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• Power
  ...as from a vase containing the fragrance of what is no longer visible. Its power within the heart is exhibited in Romans 8, and its energy of diffusion in R ...as follows: "all are within my power; but I will not put myself under the power of any one of all things." See Authority , B, No. 1. </p> &nbsp;Revelation
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• Work
  ...ul, <i> Cross Currents </i> 35 (1985): 43-48; G. Goosen, <i> A Theology of Work </i> ; H.-C. Hahn and F. Thiele, <i> NIDNTT </i> 3:1147-59; G. Mendenhall, ...&nbsp;John 17:4; &nbsp;John 19:30). Through faith in him and his finished work, people can have forgiveness of sins and eternal life (&nbsp;John 6:28-29;
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• Miracles
  ...elieved (see above, <b> 3 </b> ) that even evil men and evil spirits could work miracles, they would not have said that a miracle-worker must be a true tea ...t wicked one, the man of sin, shall be after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders." </p> <p> The same three terms occur for Jesus
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• Jesus Christ
  ...aited, prudently as well as bravely, the gradual disclosure of His call to work and danger. </p> <p> <strong> 9. Duration of the Ministry </strong> (cf. ar ...o enter the kingdom by our own effort is impossible; it takes the renewing power of God to make us new people and establish us in God's kingdom. </p> <p> <i
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• Antichrist
  ...etical spirit, present in the world already but destined to come in fuller power. The ultimate authority for our thoughts on the subject must be found in th ...to God and religion, a claim to God's exclusive prerogatives, lawlessness, power of lying miracles and of beguiling souls under Satan's energizing, having a
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• Force
  ...ons </i> of Cremer and Grimm-Thayer, <i> s.vv. </i> On Christ’s miraculous power see art. ‘Miracles’ in Hasting's Dictionary of the Bible; Mozley, <i> B ..., </p> 1. To compel to constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible. Men are forced to submit to conquerors. Masters force their
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• English Versions
  ...s (including Calvin and Beza) who were then engaged at Geneva in a similar work of revision of the French Bible. In the NT their principal guide was Beza, ...hough disfigured by credulity and bitter prejudice." For Tyndale's special work see <i> William Tyndale </i> , <i> a [[Biography]] </i> , by R. Demaus, new
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• Power Of The Keys
  ...e rules pertaining to this subject. On the other hand, Calvin referred the power of the keys altogether to the preaching of the Gospel and the exercise of C ...he authorities of the Church to admit or exclude from church membership, a power the Roman Catholics allege conferred at first on St. Peter and afterwards o
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• Holy Spirit
  ...s (&nbsp;John 14:26; &nbsp;John 16:12-15; &nbsp;1 Peter 1:12). Through the work of the Holy Spirit in those men, the New Testament Scriptures came into bei ...estament [[Theology]] </i> ; G. F. Hawthorne, <i> The [[Presence]] and the Power </i> ; W. E. Mills, <i> The Holy Spirit: A Bibliography </i> ; G. T. Montag
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• Satan
  ...... destroy ( '''''Katargeesee''''' , "render powerless") him that had the power of death." Satan seeks to "get an advantage of" believers (&nbsp;2 Corinthi
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• God
  ...a somewhat less explicit form, in the [[Pauline]] Epistles. Christ is ‘the power of God and the wisdom of God … made unto us wisdom from God’ (&nbsp;1 C ...the command to tarry in the city until the [[Apostles]] were ‘clothed with power from on high’ (&nbsp;Luke 24:49 ); this is interpreted in &nbsp; Acts 1:5
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• Providence
  ...toiling and spinning as a necessity, do not lack the raiment they require. Work you must; it is the law of your lives as God’s rational creatures; but le ...ty? God is present every where. He sees all that happens, and it is in his power, with perfect ease, to order all for the best. Can he then possess goodness
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• Christianity
  ...he <i> Encyc. Brit </i> .9 [Note: designates the particular edition of the work referred] </p> <p> W. T. Davison. </p> ...er of God and of truth? And it has been supported in the world by the same power through a course of many ages, amidst the treachery of its friends, the opp
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• Sanctification
  ...e deepens, the work of the Spirit in sanctification is identified with the work of the Risen Christ. The sense of present fellowship with Him becomes more ...ursue" sanctification (&nbsp;Hebrews 12:14 ). Apart from God's sanctifying work in human beings, "no one will see the Lord" (&nbsp;Hebrews 12:14 ). God wil
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• Egypt
  ...ed their deliverance from Egypt, reminding themselves that God’s grace and power alone had saved them (&nbsp;Leviticus 23:43; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 16:1-3; &nbs ...n nature), at Thebes. The Labyrinth, and the artificial Lake Moeris, their work. </p> <p> [['''Thirteenth:''' Diospolites]] (contemporary with the Shepher
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• Sabbath
  ...e Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. For in six days th ...e true Sabbath and ought still to be observed by Christians (see a curious work by Francis Bampfield written to show that the seventh-day Sabbath is the de
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• Hand
  ...ess carelessness sloth. &nbsp;Proverbs 10 </p> <p> The right hand, denotes power strength. &nbsp;Exodus 15 </p> <p> HAND, To give or transmit with the hand. ...y which the sacred substance is conducted from one body into another … the power passes not primarily through the spoken formula, but through the physical c
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• Omnipotence
  ...ii.; Thomas Aquinas, <i> Summa </i> , iii. Qu. 13; B. B. Warfield, <i> The Power of God unto [[Salvation]] </i> (1903), 91. </p> <p> J. Dick Fleming. </p> ...ew of the supernatural and miraculous. Thus &nbsp;Exodus 15 celebrates the power of Yahweh in the wonders of the exodus. It is God's exclusive prerogative t
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• Atonement
  ...e practical schism between these two experiences of faith in the objective work of Christ and personal union in His death and resurrection is too real for ...reparation to the violated law of righteousness is not necessary. Christ’s work, while bringing forgiveness, conserves holiness, magnifies law, vindicates
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• Messiah
  ...s Lord over the [[Sabbath]] &nbsp;Matthew 12:8). He will appear clothed in power at the last day (&nbsp;Mark 14:62). But the title is also used in immediate ...nality in whom His spirit was particularly resident to empower Him for the work of salvation. Thus in the history of Jesus and in Christian experience this
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• Creation
  ...e reason and articulate speech; general words used by all prove in all the power of abstract reasoning; the absence of the former proves the absence of the ...ence between right and wrong. Having divided his own substance, the mighty Power became half male, half female. He whose powers are incomprehensible, having
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• Peter
  ...ssionary activities had brought him into contact with Gentiles. It was the work of the reactionary Judaizers that made the problem acute, but in the nascen ..., as to Peter (&nbsp;Matthew 18:18; &nbsp;John 20:23.) Peter exercised the power of the keys only in preaching, as on Pentecost (Acts 2), He never exercised
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• Arminian View Of The. Will
  ...will; if he cannot govern the world when much of its history is within the power of his creatures, when much that is, is determined and enacted by the free
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• Regeneration
  ...d in many passages of the Epistle and is represented as produced by Divine power. The blood of Christ cleanses the conscience from sin, and makes it possibl ...hrist with full and fast faith (&nbsp; Ephesians 4:16 ). Last of all, this work of regeneration is completed when the soul is brought to the point of absol
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• Miracle
  ...st and his apostles, and were actual witnesses to their mighty works." The power of working miracles is supposed by some to have been continued no longer th ...r and refutes the "name it and claim it" heresy that tries to force God to work miracles upon demand, if only one exercises adequate faith. </p> <p> [[Crai
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• Justification
  ...al and justify the world, not as something standing beyond itself and by a power external. He gathers humanity rather into His own Person, stretches over it ...vilege of justification is annexed, is such a belief of the Gospel, by the power of the Spirit of God, as leads us to come to Christ, to receive Christ, to
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• Elijah
  ...heir mouth," i.e. at, their word; &nbsp;1 Kings 17:1; &nbsp;2 Kings 1:10; "power to shut heaven that it rain not," &nbsp;James 5:17; &nbsp;Luke 4:25; and "t ...led after Moses and Elijah (&nbsp;Revelation 11:3-6 ). They were given the power to shut up the heavens and to bring the fire of judgment like Elijah in &nb
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• Resurrection
  ...Paul’s teaching. Hence we find two lines of thought of unequal strength at work in St. Paul’s treatment of the subject. </p> <p> (1) On the one hand, he ...en we remember how constantly he is pressing on his readers’ attention the power by which the resurrection to life is brought about (&nbsp; Romans 8:11 , &n
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• Church
  ...ip. Except in the form of ‘Mysteries,’ the old Greek religion had not much power; its gods and goddesses were openly ridiculed. But Mithraism was full of li ...sp; Luke 17:21 RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ) in His own Person and work. It is revealed as a historical institution in the parables of the [[Tares]
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• Salvation
  ...ouraged the exercise of faith as a mere theoretical belief in supernatural power. The performance of a sign from heaven, such as men might have witnessed wi ...ile its present dimension is depicted in terms of the Spirit's sanctifying work. Its future dimension is said to be glorification, the culmination of the s
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• Grace
  ...God and Christ, working in the Pauline scheme as righteousness and wisdom, work here as light, life, love, driving away darkness, death, sin; restoring lif ...these attributes as "gifts" throughout the chapter implies that they are a work of grace as well, but the connection with grace is explicit in the parallel
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• Elisha
  ...l cell, upon a sudden inroad of the Moabite bands; a type of the vivifying power of Christ's dead body (&nbsp;Isaiah 26:19). Other antitypical resemblances .... The supernatural abounds in his life; in many instances he manifests the power of prediction (&nbsp; 2 Kings 4:16 , 2Ki 5:26 , &nbsp; 2 Kings 6:8 ff., &nb
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• Spirit
  ...to be so far identified that the former lived and acted ‘in spirit and in power’ (ἐν πνεύματι καὶ δυνάμει, &nbsp;Luke 1:17), <i> i. ...Satan is called the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is at work in those who are disobedient (&nbsp;Ephesians 2:2 ). </p> <p> One of the pe
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• Faith
  ...he Apocalypse we have described for us in words and pictures the unity and power of God, the dominion of Christ over the Church and the world, and the trium ...ews, each in his own fashion, combine with St. Paul to focus the redeeming work of Jesus in the cross. According to the whole tenor of the NT, the forgivin
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• Papacy
  ...ied about 886), who, however, is the author of the last biographies of the work only. It was edited by Busaeus (Mentz, 1602); Fabrotti (Paris, 1649); [[Bia
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• Merit
  ...<i> Lehre [[Jesu]] </i> 2 [Note: designates the particular edition of the work referred] , 1901 [English translation from 1st ed. 1893]; Anselm’s <i> Cu ...use no man can demand a right to it by his own righteousness, or any other power in himself, but by the free grace of God only, they say no man can merit Pa
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• Power Of Keys
  ...olders of the keys. To that extent, and in that sense, alone, is there the power of "legislating" within the kingdom. This is only interpreting and applying ....com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/keys,+power+of Power Of Keys from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
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• John The Baptist
  .... Theologic und Kirche.] 3 [Note: designates the particular edition of the work referred] , art. ‘Johannes der Taufer’; Haupt, <i> [[Johannes]] der Tä ...11:3 ); but if John learnt from Jesus what was His ideal of the Messiah’s work, it may well be, as Garvie says, ‘that Jesus for a time at least raised J
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• Devil
  ...god of this world’ or age (&nbsp; 2 Corinthians 4:4 ), ‘the prince of the power of the air’ (&nbsp; Ephesians 2:2 ), ruling over the evil spirits who are ...ctful expressions of him they would punish with death, did not the Turkish power prevent them. Whenever they speak of him, it is with the utmost respect; an
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• Ordination
  ...assignment to them, under the direction of the Holy Ghost, of an extended work among the Gentiles, and all the accompaniments befitted this new departure. ...cy, Imposition Of Hands, Independents]] and [[Ministerial Call]] in this work; James Owen's [[Plea]] for Scripture Ordination; Doddridge's Tracts, 5: 2:
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• Mediator
  ...in His own Person. But it cannot be said with justice that the mediatorial work of Jesus in this Gospel is only of this prophetic nature. St. John records ...the final <em> Judge </em> of the quick and the dead, to whom is given the power of distributing the rewards and penalties of eternity. See ATONEMENT and Se
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• Trinity
  ...ture of the Deity, whose existence is commensurate with eternity, by whose power the universe was created, and by whose wisdom it is governed; whose presenc ..., we see throughout the book the essential Deity of the Holy Spirit in the work attributed to Him of superintending and controlling the life of the [[Apost
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• Gift Of. Tongues
  ...e." He recognized precisely the same sounds in the Irish revivals of 1859 (Work and Counterwork, p. 11). Those who spoke, men of known devotion and acutene
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• Hippolytus Romanus
  ...ne literature Bardenhewer (Freiburg 1877) collects all the notices of this work discusses the different extant fragments and restores the original as far a
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• Inspiration
  ...we might reasonably suppose would have been granted to the Apostles in the work of teaching divine truth, is the very thing which Christ promised them in t ...to the most ordinary actions of life, according to this view, are not the work of man but of Omniscience. The only use which has been made of human agency
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• Prayer
  ...h </em> ’). </p> <p> (ii.) (1) A distinctive Idea in NT prayer is <em> the work of the [[Holy]] Spirit </em> . He aids us in prayer (&nbsp; Romans 8:14-16 ...iness, ought not to be indulged, unless persons are aged or infirm, or the work of prayer be drawn out so long as to make it troublesome to human nature to
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• Ethics
  ...ging absolutes, inarguable authority, effective motivation, and redemptive power. The Old Testament emphasizes that God's requirements enshrine the secrets ...ect for the civil government, and its tasks, the spiritual significance to work, the stewardship of possessions and wealth, and much else. </p> <p> The eth
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• Apostle
  ...h intention. The apostles wore commissioned to found a living Church, with power to supply itself with ministers and to organize them. </p> <p> Literature.- ...them out two by two, that they might be assistants to each other in their work; and commanded them to restrict their teaching and services to the people o
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• Almighty
  ...tion, we never hear in them, as in the Scriptures, "the [[Thunder]] of his power." </p> ...<p> The name Almighty will appear again when God works out his purposes in power and judgement. It was revealed in connection with promises made in time, as
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• Persecution
