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9281 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 …
9282 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 .
9283 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 …
9284 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 …
9285 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 …
9286 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 …
9287 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 …
9288 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 …
9289 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 …
9290 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 95.3 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… real argument from fancy.
9291 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 …
9292 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 …
9293 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 …
9294 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 …
9295 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 …
9296 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 …
9297 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 …
9298 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 207.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… inconclusive arguments. But after all such drawbacks (and they are not more than what constantly occur in the most renowned speculative writers of antiquity …
9299 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 207.3 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… nonsensical arguments than “constantly occur in the most renowned speculative writers of antiquity”? Is it enough if he shows his originality of thought …
9300 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 225.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… advanced arguments which were afterwards adopted by the Christian image worshipers.”