the arguments on which he relies to prove their immortality.”— Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia, art. Platonism .
9266 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 41.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… the argument concerning heathen philosophy:—“And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; wherein in time past ye walked according to the …
9267 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 61.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… scriptural arguments are often baseless; their exegesis—novel in application only—is a chaos of elements unconsciously borrowed on the one hand from Philo …
9268 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 62.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… adopting arguments that are unchristian in their ultimate grounds; resting upon errors the refutation of errors, upon superstitions the overthrow of …
9269 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 63.3 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… flimsy arguments, and such as are suited rather to embarrass the mind than to convince the understanding.”— Ecclesiastical History, book 1, cent. 2, part 2, chap …
9270 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 65.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… solid arguments. Thus that mode of disputing, which the ancients called economical, and which had victory rather than truth for its object, was almost universally …
9271 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 70.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… an argument in support of the doctrine of the Trinity, that the Jews observed ‘the third, sixth, and ninth hours’ as their ‘fixed and lawful seasons for prayer …
9272 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 76.3 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… of argument in its behalf, than by saying that the so-called “Epistle of Barnabas” contains “valuable testimonies” in its favor. How valuable those testimonies …
9273 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 95.3 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… real argument from fancy.
9274 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 155.3 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… best argument that he knows how to make to prove that Jesus was the Christ. Of the prophecies which directly foretold the coming of Christ, the character of …
9275 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 158.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… feeble arguments by which he and the best of his class attempted to convince the Jews and the heathen:— “And when I had quoted this, I added, ‘Hear, then, how this man …
9276 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 161.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… such arguments that did bring the heathen world over to the profession of Christianity. When the Christian religion was narrowed down to the material cross …
9277 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 161.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… his arguments to the sign of the cross. He knew how to reach the minds of the heathen. For example, read the following:— “But since sensation remains to all who have …
9278 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 164.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… childish arguments. They are very interesting as an exhibition of his ingenuity; but sharpness is neither depth nor breadth. A person of vivid imagination …
9279 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 178.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… Clement’s argument seems to imply that he is here speaking of the Paschal festival, instead of a weekly rest day. It makes little difference. Those who wish …
9280 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 179.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… no argument to show that they should be prayed for. This doctrine has been the means of bringing a vast amount of treasure into the Roman Catholic Church, and …