  ...ise no jurisdiction. But Roman Emperors would not admit that view, for the power of the State, in the person of the ruler, was absolute, and it covered all ...o make mankind such curses to one another? [[Merciful]] God! by they great power suppress this worst of all evils, and let truth and love, meekness and forb
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• David
  ...ntenance, which thenceforth appertained to Judah (1 Samuel 27). So did his power grow that a band of Benjamites, of Saul's brethren, right-handed and left-h ...Samuel 26:4 ff.).] It is during these wanderings that Saul falls into the power of David, but is magnanimously spared. The episode connected with David’s
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• Adam
  ...l how to give the figure or image of a thought, or of the mind or thinking power?" In <em> spirituality, </em> and, consequently, immateriality, this image ...ems to be based on a reminiscence of Messianic passages which speak of the work of the Divine Spirit, <i> e.g. </i> &nbsp;Isaiah 11:1-2, &nbsp;Joel 2:28-32
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• Nehemiah
  ...al prayerfulness, with eyes ever turned toward God, and summing up all his work and all his hope in the humble prayer at the close, "remember me, O my God, ...ple must be a separated people (&nbsp;Nehemiah 13:1-9 ). </p> <p> N. God's work, including His finance program, must not be neglected (&nbsp;Nehemiah 13:10
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• Liberty
  ...efly to point out that not only does the term ‘redemption’ (applied to the work of Christ in opening to men this new experience of life) derive from the so ...thority, right," is rendered "liberty" in &nbsp;1—Corinthians 8:9 (marg., "power"), "this liberty of yours," or "this right which you assert." See Authority
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• Government
  ...about the nature and objectives of civil government they are encouraged to work toward such changes as will benefit society and honor Christ. But civil dis ...ristocracy (Jos. [Note: Josephus.] <em> Ant. </em> XX. x.). Except for the power of life and death the Sanhedrin held the supreme judicial authority; there
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• Holy Ghost
  ...of the Spirit, but of the Spirit itself." Bishop Pearson, in his elaborate work on the Creed, and Dr. Barrow, in his Sermons, are equally explicit in stati ...th all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost." (&nbsp;Romans 15:13) </p>
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• Logos
  ...rd’s personality. Being Himself the Logos, one in essence with God, He had power to impart the higher life (see Word). </p> <p> In all these directions, the ...ly the mediator of God’s redeeming purpose. It is therefore as a religious power, not as a metaphysical magnitude, that St. John brings Him before us. The E
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• Law
  ...nbsp; Galatians 5:16-24 ). God’s law ceases to press on him as an external power counteracted by ‘the law of sin in the members’; the latter has been ex ...rly a period, to such a people, and enforced by such sanctions as no human power could undertake to execute, strongly bespeaks a divine original. </p> <p> <
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• Prophet
  ...hronological mainly. But as the twelve lesser prophets are regarded as one work, Jeremiah and Ezekiel are placed at the close of the greater prophets, and
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• Bishop
  ...in other duties than word and teaching; and if so, these were not the sole work of all elders. </p> <p> [[Preaching]] is rather connected with the unlocal ...those ministers lawfully called and sent, who be chosen and called to this work by men who have public authority given unto them in the congregation, to ca
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• Absolution
  ...g man in whom he discerns a true repentance, may be able to say with great power, ‘Brother, be assured thy sins are forgiven thee,’ and great blessing o ...eferred to the power he gave them of discerning spirits. By virtue of this power, Peter struck [[Ananias]] and [[Sapphira]] dead, and Paul struck Elimas bli
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• Ecclesiastical History
  ...dies. In the Church of England, [[Parliament]] (a lay body) is the central power in the government of the Church. In the Protestant Episcopal Church lay del
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• Solomon
  ...Note: Josephus.] <em> Ant </em> . VIII. v. 3). Josephus also speaks of his power over demons; Rabbinical legend of his control over beasts and birds, of his ...e Temple erected by Solomon is given elsewhere. After seven years, and the work was completed, and the day came to which all Israelites looked back as the
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• Excommunication
  ...virtue of the special authority of St. Paul himself, while the Church had power to expel only. There is nothing in the text to support such a view. This pu ...ame manner in every church, yet (according to the congregational plan) the power of excision lies in the church itself. The officers take the sense of the m
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• Authority
  ...power," &nbsp;Luke 22:25; &nbsp;1—Corinthians 6:12; &nbsp;7:4 (twice). See Power. </p> <div> '''B — 2: '''''Εὐωδία''''' ''' (Strong'S #2175 — Nou ...am Hamstra, Jr. </p> <p> <i> Bibliography </i> . B. Holmberg, <i> Paul and Power: The Structure of [[Authority]] in the Primitive Church </i> . </p>
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• Law Of Moses
  ...not the law of life to a Christian. &nbsp;2 Corinthians 3:7 . Law gives no power over sin; indeed, no sooner does a law say that a particular thing must not ...ith a spirit from above. But it involved also, the idea of an antagonistic power of evil, from which man was to be redeemed, existing in each individual, an
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• Simon Magus
  ...ey all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is called Great (ἡ δύναμις τοῦ θεοῦ ἡ κα ...al prerogative of the apostles. When therefore Simon offered money for the power of conferring the Holy Ghost it was really to obtain the rank of apostle. W
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• The Methodist Episcopal Church
  ...urch. The General Conference, after full deliberation, held that it had no power to divide the Church, as it was constituted to preserve, not to destroy, it
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• Inquisition
  ..., by his own confession, is with much reluctance, delivered to the secular power, to be punished according to his demerits: and this writing they give to th ...e extirpation of heresy." In the New World the Inquisition established its power, especially in Mexico. It was also terribly severe in Carthagena and Lima.
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• Fire
  ...bsp;Revelation 9:17 f.). In &nbsp;Revelation 14:18 it is the angel who has power over the fire-in this instance the symbol of Divine wrath-that brings the a ...rvants from being injured. The fire from the mouth describes the withering power of their words as they spoke GOD's messages. (See also &nbsp;Revelation 11:
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• Herod
  ...t that period, the entire eastern [[Mediterranean]] region was troubled by power struggles and bitter conflicts, one of which resulted in Antipater being mu ...hat it seemed a restoration rather than a new building. He inaugurated the work with a set speech. The building of the temple itself began in 20 B.C., and
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• Perseverance
  ...rt, but hostility, is offered, there follows hurt and loss. It is the same power which, obeyed, blesses; disobeyed, blasts. </p> <p> (3) Let the idea be aba ...wing genuineness, "develops perseverance. [[Perseverance]] must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete." But an important addition by James
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• Kingdom Of God
  ...ive reign, and God shall be all in all. See Authority, Dominion, Parousia, Power. </p> <p> M. S. Terry. </p> ...to appear momentarily. [[Signs]] and powers of the kingdom were already at work, and prefigurements of its glory were already present. As a result Jesus ta
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• Reformation
  ...t and [[Influence]] of the Reformation by Luther, by B. C. Villiers, which work obtained the prize on this question (proposed by the National Institute of ...ise unto salvation. It does not, however, come within the province of this work to give a minute history of the origin and progress of the Reformation, to
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• Plagues Of Egypt
  ...ruction, according to the Septuagint, διετηρηθης , "to manifest the divine power," by the number and variety of their plagues. Still, however, in the midst ...this tremendous judgment, for it would too largely swell the pages of this work, to enter into the relation of it here. But I beg the reader, when he hath
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• Acts Of The Apostles
  ...ting to observe these, as they will lead us to an approximate date for the work. There is no better test than such an inquiry for the detection of a forger ...the best opportunities for ascertaining the facts of the early part of his work from the brethren on the spot. At [[Caesarea]] dwelt Philip the evangelist,
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• English Versions Of The Bible.
  ...he wrote to Cecil in its favor. He was at the time looking forward to the work he afterwards accomplished, of one other special Bible for the churches, to
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• Apocalyptic Literature
  ...f a restoration to righteousness and recognition of God in the forces that work there. He accordingly plants his hopes in the world to come.< </p> ...illustration of the extra-Palestinian-Hellenistic apocalyptic hope. As the work now exists, it is a collection of various writings dealing with the histori
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• Predestination
  ...ntrary." </p> <p> In illustration of this he remarks, "God gave to man the power of election as he did to the angels. They, therefore, who do not obey are j
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• Gnosticism
  ...they could be mastered. Some systems taught a multitude of such ‘words of power’; in other systems one master word was given, <i> e.g. caulacau </i> (Ire ...ver, was an independent authority on Marcionism; by Hippolytus, who in his work against heresies adds, however, large extracts from his independent reading
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• Clementine Literature
  ...ritings </i> of Simon, it can scarcely be doubted that the author used the work ascribed to Simon called the <i> Great Announcement </i> , some of the lang
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• Paul
  ...hough they must have been important years of preparation for Paul’s future work. Paul spent the final year of this preparation period at [[Antioch]] in Syr ...uld be brought in contact with him; and among these there had broken out a work of grace, which had become a theme amongst the praetorian guards and had sp
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• Will
  ...field]] College Essays, London, 1909; H. Weinel, St. Paul, the Man and his Work, Eng. tr. , do., 1906; W. P. DuBose, The Gospel according to St. Paul, do., ...in a manner not inconsistent with whatever is excellent in the exercise of power and wisdom, justice and mercy, goodness and truth. Nor is it a little impor
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• Angel
  ...went before are that they are not active among men, their abode and their work are rather in the realms above; they are not the intermediaries between God ...for the punishment of wicked nations, seems also evident. That they have a power over the human sensory, which they are occasionally permitted to exercise,
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• Divination
  ...magicians, witches, and wizards. They had various methods of bringing the power of the divinities to act on men, all of which may be classed into two group ...of the anti-trinity, the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet, shall "work miracles" to tempt the ten kings under [[Antichrist]] to the last battle fo
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• Arm
  ...Isaiah 33:2; &nbsp; Isaiah 63:12 , &nbsp; Acts 13:17 ), or in breaking the power of His enemies (&nbsp; Exodus 6:6 , &nbsp; Deuteronomy 5:15 , &nbsp; Ezekie ...d "power": "Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood." A third nuance is "help": "Assur also is joined with them:
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• Assyria
  ...rbanipal’s death, Assyria’s Empire began to crumble. Babylon was rising to power, and with the establishment of a new [[Babylonian]] dynasty in 626 BC, the ...ect to Assyria; and "we find nothing," says Playfair, "of the greatness or power of this kingdom in the history of the judges and succeeding kings of Israel
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• Mormons
  ...religious system in peace and freedom. In the autumn of 1831 a successful work was inaugurated at Independence, [[Jackson]] County, Missouri; and shortly
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• Moses
  ...econd with his return from Midian to liberate his people from [[Egyptian]] power (&nbsp;Acts 7:30-36; &nbsp;Exodus 7:7), and the third with his death just b ...lling factor is not a <em> corpus </em> of specific prescriptions, but the power of custom. An immoral act is condemned because ‘it is not wont so to be d
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• Eusebius Of Caesarea
  ...Christians accept their religion by faith without investigation. The whole work is an answer to this taunt. The object of the <i> Preparation </i> is to ju ...''Ant. Sacr.'' (Par. 1865, 8va), page 258 sq. </p> <p> '''4.''' The small work, ''Against Hierocles,'' '''''Πρὸς''''' '''''Τὰ''''' '''''Ὑπὸ''
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• Priests And Levites
  ...iesthood gained a fresh accession of power, all the greater as the secular power was under [[Persian]] rule. The contemporary prophets, Zech. and Haggai, no ...tes from 30 years old and upward number 38,000, of whom 24,000 oversee the work of the house of the Lord, 6,000 were officers and judges, 4,000 were doorke
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• Gospels
  ...Western scholarship. Such a one may find that the Gospel is certainly the work of a Jew, and may see no reason for denying that its author may have been J ...er ancient writing. Theophilus arranged the Four Gospels so as to form one work (Jerome, Ep. ad Algas., iv. 197). Tartan, who died A.D. 170, formed a [[Dia
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• Pentecost
  ...s been witnessed since again and again. It is the mysterious outburst of a Power which never wholly leaves the world, however lifeless it may at times appea ...uth as it is in Jesus?"Blessed is the man that can testify to the Spirit's work in his own heart in all the offices, characters, and gifts of God the Holy
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• Christology Christ
  ...rk 6:14), but the only inference drawn was that ‘therefore do these powers work in him.’ </p> <p> The Resurrection did not create faith in Jesus as Messi ...ans 10:17 ), as faithful believers in Christ proclaim the Messiah's saving work, participate in messianic glory, and invite others to do the same. </p> <p>
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• Criticism
  ...sianic consciousness of Jesus, without which he regards not only the whole work of Jesus, but the conduct of His disciples after His death, as unintelligib ...]] came later than Deuteronomy, and was only incorporated with the earlier work of the Deuteronomist after the Exile. Meanwhile Colenso was working at the
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• Indulgences
  .... Since that time the popes have been more sparing in the exercise of this power; although it is said, they still carry on a great trade with them to the In ...ation whatever in Scripture. It is an arrogant and impious usurpation of a power which belongs to God alone; and it has an obvious tendency to promote licen
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• Haggai
  ...e (&nbsp;Haggai 2:18-19 ). </p> <p> IV. God's People Must Reconsider God's Power to [[Overcome]] [[Opposition]] (&nbsp;Haggai 2:20-23 ). </p> <p> A. God wil ...second year, 520 B.C., to rouse them from their selfishness to resume the work which had been suspended for 14 years. The dates of his four distinct proph
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• Prophets Prophecy
  ...imself led the way and the [[Apostles]] followed Him in declaring that His work on earth was to ‘fulfil’ both the Law and the prophets, and that the wh ...e Testaments, the coming of Jesus is seen as an inbreaking of the Spirit's work especially visible in prophecy. For example, in Luke the angel's visitation
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• Jerusalem
  ...year when the Jews said it would be the 46th or 47th year from the temple work being begun. Herod also built three great towers on the old wall in the N.W ...;Acts 3:1), nor yet for the sake of meeting with each other (5:12), but to work upon the mass of the people through the words and wonders of the apostles.
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• Conscience
  ..., in short, a conscience must experience the constraining and transforming power of the love of Christ, in whom men are new creatures, so that old things ar ...tuitously) are known by all to be wrong; immediately they are perceived at work, they are unconditionally condemned. (3) The inward look makes no mistake a
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• Captivity
  ...uption of the building of the temple through [[Samaritan]] opposition, the work was completed in the second year of Darius, through Haggai and Zechariah (5 ...gh positions at court, and the book of Esther celebrates their numbers and power in the [[Persian]] empire. There were priests among them, &nbsp;Jeremiah 29
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• Mary
  ...m> people of Bethany as a whole </em> honoured our Lord, who had shown His power notably by raising their fellow-townsman, with a public feast. At such a fe ...r's gift, (&nbsp;Hebrews 10:5) and if the Holy Ghost, in his overshadowing power, was the almighty: worker in the dark place of the virgin's womb, here call
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• Pharisees
  ...ther, the party of the [[Zealots]] who agitated for the overthrow of Roman power were an off-shoot from the Pharisees. Though Josephus is desirous of repres ...tion they pleased to public affairs; and hence the great men dreaded their power and authority. It is unquestionable, as [[Mosheim]] has well remarked, that
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• Gospel
  ...the forgiveness of sins, that in peace he might will his will and work his work. In this respect he is like his spiritual kinsmen, Luther and Bunyan. In so ...for a threefold response. (1) <i> [[Believing]] </i> . The gospel is "the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes" (&nbsp;Romans 1:16 ). Fa
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• Offices Of Christ
  ...Kingship and His offering. The offices spring from both His person and His work, and are united in the final issue of the salvation of the world. See also ...ngly power, not the fact. We distinguish also the inherent regal glory and power of Christ from his exercise of them '''''—''''' the ''Dignitas Regia'' fr
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• Christ In Modern Thought
  ...he point on which the constructive historian must stand if he would do his work. The memorials of the struggle and of the compromises by which it was ended
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• Apocrypha
  ...lifting up His hand <i> against </i> them, so that they may see His mighty power. Still some gracious end even in this stern treatment of the heathen may be ...Merely the titles of some of them can be mentioned. As a piece of lyrical work the <strong> Psalms of Solomon </strong> is the best example in this group.
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• Person Of Christ
  ...gain Christ is somehow given a place inferior to God, His entire redeeming Work and position being traced back directly to the Father. We have such express ...he distribution of its emphasis. Mark lays particular stress on the divine power of the man Jesus, as evidence of His supernatural being; and on the irresis
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• Head
  ...</i> Satan [&nbsp;Revelation 12:3]) apparently denote the abundance of his power; the seven heads of his agent, the Beast 13:1; 17:9), are explicitly referr ...7:9 (a) We are told quite plainly here the meaning of this type. The Roman power is situated on seven hills, and is already ruling with despotism and cruelt
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• Babylon
  ...ht be collected; and we may conclude in the words of Mr. Keith, from whose work on the prophecies several of the above particulars have been extracted:— ...f the Almighty. </p> <p> * The times of the [[Gentiles]] will end when the power returns to Judah, the house of David, in the person of the Lord Jesus. </p>
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• Ministry
  ...arly chapters of Acts; ( <i> c </i> ) the training of the Twelve for their work after His departure; and ( <i> d </i> ) the establishing of the institution ...y defined, but the description of whose qualifications suggests that their work lay largely in visitation from house to house and ministration to the poor
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• Isaiah
  ...il (&nbsp;Isaiah 28:1-29:4 ). </p> <p> B. The power of God overshadows the power of nations (&nbsp;Isaiah 30:1-35:10 ). </p> <p> C. A triumphant faith is a ...ll as the eye and the understanding, the deeply moving finale. His elegiac power appears in Isaiah 15-16, concerning Moab. </p>
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• Redemption
  ...(&nbsp;Mark 10:45, &nbsp;Matthew 20:28) for interpreting the nature of His work and the meaning of His death. F. J. A. Hort is certainly right in saying, w ...come into a new life of liberty as the sons of God. [[Sin]] no longer has power over them, and they must show this to be true by the way they live (&nbsp;R
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• Justin
  ..., the Word, is himself God, yet from God; the Word the First-begotten, the Power, the primitive Revelation of God. He is the only-begotten of God, yet witho
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• Tracts And Tract Societies
  ...f tracts and books on a similar plan, although few are, as thorough in the work of dissemination. </p> <p> The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, f
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• Inability
  ...That man once had a power to do whatsoever God would command him, he had a power to cleave to God. </p> <p> 2. That God did not deprive man of his ability. ...The quality or state of being unable; lack of ability; want of sufficient power, strength, resources, or capacity. </p>
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• Book Of Daniel
  ...t the coming of the Messiah, and the action of a prince (head of the Roman power) in the last of the seventy weeks. See [[Seventy Weeks]] </p> <p> &nbsp;Da ...:1-12:13 )—plus loan words from [[Persian]] and Greek to write the complex work of prophecy, wisdom, and apocalyptic writing. This is apparently a combinat
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• Possession
  ...m ‘manifests itself in the idea of demoniacal possession. The foreign evil power by which the patient imagines he is governed, assumes different demoniacal ...l sufferings amongst men. [[Metaphysics]] postulates transcendent personal power as the original cause of material phenomena, and is sustained in so doing b
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• Divinity Of Christ
  ...is they furnish to their readers a vision which does not fade but grows, a power that is new and permanent, a command from which the conscience cannot disse
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• Cures
  .... Theologic und Kirche.] 3 [Note: designates the particular edition of the work referred] . For detailed accounts of individual cures wrought by Jesus, see
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• Evangelist
  ...the Church at [[Ephesus]] in place of St. Paul; but he is not to omit the work of endeavouring to convert unbelievers. </p> <p> ‘Evangelist,’ rare in ...them on to make it known; for only the gospel can save people from Satan’s power and give them eternal life (&nbsp;Romans 10:14; &nbsp;2 Corinthians 4:1-6;
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• Temporal Power Of The Pope
  Temporal Power Of The Pope <ref name="term_63155" /> ...enforcing their claims to temporal authority, and with the fact that such power continued to be claimed and exercised until very recent times. See Barnum,
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• Zerubbabel
  ...ith joy, for the Lord had made them joyful (&nbsp;Ezra 6:22). The priestly power after the time of Zerubbabel overshadowed the royal line of David, notwiths ...ment, Zerubbabel roused from his apathy, threw his whole strength into the work. </p> <p> After much opposition, ''See '' '''Nehemiah, The Book of''' '',''
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• Israel
  ...its parts often warring with one another, could not easily become again a power of importance. </p> <p> <strong> 16. From Jeroboam to [[Ahab]] </strong> (9 ...and Benjamin constituted the ongoing environment in which God continued to work out his purposes. The low point came after Israel was deported into exile i
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• Exorcism
  ...well as to the other orders of clergy, exemption from civil offices. Their work was the care of the possessed, the εὐεργούμενοι, the catechist ...was not recited as a spell, but appealed to as the source of all spiritual power, as not only the badge of discipleship but the name of the ever-present Lor
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• Glory
  ...(&nbsp;Revelation 16:9); ( <i> b </i> ) by the results of God’s own saving work, the [[Exaltation]] of Christ (&nbsp;Philippians 2:11), the faithful fulfil ...OT especially, the majesty and splendour that attend the revelation of the power or character of God. The principal Heb. word ( <em> kâbôd </em> ) for
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• Biblical Theology
  ...s. He devotes special attention to a group of twelve who will carry on his work once he departs, but he also issues a call and instruction to the (predomin ...n elements or factors as to exclude the presence of supernatural energy or power of revelation. It had God within it - had, in Dorner's phrase, "teleology a
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• Heart
  .... Theologic und Kirche.] 3 [Note: designates the particular edition of the work referred] ; Wendt, <i> Teaching of Jesus </i> , i. 265 ff.; Martensen, <i> ...bsp; 1 Corinthians 7:37 , where ‘steadfast in heart’ is equivalent to will-power). In all these and similar cases, however, it will be noticed that it is ma
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• Forgiveness
  ...or of the [[Epistle]] to the Hebrews emphasizes this aspect of the atoning work of Jesus by showing its harmony with all with which previous revelation had ...lker, <i> The Gospel of Reconciliation </i> , 1909; P. T. Forsyth, <i> The Work of Christ </i> , 1910; R. Mackintosh, <i> [[Christianity]] and Sin </i> , 1
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• Revelation
  ...ion of the Bible based on the authority of its authors and on their unique power to reveal God’s will. This special inspiration is (1) testified to by the ...of wonder and beauty, refuse to accept it as evidence of the presence and power of God (&nbsp;Romans 1:21). When people humbly submit to God in faith, they
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• Might, Mighty, Mightily, Mightier
  ...to stetch"), is translated "mightily" in &nbsp;Acts 18:28 , [[Av,]] of the power of [[Apollos]] in "confuting" the [[Jews]] [[(Rv,]] "powerfully"); in &nbsp
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• Palestine
  ...ession: </p> <p> ‘This is not scenery; it is tinted sculpture, it is jewel-work on a gigantic scale. The rosy flush of sunset was on it when we caught the ...enclosure round Abraham's tomb at Hebron we know not the date of Solomon's work still remains in some places. Wilson's arch is probably Solomonic, and the
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• Jesuits
  ...n affirmed to be above the recall or reversion of any judge, with whatever power he may be clothed; but to every enlightened mind it cannot fail to appear a ...principles of their government may be delineated, and the sources of their power investigated, with a degree of certainty and precision which, previous to t
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• Heresy
  ...[powers] as vanquished, and that henceforth their dominion and exercise of power have ceased, &nbsp;Colossians 2:15 . But what he says respecting the seared ...port of the national religion, that the officers of the church should have power to censure heretics; yet not to harass them with temporal penalties, much l
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• Polytheism
  ...set, as gone to take his repose; and those exertions and intermissions of power being analogues to what they experienced in themselves, they would look upo ...moon, was thought to come down from the skies. The same general notion of power over objects of nature appears in the rude fetich-worship of Africa. A clea
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• Eusebius (Jerome) Saint Hieronymus
  ..., had a great respect (which did not prevent criticism) for Jerome and his work. Augustine's friend [[Alypius]] stayed with Jerome in 393, and Jerome heard
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• Book Of Romans
  ...the Christian's life (&nbsp;Romans 8:1-39 ). </p> <p> 1. The Spirit is the power for freedom from sin (&nbsp;Romans 8:1-4 ). </p> <p> 2. Life in the Spirit
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• Genesis
  ..., enters into covenant with, and promises to bless individual people. Such work with individuals is part of His plan to bless nations. </p> <p> Outline </p ...t have been composed before the middle of the 8th cent. b.c. The composite work JE [Note: Jewish Encyclopedia.] is the basis of the Genesis narrative; to i
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• Palestine (Recent Exploration, I.E. As Of 1915)
  ...by some Hebrew noble at a prosperous period when some [[Jeroboam]] was in power, and so everything is in favor of this being a relic from the court of one
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• Septuagint
  ...they are quoted as being predictions of facts connected with the life and work of Christ; and of these, 6 (&nbsp;Matthew 21:42; &nbsp;Matthew 22:44; &nbsp ...ands of the next dynasty of theologists, the schoolmen, who carried on the work of theological disquisition by the aid of this luminary, and none other. So
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• Word
  ...ose for which I sent it" (&nbsp;Isaiah 55:11 ). God's word as his creative power and revelation is perfect and all-sufficient, especially as it is personifi ...on 3:10), ‘testimony’ (&nbsp;Revelation 12:11). ‘Word’ is contrasted with ‘power’ or ‘reality’ in &nbsp;1 Corinthians 4:20, &nbsp;2 Corinthians 10:11,
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• Rome
  ...idespread, and ambitious army commanders were constantly plotting for more power. </p> <p> Out of this instability and tension there arose a leader who was ...der Stadt Romans 2 (in Iwan von Müller’s Handbuch), Munich, 1901. The best work on the Forum is C. Huelsen, The Roman Forum, Eng. translation, Rome, 1906,
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• Prophecy
  ...distant from, and, to human foresight, unconnected with, each other? What power less than divine could so frame them as to make the accomplishment of them ...ance with the method of salvation by Christ will greatly assist us in this work. The mind must be unprejudiced, and we should be well acquainted with the S
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• Vicarious Sacrifice
  ...heart of the believer in order to assist and complete the freeing, saving work. It is because of this that St. Paul lays such emphasis on the [[Resurrecti
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• Ecclesiastical. Miracles
  ...for their reformation during the great schism, or who began that difficult work at Constance, would have been handed over to Satan in the day when the ''''
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• Death
  ...d His ministry in the face of John the Baptist's question by revealing His power against the realm of death: the dead are raised, the demons are cast out, t ...into the signals of absolute dominion, and the instruments of irresistible power! The reed which they put into his hands became a rod of iron, with which he
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• Death Of Christ
  ...a life of holiness </i> . These writers relate the death of Christ to the power as well as to the guilt of sin; they conceive of it not only on the side of ...d the praise of heaven is of "the Lamb who was slain" as "worthyto receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and praise" (&nbsp;
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• Back To Christ
  ...ality. The spiritual might of God becomes real to us as we contemplate the power of the Good in Jesus’ life. Forgiveness becomes real and guilt becomes re
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• Epistle To The Romans
  ...In a sense, however, the importance of Romans lies rather in its religious power than in its theological ideas. The letter is bound together by St. Paul’s ...ce is in the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus (&nbsp;Romans 8 ). This is the power within the believer, and the consequences of it are momentous. It involves,
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• Magi
  .... Theologic und Kirche.] 3 [Note: designates the particular edition of the work referred] , vol. viii. art. ‘Magier’; <i> Encyc. Bibl. </i> art. ‘Nat ...ship was refused to the idol by a few Hebrew captives, and the idol had no power to punish the public affront:— the servants of Jehovah were cast into a f
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• Congregationalists
  ...inister of the Gospel and a pastor of a church. The former has no official power in any church or over any Christian. He is only a man set apart to preach t
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• Missions
  ...any) in carrying it out. </p> <p> <b> 7. </b> <i> The progress of mission work within the NT record </i> .—The order is admirably given by Turner in his ...natives of Ireland '''''—''''' a native ministry '''''—''''' continued his work inn the same spirit. The monasteries became at length so numerous and famou
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• Timothy
  ...ded Paul's monition that "God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind" (&nbsp;2 Timothy 1:7). His timidity is g ...o have escaped imprisonment; in Berœa he stays on with Silas to finish the work, and later joins Paul in Corinth. He seems to have soon won his way into th
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• Caesarea Philippi
  .... Theologic und Kirche.] 3 [Note: designates the particular edition of the work referred] ; Holtzmann, <i> Handkommentar </i> , i., <i> Neutest. Theologie
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• Pulpit Eloquence
  ...he King, or Bourdaloue in the Court of Louis XIV (Bost. 1855); Spring, The Power of the Pulpit (N.Y. 1854); Fish, History and Repository of Pulpit [[Eloquen
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• Samson
  ...of promise, he is in a peculiar sense a gift of God, born to do a special work; an overruling providence governs his acts (&nbsp; Judges 14:4; &nbsp; Judg ...; then he smote them with great slaughter at Etam. Then under the Spirit's power with an donkey bone (for the Philistines let Israel have no iron weapons: &
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• Idolatry
  ...s 15:12-14; cf. Jehoshaphat’s attitude, &nbsp; 1 Kings 22:43 ). It was the work of the 8th cent. prophets that prepared the way for the remarkable reformat ...s had been, in some way or other, animated or informed with a supernatural power by supernatural means; though Dr. Prideaux imagines, that, being at a loss
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• Adoption
  ...iones contra Arianos, passim </i> (the general subject or this magnificent work is the Sonship of Christ); J. Pearson, <i> On the Creed </i> (ed. Burton, O ...&nbsp;1 Peter 1:23; adoption makes us relatively his sons, by conveying a power, &nbsp;John 1:12 . By the one we are instated in the divine affection; by t
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• Vulgate
  ...; it is to be hoped that nothing will prevent the completion of the entire work, which will establish the criticism of at least the Vulg. [Note: Vulgate.] ...> in qua Petri vivit potestas, et excellit auctoritas, </em> [in which the power of Peter lived, and his authority excelled.] The other edition was publishe
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• Sadducees
  ...ned to be a danger to their power or to the Temple cultus with which their power was bound up they strove to destroy. That any Sadducees became [[Christian] ...Essenes, that fate rules all things. The Sadducees make all things in the power of ourselves as the causes of our good things, and meeting with evils throu
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• Independents
  ...on of the Presbyterians, who aimed at a very high degree of ecclesiastical power, and who had succeeded, soon after the elevation of Cromwell, in obtaining ...wanted some things essential to a true church of Christ; in particular, a power of choosing its own ministers, and a stricter discipline among its members.
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• Covenant
  ...essary to believe that our Lord considered His own Messianic character and work of supreme importance, not merely for the preaching, but also for the actua ...Israel after they had taken possession of Canaan. He reviewed Yahweh God's work on their behalf (&nbsp;Joshua 24:1-13 ). He called on them to fear and serv
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• Worship
  ...eyond, and apparently under the jurisdiction of Jerusalem as the religious power center of Judaism (&nbsp;Acts 9:1-2 ). The synagogue was also the site for ...from early times Christ had been honoured as a God, were appealed to. The power of church singing over the heart was soon recognized; and hence those who w
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• German Reformed Church In America
  ...the observance of the church year gain favor. Acquiring greater practical power from month to month, it is gradually receiving more general confidence, and
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• Gospel Of John
  ...separates those, on the one hand, who hold that the view of the Person and work of Christ taken in the Fourth Gospel can claim the authority of an eye-witn ...tion for his sake (15:18-27). Jesus spoke further of the [[Holy]] Spirit’s work (16:1-15), but in their confusion of mind the disciples scarcely understood
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• Imagination
  .... The same dramatic way of dealing with the critical facts of His life and work may be seen in such incidents as are detailed in &nbsp;Matthew 9:36-38; &nb ...I apprehend this to be the proper sense of the word, if imagination be the power which gives birth to the productions of the poet and the painter. </p> <p>
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• Homiletics
  ...vo); Roder (Max), Homilet. Handbuch z. Gebr. b. Predigten (a very superior work, to be in 5 volumes when completed, N '''''Ü''''' rnburg, 1863 sq. 8vo); T
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• Macedonia
  ...was the northern part of the land known today as Greece, and the centre of power during the time of the Greek Empire. It later became an important province ...When he was assassinated in 336 B.C., Macedonia was the strongest military power in Greece. Its military strength and the wealth established by Philip II en
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• Catholic Apostolic Church
  ...and the same operation. Accordingly we find that, as fast as the reigning power of heathenism is broken, those charisms which exhibited most of the miracul
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• Desire
  ...in Encye. <i> Brit. </i> 9 [Note: designates the particular edition of the work referred] ; James, <i> [[Principles]] of Psychology </i> ; Bowne, <i> Intro ...taste. In the New Testament it represents desires that strive against the work of God and his Spirit. The word is found five times in the New Testament, a
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• Book Of Ezra
  ...rrants division of responsibility. (&nbsp;Ezra 8:24-30 ) </p> <p> I. God's work necessitates good stewardship and generous sacrifice. (&nbsp;Ezra 8:31-36 ) ...] of Ezra from Chronicles </strong> . It would appear that after the great work of the Chronicler had been completed (1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah), t
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• Resurrection Of Christ
  ...to the Hebrews preserved by [[Jerome]] (de Vir. [[Ill]] 2), a Palestinian work of the end of the 1st or beginning of the 2nd century. The Lord … went to ...vine power; prophecy accomplished; the character of Jesus established; his work finished; and a future state proved. It is a ground of faith, the basis of
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• Omnipresence
  ..., there ‘the Comforter, who is the Holy Ghost,’ is present with His benign power over human hearts. He will ‘teach’ the disciples ‘all things, and cal ...t he is present in some parts of space, the evident effects of his wisdom, power, and benevolence continually produced, demonstrate beyond all rational doub
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• Dependence
  ...ruth is especially dwelt on by St. Paul in his reasoning on the variety of work but unity of purpose which characterizes the lives of professing [[Christia
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• Ascension Of Jesus Christ
  ...n with Jesus' atoning work, implying that, far from being a self-oriented, power-seeking act, the ascension is to be viewed as flowing from the same self-sa
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• Magic
  ...was severely criticized by Peter (&nbsp;Acts 8:9-24 ), the efficacy of his power was not denied, and he was considered dangerous. The story of [[Bar-Jesus]] ...They believe in the power of the living Christ, but they do not treat that power as if it is magical (&nbsp;Acts 19:13-16). </p>
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• Priest
  ...never claimed either to be or to appoint priestly officers. Their specific work was to bear the witness of their senses to the historical Christ (&nbsp;Act ...on that begins after His exaltation. No doubt it is true that His priestly work is not consummated until He enters into God’s presence in the heavenly pl
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• Book Of Zechariah
  ...mpire]] (down to 332) or the Greek Empire. Others think they are the later work of Zechariah. </p> <p> Whether written by Jeremiah, Zechariah, or an anonym ...nations are assembled against Jerusalem, there to be consumed through the power of Jehovah. Hope centres in the house of David, and yet this house, it woul
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• Hebrew Philosophy
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• Roman Catholic Church
  ...y, and may exercise it in any part of the Church. The bishop has governing power only over one diocese, and, according to the present Church law, can practi
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• Deacon
  ...stery of the faith in a pure conscience’ (&nbsp; 1 Timothy 3:9 ). That the work of the deacon and his fellow-servant the deaconess (wh. see) was of a house ...In this verse, Phebe's role as “helper” and Paul's obvious regard for her work seem to support the conclusion that she functioned as a deacon in her churc
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• Baptists
  ...2-47; and therefore they endeavour to follow it out to the utmost of their power. They require a plurality of elders in every church, administer the Lord's ...he Missionary Union, and operates chiefly by establishing schools, medical work, and Bible women. </p> <p> '''(8.)''' Women's Baptist Foreign Missionary So
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• Woman
  ...t in battle. Although [[Athaliah]] was a wicked queen, Esther, who came to power in [[Persia]] under most unusual circumstances, used her position to save h ...place in the ancient Roman home, though she passed into the absolute legal power of her husband by the older type of religions marriage. Under the early Rom
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• Lunatic
  ...Mental [[Disease]] </i> 6 [Note: designates the particular edition of the work referred] , 1904; Macpherson, <i> Mental Affections </i> , 1899; <i> Traite ...mercies in Christ had much signification, teaching us that Jesus alone had power for the accomplishment of so much good. And one feature in respect to the d
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• Wisdom
  ...ndorse the words, ‘I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God’ (&nbsp;Romans 1:16) If Humanism and Christianity be placed on the ...ind was to work from the individual up, whereas law and prophecy tended to work from the corporate nation down to the individual. </p> <p> Second, the view
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• Election Elect
  ...d chooses to regenerate through the word of truth (&nbsp;James 1:18 ), the work of the [[Holy]] Spirit (&nbsp;1 Peter 1:1-2 ) and personal faith (&nbsp;2 T
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• Book Of Enoch
  ...ntly not unknown to the authors. Zoroastrian doctrines are embodied in the work because [[Persian]] influences had been felt by the Israelites since the [[
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• Universalism
  ...In Memoriam </i> (1849) has perhaps done more than any formal theological work to move opinion in this direction; and there has been a great break-up of t ...the denomination. </p> <p> '''3.''' ''Missions. '''''—''''' '' Missionary work is performed in the bounds of the several state conventions; in some direct
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• Attributes Of Christ
  ...as seen to go into heaven (&nbsp;Acts 1:11). </p> <p> <b> 1. Limitation of Power </b> seems to be implied in the Incarnation; it is noted especially by St M
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• Irenaeus
  ...e A. D. Schwelle D. Iren. Zeitalters'' (Lpz. 1860), a very valuable little work of 168 pages, in which "the position of Irenaeus is sketched with a bold an ...202; had been a disciple of Polycarp; wrote against the [[Gnostics]] in a work in Greek, which all to a few fragments in Latin is lost. </p>
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• Irenæus
  ...e A. D. Schwelle D. Iren. Zeitalters'' (Lpz. 1860), a very valuable little work of 168 pages, in which "the position of Irenaeus is sketched with a bold an ...202; had been a disciple of Polycarp; wrote against the [[Gnostics]] in a work in Greek, which all to a few fragments in Latin is lost. </p>
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• Church Of England
  ...ed to meet, talk, vote addresses to the crown, etc., but they have no real power. (See Convocation). </p> <p> '''(5.)''' ''Canons.'' '''''—''''' In the Co
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• Abraham
  ...erfected took place (&nbsp;James 2:21-23). Still it was his faith, not his work, which was "imputed to him for righteousness"; but the faith that justified ...ons with whom modern Christians are privileged to join in witness to God's power and his plan of salvation through Christ. While Christians can rejoice in t
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• Education
  ...ah 8:1-4; &nbsp;Nehemiah 8:8; &nbsp;Matthew 23:2-3; see [[Scribes]] ). The power of the scribes had developed along with the establishment of places known a ...woman had in the work of Christian education apart from her influence and work in the home is not made clear in the records of Church history. In the [[Sy
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• Doctrine Of Necessity
  ...ult in sound argument as if there was an immediate co-action of omnipotent power compelling one kind of volitions only; which is utterly irreconcilable to a
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• Calvinistic Doctrine Of The Will
  ...e statement of the points in which all agree (a) the free self-determining power of the soul itself in every free choice, (b) that in the free acts for whic
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• Marriage
  ...e of Bathsheba in &nbsp; 1 Kings 1:16 and in &nbsp; 1 Kings 2:19 , and the power of the queen-mother (&nbsp; 1 Kings 15:13 , &nbsp; 2 Kings 11:1-21 ). There ...Corinthians 7:7 ). The single person is normally less encumbered in God's work. So, although marriage appears to be God's norm, singleness is neither more
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• Babylonia
  ...ave way to the Chaldean, and Babylon reached its highest point in fame and power. Upon the return of the [[Jews]] from captivity, many still remained in Bab ...is as great as the Cassite. It was during this period that Assyria rose to power and influence, and was soon to become the master of the Mesopotamian region
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• Ransom
  ...garded the "ransom" price as being paid to Satan; others, to an impersonal power such as death, or evil, or "that ultimate necessity which has made the whol ...]] at [[Calvary]] where the [[Saviour]] paid the debt for the sinner. The work of CHRIST does not avail after death. </p> <p> &nbsp;Psalm 49:7 (b) The red
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• Ascension
  ...indirectly pointed out above (§ <b> 3 </b> ). The Ascension shows that the work of Christ for man has never ceased, but is permanent, although He has never ...to death; and in His ascension He led captivity captive, having broken the power of death in which men were held, &nbsp;Ephesians 4:8 , for He had in the cr
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• Synagogue
  ...synagogue as was the propagation of religious knowledge among the people-a work begun by the Levites (&nbsp;Nehemiah 8:7; &nbsp;Nehemiah 9:5, &nbsp;2 Chron ...Christianity, as every student of the Book of Acts is aware. </p> <p> The work which the synagogue did for Judaism itself is best seen in the ease with wh
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• Wonders
  ...her term was added to show that the marvel was an exhibition of [[Divine]] power and a sign of a Divine presence among men. The wonder caught the attention ...in his hands, when the saint was fasting; as a spirit calling himself the power of God, and, lastly, avowing himself to be Satan. </p> <p> '''(c)''' ''Depa
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• Mission
  ...y are not presented as being sent directly by the Father or the Son, their work is beyond the bound of our definition of mission. </p> <p> The tasks of the ...thew 25:31-32). ‘The Saviour of the world’ (&nbsp;John 4:42) has grace and power wherewith to meet the needs which belong to every man in every age and coun
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• Protestant Episcopal Church
  ...duty, but still to act in concurrence with bishop Provoost. The principal work of the convention was the final settlement of the question as to articles o
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• Son Of God
  ...hristology of Jesus </i> 2 [Note: designates the particular edition of the work referred] (1900); F. W. Robertson, <i> Serm. </i> ii. 136, 235; P. Brooks, ...ians 15:28). </p> <p> '''Acknowledging the Son''' </p> <p> One sign of the work of God in people’s lives is their acknowledgment that Jesus Christ is the
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• Jansen(Ius) Cornelius
  ...ane principles. </p> <p> Other Works of Jansenius. '''''—''''' Besides the work which gave rise to the schismatical movement in the Roman Catholic Church,
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• Commission
  ...of the Word. When each is assigned its true place as a means of grace, the work of evangelizing and edifying, committed to His Church by Christ, will most
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• Pentateuch
  ...the Pentateuch. The Pentateuch and [[Mosaic]] ordinances underlie Samuel's work; but, while generally observing them, he so far deviates as no forger would ...All accept the possibility of later minor alterations and additions to the work of Moses in the Pentateuch. Many discuss some development of the material i
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• Talmud
  ...the immense amount of floating material could not be incorporated into one work, and when great teachers arose they sometimes found it necessary to compile ...s testimony of the Jews, about the close of the second century. It was the work of rabbi Jehuda (or Juda) Hakkadosh, who was the ornament of the school of
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• Gospel According To Luke
  ...al doctrine. St. Luke (&nbsp;Luke 12:5) has altered this into ‘him who has power to cast into hell.’ It would seem that he, or his informant, did this to ...is confirmed by Clement of Alexandria. Sir Wm. Ramsay, in his fascinating work ( <em> Was Christ born at Bethlehem? </em> 1st ed. 1898), argues with much
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• Strength
  ...this word appears in a military context. Here it is the physical strength, power, and ability to perform in battle that is in view. This idea is used of men ...rtress as an inaccessible strength. Not in use. 20. Support maintenance of power. <p> What they boded would be a mischief to us, you are providing shall be
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• Lateran Councils
  ...s year, 1516, between Leo X and Francis I. 'Through hope of increasing his power in Italy, Francis largely sacrificed the liberties of the Church. Several o
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• Porphyry
  .../p> <p> '''53.''' '''''Φιλόσοφος''''' '''''Ἱστορία''''' , in four books, a work on thle lives and doctrines of philosophers (Socrates, 11. E. 3, 23; Eunap. ...disciple of Plotinus ( <i> q. v </i> .), whose works he edited; he wrote a work against Christianity, known only from the replies (233-305). </p>
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• Apostles
  ...al credentials; they were rather a part and element of His message and His work. Did they see clearly that the evidential value of the miracles did not con ...y an office which they could hand on to others or which the church had the power to fill. Interesting to note is that Paul apparently argued with representa
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• Martin Luther
  ...ents ("true bread and wine remains") he first brought clearly forth in his work on the adoration of the holy sacrament (1523), addressed to the [[Bohemian] ...e behind him 25 quarto volumes; it is known the German Bible in use is his work, executed by him in the Castle of Wartburg; it was begun by him with his ba
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• Deuteronomy
  ...n effort made to bring religious principles home to a nation in its entire work and life. </p> <p> A. C. Welch. </p> ...d on the West. The impression given throughout is that the aged lawgiver's work is done, and that a new era in the people's history is about to begin. </p>
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• Maimonides
  ...references in this Cyclopaedia are made. Translations of portions of this work in Latin have been published, and also two in English; one by H. H. Bernard
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• Charles Forbes Rene Montalembert Comte De
  ...le the progress made is deep, sound, and likely to be lasting: in the same work he expresses himself strongly on the political changes that had taken place
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• Lutherans
  ...ith Erasmus, to the publication of his [[Commentary]] on Genesis,—his last work of any importance. But in this, after a long argument to prove that, as we ..., all episcopal authority is retained; whilst through Germany the superior power is vested in a consistory, over which there is a president, with a distinct
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• Conversion
  ...alvation. Faith is receiving the grace God revealed through the Person and work of His Son. The numerous admonitions of [[Scripture]] are to believe on the .... In renewing us, God gives us a power; in converting us, he excites that power. Men are naturally dead, and have a stone upon them: regeneration is a roll
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• Incarnation
  ..., St. Paul says, is His body, living by His life and the instrument of His work. Thus the [[Kingdom]] of God which Christ brought to the earth, and which H ...sus Christ, the [[Eternal]] Word, was made man, in order to accomplish the work of our salvation. </p> <p> See [[Nativity]] and Meldrum on the Incarnation.
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• Book Of Job
  .... There God can take him up. In 1Cor. 1Christ is seen to be the wisdom and power of God when man is brought to nothing by the cross. Job had seen God, and a ...th and darkness tells its own story and teaches its own lesson, beyond the power of didactic propositions or deductions to compass. The book is not a sermon
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• Crucifixion Cross
  ...d and only in the foolish “preaching of the cross” and “weakness” can the “power of God” be seen (1Corinthians 1:21,&nbsp;1 Corinthians 1:25 ). Jesus as t ...ng them from death, and pays the ransom needed to free the slaves from the power of sins and allow them to live. </p> <p> Lastly, the cross of Christ speaks
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• The Revelation
  ...lterable. Christ is coming with His rewards, to render to every one as his work shall be. He is the [[Alpha]] and the Omega, the first and the last, the be
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• Sign
  ...ah. The New Testament often rebukes the demand for a sign to confirm God's work (&nbsp;Matthew 16:1; &nbsp;John 2:18; &nbsp;John 4:48; &nbsp;1 Corinthians ...nguage from the one they knew. The Spirit of GOD gave them immediately the power to preach the Gospel in foreign tongues which had never been learned. This
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• Preaching
  ...nd published the holy canon in its present form. To this he added a second work as necessary as the former: he revived and new-modelled public preaching, a ...rit has come to dwell, who exhibits the love of Christ in its transforming power, can kindle that flame of divine life in others; and the fire is spread, no
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• New Testament
  ...C. Lachmann" ''(Tregelles, "Printed Text Of Greek Testament," An Admirable Work)'' . Tischendorf followed, adding however many manuscripts and versions of ...text for the press. The request was made on April 17, 1515, and the whole work was finished in February, 1516. </p> <p> ''The Edition Of Stephens.'' - The
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• Temperance Reform
  ...ssing. In Australia, Madagascar, India, and China the reform has begun its work, which, we trust, will never cease, in all its broad field, till the enormo
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• Aurelius Augustinus
  ...pere coepi). To Simplicianus he says [[I.]] ii. 13: "If it is in man's own power not to obey the call it would be equally correct to say 'Therefore it is no
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• Sunday-School
  ...aries, while, it made sure of responsible and resident agents wherever the work was undertaken. By similar agencies it was sought everywhere to promote a h
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• Known As Origen Origenes
  ...st remarkable passage in bk. xxviii. (Joh_11:39-57) is perhaps that on the power of self-sacrifice among the Gentiles illustrating the vicarious sufferings
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• Four
  ...As in the old days Israel camped four-square to reveal GOD's authority and power over them, so in the new world the city four-square reveals to us that GOD ...;Revelation 19:4 ); John saw "four angels" of destruction loosed for their work (&nbsp;Revelation 9:14 f). </p> <p> (3) "Four" occurs frequently in the mea
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• Energy
  ...with God. The last words attributed to Christ are these: ‘Ye shall receive power after that the [[Holy]] Ghost is come upon you’ (&nbsp;Acts 1:8). </p> <p ...tyle full of energy. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or
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• Wages
  ...8-65; P. Davies, <i> IDB, </i> 4:71-77; G. Goosen, <i> The [[Theology]] of Work </i> ; D. E. Gowan, <i> Int </i> 41 (1987): 341-53; N. K. Gottwald, <i> The ...1 / 2 shekels as yearly wages. He will find his own clothes. He will begin work on the 4th of the month Dur-Ramman, and will finish and leave in the month
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• Books Of Chronicles
  ...th David (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 10:1-14 ) </p> <p> B. God's bringing David to power (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 11:1-12:40 ) </p> <p> C. David's seeking to build aroun ...er deals at length with the reign of David, beginning with David’s rise to power (11:1-12:40). Having been made king, David brought the ark to Jerusalem and
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• Influence
  ...Gram. of [[Assent]] </i> 5 [Note: designates the particular edition of the work referred] , 463 ff. </p> <p> G. H. S. Walpole. </p> ...to astrologers,of the stars over affairs. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) Power or authority arising from elevated station, excelence of character or intel
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• Roman Empire
  ...to emulate Pompey’s achievements in the East and eventually obtain supreme power. By the arrangement of the coalition in 60 he obtained the provinces of Cis ...ramount military authority over the state. The real basis of the emperor's power thus was the support of the army. "Caesar" was the family name, "Augustus"
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• Man Of Sin
  ...t endowed with Satanic and superhuman qualities, who would deceive men by ‘power and signs and lying wonders’ (v. 9ff.; cf. &nbsp;Mark 13:21-23), and whos ...h people or their expected Messiah, and ‘he that restraineth’ to the Roman power. This interpretation is supported by the fact that in his letters to the Th
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• Sacrifice
  ...iteral application as a means of legitimately interpreting the sacrificial work of Christ, or whether the whole Levitical system should be broadly expounde ...e atonement is unfavourable to virtue, and leads men to trust in another's work, instead of amending their lives. But God's wrath against sin, so awfully s
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• Paraclete
  ...lf-interested ends and lays upon the apostles the obligation of making the power of God manifest to the world. </p> <p> (b) Its relation to the Johannine th ...above under these various forms of the Spirit's activity. As Comforter His work would come under (1), (2), (3) and (6); as Advocate and [[Intercessor]] und
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• Demon
  ...They are angelic entities who oppose God's sovereign control. They seek to work out their unholy rebellion through influencing people to live in a way cont ...amous passage &nbsp;Romans 7:14-25, in which the [[Apostle]] speaks of the power of sin in the Christian-for we can hardly think that he is speaking of hims
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• Teaching Of The Twelve Apostles
  ...i> Didaché </i> in the <i> Church Ordinances </i> is that when the latter work was put together, the former was almost unknown in Egypt. There is nothing ...The Twelve Apostles]] (Lond. 1884, 8vo), the most complete and exhaustive work, giving, besides the original text, an English translation and literary mat
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• Syriac Versions
  ...stands in this Syriac gospel as we have it, or probably also in the Hebrew work of the apostle himself. </p> <p> From these and other particulars, Dr. Cure ...Moses of Mindin, a noted Syrian ecclesiastic, who sought a patron for the work of printing it in vain in Rome and Venice, but found one in the Imperial [[
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• Justice
  ...ntred in the person of the Emperor; and with him alone, therefore, lay the power of hearing appeals. The form of such an appeal was the simple pronunciation ...ld [[Testament]] demand for justice (&nbsp;Matthew 23:23 ). Justice is the work of the New Testament people of God (&nbsp;James 1:27 ). </p> <p> God's just
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• Foresight
  ...place they take as foreseen, according to that narrative, in the life and work of our Lord. In the following list the passages in which He adverts to His ...rudence; wise forethought. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge. </p>
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• Old Testament (I. Christ As Fulfilment Of)
  ...ry type of suffering by which one must enter into power. He needed greater power than others, hence He must suffer much more than they. </p> <p> It is to be
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• Baptism
  ...ction before and after it; then, laying aside their garments, they went to work till the evening. But there was apparently no symbolism about this clothing ...Philippi, so that even the young were fit recipients of baptism. Christ's power and willingness to bless infants is proved by &nbsp;Matthew 19:13-15. So th
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• Religion
  ...and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength [power and resources] [and] love your neighbor as yourself" (&nbsp; Mark 12:29-31; ...atural means that God exists; that he is a being of goodness, justice, and power; and that he inspired with divine wisdom the penmen of these sacred volumes
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• Evil
  ...of Jeremiah </i> ; W. Wink, <i> [[Naming]] the Powers: The [[Language]] of Power in the New Testament </i> ; idem, <i> Unmasking the Powers </i> ; A. D. Ver ...r 5:8, &nbsp;1 John 5:19, &nbsp;Revelation 12:9), and accordingly Christ’s work, especially His death (&nbsp;Colossians 2:15), was regarded as a victory ov
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• Architecture
  ...&nbsp; 2 Samuel 5:11 ). The palace and temple of Solomon were likewise the work of Phœnician architects, and the former doubtless supplied the model fo ...ith several stories, quadrangular, and with flat roofs. In Mr. Fergusson's work (The Palaces of Ninevah and [[Persepolis]] Restored, Lond. 1851) may be fou
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• Christology
  ...review of the recent Christological speculations, see Dorner, in his large work on the history of Christology, 2:1260 sq., Engl. trans., div. 2d, in, 100 s
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• Authority Of Christ
  ...testimony to Jesus is no doubt that which is given in His being and in His work in the world; but so dull of eye and slow of heart were the disciples, that
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• Tyre
  ...he walked up and down "in the midst of the stones of fire" like "the paved work of sapphire" (&nbsp;Exodus 24:10; &nbsp;Exodus 24:17) under the feet of the ...of exquisite things; that is, fine manufacture, blue cloth, and broidered work, or fabric of various colours, in chests of cedar bound with cords, contain
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• Pilate
  ...ly from the canonical Gospels, it yields in interest to another apocryphal work—the <i> Acts of Pilate </i> . In the 2nd cent. the Church began to busy i ...ty over all Jews throughout the Empire. Hence, mistaking the nature of the work, they sent as procurators second-rate men, who were often (like Pilate) nom
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• Pharaoh
  ...araoh loves”; wrongdoing as “what Pharaoh hates.” An example of his divine power was that he daily conducted “the [[Rite]] of the House of the Morning,” ...ngs 9:15-16). The kingdom of Israel was at this time of greater extent and power than that of Egypt, so that the alliance with Solomon would be courted by P
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• Flesh
  ...he flesh (&nbsp;Galatians 2:20; &nbsp;5:24 ) so being emancipated from the power of sin in the flesh (&nbsp;Romans 6:14; &nbsp;8:9 ). This reading appears t ...s a contrast between ‘the law of a carnal (σαρκίνης) commandment’ and ‘the power of an endless life’ (&nbsp;Hebrews 7:16). </p> <p> <b> 7. </b> In additio
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• Sanhedrin
  ...al of seventy-one in the Temple of Jerusalem was the only body vested with power and authority (1) to pronounce a verdict in a process affecting a tribe, a ...ainful experience of realizing its dependent position in face of the Roman power, even in matters which might be regarded as peculiarly within the scope of
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• Primacy
  ...in either of them any intimation or any pretence to this arch-apostolical power. </p> <p> 8. In all relations which occur in [[Scripture]] about controvers ...in either of them any intimation or any pretence to this arch-apostolical power. </p> <p> '''(8.)''' In all relations which occur in Scripture about contro
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• Exorcism; Exorcist
  ...iveness of those to whom were granted in abundant measure the presence and power of God. </p>
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• Athenagoras
  ...Geuillac. Its many anachronisms and whole character prove it, however, the work of some later author, probably Fumée himself. Certainly no Greek origina ...'' '''''Νεκρῶν''''' ), arguing the doctrine from the goodness, wisdom, and power of God, together with the natural constitution of man. On the clearness of
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• New Jerusalem Church
  ...d has even now been realized in a spiritual sense by the exhibition of his power and glory in the New Church thus established. Another important divergence
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• Apocryphal Acts
  ...representatives to surpass all others in their possession of supernatural power. The tradition that Simon Magus exercised a great influence in Rome and tha
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• Christ
  ...ner, &nbsp;Hebrews 6:20. </p> <p> The [[Unspeakable]] [[Gift]] of God, the Power of God, &nbsp;2 Corinthians 9:15; &nbsp;Colossians 1:24. </p> <p> The Wisdo ...or priest. "Christ," says Lactantius, "is no proper name, but one denoting power; for the [[Jews]] used to give this appellation to their kings, calling the
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• Commentary
  ...entiment. </p> <p> 3. Doddridge's Family Expositor. the criticisms in this work render it valuable. It must be owned that the doctor laboured to come as ne ...s or expositions on the whole or a part of the Scriptures or of some other work. </p>
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• Versions Of Turkey
  ...the British and Foreign and American Bible Societies; and Reed, The Bible Work of the World (Lond. 1879). (B. P.) </p>
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• Infallibility
  ...r point of Church history during fifteen hundred years. The most important work on the subject, that of [[Janus]] (The Pope and the Council), as well as th
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• Demoniacal Possession Demon Demoniacs
  ...ranted (&nbsp;Matthew 8:31-32 = &nbsp;Mark 5:12-13 = &nbsp;Luke 8:32). The power which Christ has over demons is absolute, they are wholly subject unto Him,
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• Tatianus
  ...er who was eclectic rather than heterodox could produce and circulate that work, which commended itself to the "simplicity" of the churches around [[Edessa
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• Holiness
  ...‘the whole world lieth in the evil one’). If they are to continue Christ’s work, they must be partakers of His holiness, for only in complete devotion of a ...cribes the Lord Jesus in this endearing character, as engaged in the great work of salvation. "Christ (saith he) loved the church, and gave himself for it:
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• Book Of Numbers
  ...o hath been made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an indissoluble life’ (&nbsp; Hebrews 7:15 f.). </p> <p> A. H. M‘Nei ...zen serpent, and the springing well — the acceptance of the cross, and the power of the Spirit. In this part of Numbers there is but little reference to pri
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• John Calvin
  ...omits most of the notes and appendices which make up great part of Henry's work. A Roman Catholic biography by Audin (Histoire, etc., de J. Calvin, par J. ...e the author of it was seven-and-twenty, it is perhaps the most remarkable work of its particular kind to be anywhere found; the merits of it being those o
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• Johann August Wilhelm Neander
  ...of Christianity. We, therefore, can furnish, in every respect, but pioneer work for the period of the new creation,when life and science shall be regenerat ...e age of 17; studied theology under Schleiermacher at Halle, commenced his work as a teacher of theology in [[Heidelberg]] in 1811, but was two years after
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• Book Of Joshua
  ...rtion. Of [[Joseph]] it was said, "Thou art a great people, and hast great power:" in [[Ephraim]] and [[Manasseh]] Joseph had two portions. The details are ...ggested, the question arises, To whom is it to be ascribed? That it is the work of Joshua himself is the tradition of the [[Jews]] ( ''Baba Bathra,'' cap.
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• The Gospel Of Matthew
  ...the Christian's aim (&nbsp;Matthew 18:15-17 ). </p> <p> F. Jesus promises power and authority to His church (&nbsp;Matthew 18:18-20 ). </p> <p> G. God requ ...of Galilee as the scene of Jesus' operations (&nbsp;Matthew 4:14 ff), the work of Jesus as the fulfillment of the Law and [[Prophets]] (&nbsp; Matthew 5:1
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• Heaven
  ...t are a suffering and persecuted minority. From the abyss comes the moving power of the enmity against God. In the writer’s view, earth is ruled by the ab ...harmony, and to mutual edification, all the saints shall, by the immediate power and providence of God, be able to understand and make use of every one of t
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• Blasphemy
  ...isees' imputing the miracles wrought by the power of the Holy Ghost to the power of the devil; for our Lord had just healed one possessed of a devil, and up ...stoning (&nbsp;Leviticus 24:10-16); but as Roman subjects the Jews had not power to put any man to death. Though they attempted to observe the regular forms
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• Bishop Of Mopsuestia Theodorus
  ...m grasp of the grammatical and historical method and a kind of instinctive power of arriving at the drift of his author's thought have enabled him often to
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• Christ In Reformation Theology
  ...e spiritual doctrine, insisting that the presence of Jesus is in spiritual power; Zwingli, casting overboard the whole question of the real presence and dwe
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• Lucius Coelius (Or Cecilius) Firmianus Lactantius
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• Mystics
  ...avoured the same sentiments, for which he was reprimanded by the pope. His work entitled, "An Explication of the Maxims of the Saints," which abounds with ...immortality, so that the elements of this outward world could not have any power of acting on his body; but by his fall he changed the light, life, and Spir
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• Righteousness
  ...&nbsp;Romans 4:3; &nbsp;Galatians 3:8 ). In fact, Paul confessed that the power of the gospel to be the word of salvation to both Jew and Greek was based o ...no faith. Thus “the righteousness of God” is the <i> power of God </i> at work saving humanity (and the whole of creation), through the creation of faith
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• Slave
  ...character, as implied in &nbsp;Leviticus 25:39, consisting, partly, in the work of the house, and, partly, in personal attendance on the master. It will be ...mothy 6:1-2; see [[Master]] ). </p> <p> By encouraging Christian slaves to work with responsibility and dignity, [[Christianity]] helped to raise the statu
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• The Exaltation Of Christ
  ...coming again at the close of the dispensation, to complete His redemptive work and judge the world, and so to establish the final Kingdom of God. This bel
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• Wrought Work
  Wrought Work <ref name="term_79937" /> ...with or together" (sun), occurs in &nbsp;Mark 16:20; &nbsp;Romans 8:28 , "work together;" &nbsp;1 Corinthians 16:16 , "helpeth with;" &nbsp;2 Corinthians
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• Command
  ...is God. However, He is not to be questioned or “commanded” to explain the work of His hands (Isa. 45:11). He tells [[Israel]] that His “commands” are ...The steepy strand, Which overlooks the vale with wide command. </p> 6. The power of governing or controlling by force, or of defending and protecting. <p> T
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• Prince
  ...world (&nbsp; 1 Corinthians 2:6; &nbsp; 1 Corinthians 2:8 ), prince of the power of the air (&nbsp; Ephesians 2:2 ), the Prince of the kings of the earth (& ...e some who see merely a reference to those who through birth, culture, and power hold a high place in the esteem of their fellows. But others find in the pa
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• Dispensation
  ...e idea that God has set up seven time periods called dispensations for His work among human beings. The seventh or last dispensation will be the millennial ...ese <i> ignorance </i> of God prevailed in spite of the testimony of God's power and divinity, and the admonition of conscience spoken of in &nbsp;Romans 1,
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• Syria
  ...ief period (&nbsp;2 Kings 14:28). </p> <p> With the rise of [[Assyria]] to power, both Syria and Israel were in danger of being conquered. The Syrian king [ ...subordinate to the governor of Syria, but within his own province had the power of a legatus. </p> <p> Syria continued without serious disturbance, from th
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• Mariolatry
  ...faith and humility, meekness and obedience; we bless God for the wonderful work of salvation, in effecting which she was a chosen vessel; we call her a ble
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• Virgin Birth
  ...ed in the scriptural phrase, “The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee; wherefore also that which is to be ...es the scriptural significance of Jesus' coming: to carry out God's saving work and to involve God personally in doing so. </p> <p> <i> [[Pattern]] of Chri
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• New Creation
  ...the Jew/Gentile debate in view—circumcision versus uncircumcisionChrist's work of "creating" a "new" humanity is introduced to demonstrate how the old dis ...a halting worship no longer, and therefore the second stage of the mighty work of the incarnation will be attained in the complete fulfillment of the word
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• History Of The People Israel
  ...'s blessing also departed from him is proved by the collapse of his life's work in his final failures against the Philistines. </p> <p> 3. David </p> <p> I
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• Epistles To Thethessalonians
  ...believe that a forger wishing to correct Paul’s teaching would address his work to a Church already in possession of a recognized Epistle of Paul. When all
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• Mouth
  ...15). </p> <p> &nbsp;Revelation 12:15 (a) By this figure is represented the power of Satan by which he endeavors to destroy the nation of Israel, and to blot ...e in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of a habergeon, that it be
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• Spiritual (Or Ecclesiastical) Courts
  ...ecstasy. The German interpreters in general regard it as being an ecstatic power of speech, the result of the man's being lifted out of himself and made to
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• Daniel
  ...phetical pictures (Daniel 2 and Daniel 7). God manifested His irresistible power in Daniel and his friends, as representing the theocracy then depressed, be ...ight against God, but in the end they must fall beneath the all-conquering power of his kingdom. The book of Daniel presents this message in two parts. The
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• Books Of Kings
  ...unted for on the theory that one was the work of one author, the other the work of the other. </p> <p> <strong> 5. Text </strong> . The text of the Books o ...ion took place in Israel (13:1-14:22). </p> <p> With the decline of Syrian power, Israel (under Jeroboam II) and Judah (under Azariah) enjoyed security and
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• Philip The Evangelist
  ...m he associated with himself, a high position; he described himself as the power of or emanation from God which is called ‘Great.’ But at the moment he ...f the [[Gentiles]] who was carrying out to its world wide consequences the work initiated by the evangelist deacon. Here too Luke during his residence woul
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• Methodist Episcopal Church In Canada
  ...ty amounting to $2,149,776. Great attention is given to the Sabbath-school work. As nearly as can be estimated, from reports at hand, there are not far fro
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• Socialism
  ...<i> [[Dream]] of John [[Ball]] </i> , Thorold Rogers’ <i> Six Centuries of Work and [[Wages]] </i> , Hyndman’s <i> The Hist. Basis of Socialism in Englan ...trictly limited. They have also four directors, who carry on the necessary work and direct the other members. They have no religious observances. Sunday is
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• The Renewed Moravian Brethren
  ...Berlin, 1853); Kurtz, Text-book of Church History (Phila. 1862). This last work contains a chapter on the Moravians, dictated by the personal animosity of'
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• John The Apostle
  ...ransforming affection into an Apostle of exceptional insight and spiritual power. Only the disciple whom Jesus loved could become the Apostle of love. Only ...ins the crown of martyrdom. The boiling oil into which he is thrown has no power to hurt him. He is then sent to labor in the mines, and Patmos is the place
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• Assurance
  ...eption; whilst the dejected, humble, and poor in spirit, not being able to work themselves to such a pitch of confidence, have concluded that they have not
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• Habakkuk
  ...is concern. </p> <p> In response, the Lord told the prophet that He was at work sending the [[Chaldeans]] as the instrument of His judgment (&nbsp;Habakkuk ...-4 , in referring Habakkuk’s complaint to wrongs committed by some heathen power. The mention of ‘law’ and ‘judgment,’ &nbsp; Habakkuk 1:4 , seems t
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• Lion
  ...money, which is, in fact, the king's object." In another place in the same work we find the following description of the construction of this lions' den: " ...f men. </p> <p> &nbsp;Revelation 13:2 (b) This animal reveals the terrible power the antichrist will have to tear, destroy and hurt GOD's people and all who
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• Unbelief
  ...nding forms. As is always the case, men looked for some special and higher power in what is dark and mysterious. The very simplicity of Christianity became ...orld (&nbsp;2 Corinthians 4:3-4), to the evil working of the prince of the power of the air (&nbsp;Ephesians 2:1-2), to the corrupt heart that believes a li
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• Moral Theology
  ...rably with the Hungarian production. Of greater value even than Palasthy's work, and more recent in origin, is Prof. Simar's Lehrb. d. kathol. Moral theolo
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• Job
  ...s one of the Rabbis thought ( <em> Baba bathra </em> , 15 <em> a </em> ) a work of imagination, but, in the judgment of most, with a traditional nucleus, t ...ntiments of piety, uttered with the spirit of inspired conviction. It is a work unrivalled for the magnificence of its language and for the beautiful and s
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• Epistle To The Colossians
  ...J. B. Lightfoot’s <i> Colossians </i> (1st ed., 1875) is the standard Eng. work. Of recent Eng. [[Commentaries]] the most valuable are those by A. S. Peake ...ust still mortify the deeds of the flesh, but from a new motive and in the power of a new life. The third section of the Epistle (&nbsp; Colossians 3:5 to &
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• Ezekiel
  ...nd Babylonia at [[Carchemish]] established Babylonia as the dominant world power. Judah was able to maintain her independence by transferring her allegiance ...prophet out of its chronological order (&nbsp; Ezekiel 29:17-20 ). But the work as a whole is Ezekiel’s own arrangement of the memoranda which had accumu
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• Name
  ...circumstances which accompany it, [[Philip]] Bonarota, the editor of that work, supposes to have been designed for some Etrurian deity. Montfaucon has giv ...ea 1:4; &nbsp;Hosea 1:6; &nbsp;Hosea 1:9). </p> <p> People in positions of power could give new names to those within their authority as indications of bles
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• Holy Spirit (Or “ghostã¢Â€Â)
  ...ltogether denied the personality; and have regarded him as an influence or power of the Deity. It must suffice in this article to give the principal texts o
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• Judges
  ...heir bearing the designation "gods," as exercising some of God's delegated power: &nbsp;Psalms 82:1; &nbsp;Psalms 82:6; &nbsp;Exodus 21:6, [[Hebrew]] "gods" ...king in the preceding article. The author is not known. It is probable the work did not come from any single hand, being rather a collection of several lit
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• Proselyte
  ...their life and virtuous deeds are some of the most attractive of his great work (ib. XX. ii-iv). </p> <p> The bitterness engendered by the persecution whic ...ng, but in warm fellowship with a Personality that was the evidence of its power and truth. It is easy to understand how quickly the gospel would be adopted
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• Wind
  ...ncept and terms retain their dynamic characteristics, but rise from cosmic power to personal being. </p> <p> Old [[Testament]] In the Old Testament, the pri ...y and vocal organs, or by an instrument. </p> <p> '''(15):''' ''' (''' n.) Power of respiration; breath. </p> <p> '''(16):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To blow; to so
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• Baptism Of Spirit (Holy)
  ...d to taste anew the "mystic joys of penitence," and to rejoice anew in the power of saving grace. All those who thus faithfully hold on to Christ by the Spi
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• Body
  ...e is given of a body not only raided from the grave, but redeemed from the power of evil, and thus capable of being transformed from a natural body into a s ...24; &nbsp;1 Corinthians 10:16; &nbsp;1 Corinthians 11:24 ). The continuing power of the sacrifice of [[Golgotha]] leads humans to join together in a church
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• First And Second Books Of. Samuel
  ...r as the compiler of these books might be conscious of a direct aim in his work, producing it, as doubtless he did, under the impulse and guidance of the [
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• Epistle To Hebrews
  ...Hebrews 11:8 ). Faith is for him a force working towards ethical ideals, a power which enables men of every nation and class to live lives of noble self-den
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• Testaments Of The Twelve Patriarchs
  ...exclude all evil desire ( <i> Test. Reub </i> . iv. 9), need not be in the power of any evil spirit ( <i> Test. Benj </i> . vi. 1; cf. iii. 3, 4), and is fr
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• Cyprianus Thascius Caecilius
  ...i> 68); but his was rather a policy of general resistance to the spiritual power compacted by Cyprian and Cornelius; a policy of the widest comprehension on
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• Salvation Save Saviour
  ...]] God justified all men who have been from the beginning’ (xxxii. 4). The work of salvation includes the body (xxxvii. 5, xxxviii. 1). God is the Saviour
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• Judas
  ...m of his treason, full of additional passion, he went recklessly about his work. &nbsp;Matthew 26:25; &nbsp;John 13:26-30. He was fulfilling prophecy, but ...; &nbsp;John 18:2-12). </p> <p> Judas gained no satisfaction from his evil work. He knew he had done wrong in helping to crucify an innocent man, but he ma
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• Election
  ...and have had experience of the blood of sprinkling and of the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit-yea, because they have been ‘designated afore,’ not ...embrace unsolved element till the end. Start from the Divine side, and the work of salvation is all of grace; start from the human side, there is responsib
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• Hope
  ...ifestation of His completed redemption and the ‘coming’ of His ‘kingdom in power,’ which is to be realized, particularly, in the acknowledged lordship of ...th all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost” (&nbsp; Romans 15:13 ). </p> <p> Given the assurance o
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• Neo-Platonism
  ...self-sacrifice, welded together the hearts of men better than the force of power or the cold abstractions of the intellect, proving that the foolishness of
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• World
  ...is in Him reconciling it unto Himself. But the scope of Christ’s redeeming work is destined to include the whole Cosmos in both its physical and its spirit ...sp; James 3:1; &nbsp; James 3:13 ). It is conceived as under the sway of a power essentially hostile to God, the antichrist (&nbsp; James 2:18; &nbsp; James
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• Angels
  ...er view seems to be the right one. It is true that in our Lord’s words the work of angels on earth is not prominent. But in &nbsp;John 1:51 (our Lord is sp ...besides the material instruments and visible agents, the invisible angels work in a marvelous way, under God's providence, guiding events at the crisis so
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• Christs Descent Into Hell
  ...cient security to all those who belong to Christ of never coming under the power of Satan, or suffering in the flames prepared for the devil and his angels.
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• Presbyterians
  ...e only prerogatives which the pastors have over the ruling elders are, the power of ordination by imposition of hands, and the privilege of having the moder ...ion, as that no other person or body of men have, by divine institution, a power to exercise any superior or pastoral office in it, may, properly speaking,
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• Fall
  ...ccorded to it. </p> <p> ( <i> b </i> ) It is with the presence, guilt, and power of sin in individual experience and racial history, as the human need which ...'s command (&nbsp;Genesis 1:28 ). Her privilege to share in God's creative work was frustrated by intense pain. Despite this pain she would nevertheless de
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• Authority In Religion
  ...ity, has already been shown. </p> <p> The full character and extent of the power with which Christ represents His Apostles as being clothed appear conspicuo ...art, because many believe them, but because of their inherent truth, their power to govern their minds. And the essential truth of a doctrine is no greater,
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• Acts
  ...;Acts 20:13-24 ). </p> <p> B. Missionaries train leaders to carry on their work (&nbsp;Acts 20:25-38 ). </p> <p> C. Missionaries must be willing to die for
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• Christ In Jewish Literature
  ...of [[Nazareth]] had a mission from God; and he must have had the spiritual power and fitness to be chosen for it.’ That is finely said, and it is with one
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• Ezra
  ...sion of the entire community, he endowed the Jewish people with a cohesive power which was proof against all attacks from without. </p> <p> G. H. Box. </p> ...p the people to get working again and, in spite of further opposition, the work was completed – in 516 BC (5:1-6:22). </p> <p> In 458 BC Ezra led another
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• Emperor Justinianus I
  ...rch and the Western church generally to throw off the control of the civil power and even extend its own jurisdiction over civil causes. </p> <p> These eccl
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• Epistle To The Galatians
  ...inst the Mosaic Law (thus the <em> Clementine Homilies </em> , an Ebionite work, clearly hits at the Epistle in several passages); an orthodox forger would ...ple of the energy and rapidity of the apostle's style, and ofthe spiritual power of his argument. We see him deeply moved by the baneful influence of the Ju
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• Able Ability
  ...ble," is to be distinguished from dunatos. While dunatos means "possessing power," hikanos, primarily, "reaching to," has accordingly the meaning "sufficien
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• Greece
  ...ristian era was rapid and spectacular. Alexander the Great, having come to power in Macedonia in 336 BC, rapidly overran what remained of the [[Persian]] Em ...doration of the [[Madonna]] has done in the [[Catholic]] world. ‘The great power of Isis “of myriad names” was that, transfigured by Greek influences, s
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• Balaam
  ...the approach to [[Palestine]] was by sea); and these, the last destroying power, in turn, "shall perish for ever" before Messiah's kingdom. "Eber," who was ...ch natural men often have, concerning divine things, where there is no one work of the Lord upon the heart. Men, by reading, or by hearing, may acquire gre
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• Virtue
  ...nd considers that in both ἀρετή bears the meaning of ‘marvel.’ ‘Marvellous power’ would well suit the context in &nbsp;2 Peter 1:3 and &nbsp;1 Peter 2:9. ...which procured him reception in all the towns. </p> 10. Legal efficacy or power authority. A man administers the laws by virtue of a commission. <p> In vir
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• Christ As King
  ...ing of the Son of Man and the eschatological invasion of his kingdom "with power" (&nbsp;Mark 9:1 ). </p> <p> The motif of Christ as King and the kingdom is ...Christ, the King, will reign as the God-man and will forever exercise His power for the benefit of the redeemed and for the glory of His kingdom. </p> <p>
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• Magic; Magician
  ...> In &nbsp;Genesis 30:14 (Jahwist) we have an example of the belief in the power of plants (here mandrakes) to stir up and strengthen sexual love, and we re
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• Virgin-Birth (Of Jesus Christ)
  ...f impersonally in germinal beginnings, so in the life of Christ the divine power conditions itself within the impersonal forces of germinant life with this
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• Eagle
  .... In one of the sweetest promises, the Lord thus comforts them, "He giveth power to the faint, and to them that have no might, he increaseth strength. Even ...s 19:4). In the law the fostering mother is the eagle, God manifesting His power and sternness mingled with tenderness in bringing His people out of Egypt w
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• Paul The Apostle
  ...d by a soldier, and he remains there ‘two whole years,’ doing evangelistic work [60, 61]. From Rome, while a prisoner (&nbsp; Philippians 1:7; &nbsp; Phili ...n With Christ]] </p> <p> <i> Bibliography </i> . C. Arnold, <i> Ephesians: Power and Magic </i> ; D. Brewer, <i> Techniques and Assumptions in Jewish Exeges
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• Canon Of The Old Testament
  ...; Nehemiah 8:1-18; &nbsp; Nehemiah 9:1-38; &nbsp; Nehemiah 10:1-39 ). This work had been formed by constructing a ‘Harmony’ of the various expositions ...n of Artaxerxes I (whereas it belongs to Xerxes' reign), while in the same work (XI, v, 1) he puts Ezra and Nehemiah under Xerxes (whereas they belong to t
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• Parousia
  ...depict the final triumph of God and Christ over all the forces of evil at work in his day that seemed so invincible. </p> <p> (b) The Fourth Gospel.-The o ...ntially eschatological. No one of them understood Him to be engaged in the work of establishing the Kingdom of God during the period culminating in His dea
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• Presbyterian Churches
  ...rk at Aixles-Bains, Savoy; </p> <p> '''(8)''' '''''£''''' 44 for Christian work in Paris; </p> <p> '''(9)''' '''''£''''' 25 for Reformed Church in the Net
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• Arminianism
  ...o their friend and protector. The history of this colony may be found in a work entitled <em> [[Epistolae]] Praestantium et Eruditorum Virorum Ecclesiastic ...nnouncement and exposition of their relations in that readjustment was the work of Arminius. And not until Arminius is placed in this relation to the doctr
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• Epistle Of James
  ...ngs forth the fruits of the Spirit, if it exists at all; faith must always work by love (&nbsp; Galatians 5:6 ). He indeed guards himself carefully against ...the proving of faith works endurance. But this last must have her perfect work that they might be lacking in nothing. If wisdom be lacking, it should be s
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• Gnostic Sect Founder Basilides
  ...so that it can mount by itself like the first sonship; "for it has all its power naturally established in union (συνεστηριγμένην ) with the l
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• The Book Of Exodus
  ...tabernacle, and lastly the dress of the priests. But in the account of the work executed the tabernacle comes first, being that which would naturally be be ...made of the troubles caused by Pharaoh, which God must remove through His power. This deliverance is not at all deserved by Israel, since not even any son
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• Praise
  ...bove), ‘dominion’ taking the place of the angels’ word ‘strength,’ ‘active power being here in view rather than a reserve of secret strength’ (Swete, ad l ...theme "The Lord reigns." God's kingship is pronounced both in his majestic power displayed through the creation of the world (&nbsp;Psalm 29,104 ) and in hi
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• Asmoneans
  ...e Maccabean princes thus only Antigonus and Hyrcanus remained. The Idumean power was now about to supplant the Maccabean. Herod the son of [[Antipater]] sid
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• Freedom
  ...cally, the life that comes from the Spirit and frees us from the enslaving power of the law (&nbsp;Galatians 5:18 ) produces in the believer the very conduc ...ontrol of ourselves. We live under the ultimate control and direction of a power greater than ourselves. The comforting thing about this is that “in every
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• Astronomy
  ...assover," etc. Many allusions are found to the display of God's wisdom and power as seen in the starry heavens (&nbsp;Psalm 8; &nbsp;19:1-6; &nbsp;Isaiah 51 ...To us today, as to the [[Psalmist]] of old, it is a token of the infinite power and knowledge of God that "He telleth the number of the stars; He giveth th
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• Minister
  ...trong'S #2038 — Verb — ergazomai — er-gad'-zom-ahee ) </div> <p> "to work, work out, perform," is translated "minister" in &nbsp;1—Corinthians 9:13; the ...books, and mere learning, and hence their teaching is devoid of the living power and refreshing influence which is found in communion with 'the spring of al
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• Darius
  ...The prophets Haggai and Zechariah encouraged the people to go on with the work, and when Tattenai, the Persian governor of Syria, demanded their authority ...rganized a tightly-knit centralized state and vested himself with absolute power. [[Twenty]] satrapies (provinces) were established. Each had a system of ch
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• Light
  ...is person formed the creative power in the life of the human soul. Through work and word alike, His being operated with quickening effect upon the responsi ...ame as the light of the world, breaking through the darkness of sin by his work on the cross. It follows that believers are a light to the world as well. J
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• Romans Rome
  ...ischen Litteratur </i> , four parts (second half of part 4 to complete the work, as yet unpublished), (München; first three parts in second edition: publi ...Testament]] no direct allusion is apparently made to Rome, or to the Roman power, except in the prophetic visions of Daniel, &nbsp;Daniel 2:33,40 &nbsp; 7:7
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• Mahometanism
  ...touch the ground in prayer, and over which the fire will therefore have no power; and that, being known by this characteristic, they will be released by the ...ssia, are symptoms of the approaching subversion of [[Mohammedanism]] as a power; and thus the fall of this eastern antichrist cannot long be delayed. It is
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• Gospel Of Luke
  ...and patient waiting (&nbsp;Luke 19:11-27 ). </p> <p> VIII. Jesus' Kingdom Power Aroused [[Opposition]] (&nbsp;Luke 19:28-22:6 ). </p> <p> A. Israel rejecte ...ms, demons and sickness (8:22-56). The section concludes by recounting the work of the twelve (9:1-27), the transfiguration of Jesus (9:28-36) and some fai
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• Life
  ...the act of belief a man is brought into such a relation to Christ that His power as Life-giver becomes operative. </p> <p> Three means are indicated by whic ...nbsp;1 John 5:12 ). The quality of this life is marked by freedom from the power of sin to destroy, by holiness, and by a positive relation with God (&nbsp;
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• Man
  ...l to the first Christian generation. But, like Him, they have proved their power as the perennial basis of Christian thinking. Neither the science nor the p ...ion; a being who feels, reflects, thinks, contrives, and acts; who has the power of changing his place upon the earth at pleasure; who possesses the faculty
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• Book Of Proverbs
  ...wealthy are honored by God (&nbsp;Proverbs 19:1-29 ). </p> <p> K. The wise work hard and treat both friend and foe with love (&nbsp;Proverbs 20:1-30 ). </p ...he wisdom of God </i> , from &nbsp;Proverbs 8:22 . He was there before the work of creation was begun. His delights were with the sons of men (&nbsp;Prover
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• Manuscripts Of. Bible
  ...aced in the hands of a final college of revisers for the perfecting of the work designed for popular use. The plan provides for five or more members in the
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• The Johannine Theology
  ...nce in the Fourth Gospel to the propitiating aspect of Christ's redemptive work has been seized upon as proof that, though the writer did not consciously r
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• Biblical. Slavery
  ...example, that if Abraham's "servants" had chosen to run away, there was no power by which they could have been compelled to return. But even if there had be
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• Baptism Of The Holy Spirit
  ...that Christians often receive a renewed sense of the Spirit's presence or power one or more times after conversion. Luke employs the expression, "the filli ...; Smeaton, <i> The [[Doctrine]] of the Holy Spirit </i> ; Kuyper, <i> The Work of the Holy Spirit </i> . See also Holy Spirit . </p>
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• Crown
  ...ong the Persians. King [[Ahasuerus]] honoured [[Vashti]] with this mark of power; and, after her divorce, the same favour was granted to &nbsp;Esther 2:17 . ...decorate, or invest with a crown; hence, to invest with royal dignity and power. </p> <p> '''(27):''' (n.) To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dig
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• Phoenicia
  ...end to Phoenician political power, but the great cities retained economic power. </p> <p> New [[Testament]] Jesus' ministry reached Tyre and Sidon (&nbsp;M ...are, however, not only procreative, but destructive; and this destructive power is especially represented in the Ammonitish fire-god Moloch. Thus Baal repr
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• Historian Of The Goths Jordanis
  ...ry, and was allowed by the steward of Cassiodorius a second perusal of the work. When he was, as we presume, with the pope in Constantinople he was suddenl
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• Wisdom Of Solomon
  ...ereignty of the earth is given not to [[Hades]] but to man (1:13, 14). The work was probably of the greatest importance in securing the early progress of C
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• Reformed Episcopal Church
  ...with the time and energy of its clergy severely taxed by initial parochial work, this Church has not as yet produced literary or theological works of exten
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• Protestant Methodists
  ...ary power among the travelling preachers. In order to facilitate this good work, many societies in various parts of the kingdom, sent delegates to the conf
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• Mental Characteristics
  ...s influence—which is not profoundly altered in consequence of His life and work and words. His confidence that it would be so never faltered; He saw here t
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• Exodus
  ...e law-giving together, and it is often difficult to decide how much is the work of the editor. We give the broad lines of the separation, but remark that i ...n from the bondage of Satan into the kingdom of God; but in both cases the work is of God, and the glory of it is his alone. </p> <p> Having offered thanks
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• Apollos
  ...vably mislead: these are compatible at least with St. Paul’s fear lest the work of Apollos might be somewhat subversive of his own. Then in &nbsp;Titus 3:1 ...e teaching of Aquila and even of Priscilla (a woman), his fervency and his power in Scripture, and his determinably staying away from where his well deserve
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• Theology Of Exodus
  ...stivals say to Israel that the God who worked in the past will continue to work in the present and in the future. </p> <p> Israel has been chosen by God (6
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• Christ In The Seventeenth Century
  .... Theologic und Kirche.] 3 [Note: designates the particular edition of the work referred] on ‘Kenosis,’ ‘Communicatio Idiomatum,’ and on the variou
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• Jews
  ...tion has proved the security of these documents; as it has not been in the power of any one enemy, however potent, to destroy the entire series, or to consi ...itus, one of the most merciful generals that ever breathed, did all in his power to persuade them to an advantageous surrender, but they scorned every propo
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• Calvinism
  ...s natural power, and degrees of superadded moral power; but in no case the power to believe unto salvation; and thus, as one well observes, "When they have ...and his successors. In respect to original sin, the elder Edwards, in his work on that subject, advocated the mediate rather than the immediate imputation
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• Pietism
  ...ich we find as far back as Luther's time, and which became more and more a power in the Church through the influence of Melancthon. It was this: Mistaking t
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• Intercession
  ...ch’ ( <i> ib. </i> 5). To the Romans he writes: ‘Only pray that I may have power within and without’ ( <i> ib. </i> 3). </p> <p> These quotations may suff ...owed life on those who believe in Him; His ascension brought exaltation to power in heaven and on earth. Now He intercedes for us at God's throne of grace.
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• Nebuchadnezzar
  ...e set up by Nebuchadnezzar represented himself the head of the first world power, of whom Daniel had said "thou art this head of gold." Daniel was regarded ...Babylon that I have built for the house of my kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?" But God vanquished his pride, and he was
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• Flavius Josephus
  ...s a friend of the Romans, but many statements are disproved by his earlier work, the <em> BJ </em> . This Life appeared after the death of Agrippa ii., tha ...he end of his [[Antiquities]] Josephus mentions his intention of writing a work in four books on the Jewish notions of God and his essence, and on the rati
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• Preaching Christ
  ...ir salvation. When St. Paul preaches Christ it is as a Person who has this power and importance, and stands in this relation to God and men. Or we might ref
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• Arabia
  ...the finest parts of the three great divisions of the ancient world: their work was finished; and returning to the state in which Mohammed found them three ...descendants. They have never been completely subjugated by any neighboring power. Compare &nbsp;Job 1:15; &nbsp;Jeremiah 49:8; &nbsp;Jeremiah 3:2; &nbsp;2 C
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• Hades
  ...ew 16:18 ), this phrase parallels Old Testament expressions tied to evil's power and persecution (&nbsp;Psalm 9:13; &nbsp;107:17-20 ). Jesus' reference to t ...ded on the strength of its gates, ‘the gates of Hades’ is metaphor for the power of death, and promise amounts to an assurance of the indestructibility of t
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• Soul
  .... Theologic und Kirche.] 3 [Note: designates the particular edition of the work referred] ; artt. ‘Soul,’ ‘Eschatology,’ ‘Immortality of the Soul ...ustice (&nbsp;Isaiah 26:8-9 ), evil (&nbsp;Proverbs 21:10 ), and political power (&nbsp;2 Samuel 3:21 ). Emotions are expressed by <i> nepes </i> [ &nbsp; I
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• Norse Mythology.
  ...giantgod, Loke, whom the asas have adopted, deceives and betrays them. The power of the giants keeps increasing, and grows more and more threatening to the
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• Simonians
  ...unreasonable or unscriptural in supposing that supernatural agencies, the power of evil spirits, may have been permitted to enter into those delusions. [[I
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• Second Epistle To The Thessalonians
  ...4 ), and held in restraint only by the forces of order seated in the Roman power, or, possibly, in the better elements of [[Judaism]] itself (&nbsp; 2 Thess ...ct, as already suggested, in regarding the Roman empire as the restraining power, for so it was taken by many of the fathers, though without altogether unde
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• Feasts
  ...[[Feasts]] a clear prefigurement of the Three Persons; the Father, in the work of creation, especially adored in the feast of tabernacles; the Son in the ...Dedication also our Lord was in Jerusalem, but that was simply because His work at that time lay close by. He did not go up to Jerusalem on purpose for it,
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• Moses Mendelssohn
  ...obi thinks himself a philosopher." In a hurried preparation of this latter work Mendelssohn overtasked his physical powers, and the exhaustion thus produce
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• Example
  ...i> Der Glaube im NT </i> 3 [Note: designates the particular edition of the work referred] ; Lutgert, <i> Die Liebe im NT </i> , 1905; Feine, <i> Jesus Chri ...ation, or a model for us to copy after. That good examples have a peculiar power above naked precepts to dispose us to the practice of virtue and holiness,
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• Holiness Holy
  ...of what it means to be a [[Christian]] through the plan of the Father, the work of Christ, and the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. </p> <p> The mor
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• Bishop Of Sasima And Of Constantinople Gregorius Nazianzenus
  ...[[I]] have no means to overcome any pain, [[I]] gain from it at least the power to bear it, and to be thankful as well in sorrowful circumstances as in joy
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• Priesthood In The New Testament
  ...f the believer is certain and complete, and the priestly and high-priestly work of Jesus reaches its consummation. </p> 3. The Priesthood of Believers: <p>
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• Wesleyans
  ...schools throughout the Connection. The necessary funds for developing the work came in slowly. The Normal Training [[Institution]] and practicing schools
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• Apostolic Age
  ...oduct of the apostolic age. This subject is ably treated by Ritschl in his work on the Origin of the Old Catholic Church (Entstehung der altkatholischenl K ...he full status of Gentiles. </p> 4. Relations with Rome <p> From the Roman power Christianity was safe at first, as the distinctions from Judaism were thoug
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• Josiah
  ...nce in that year the builders were already repairing and the money for the work had been collected by the [[Levites]] who kept the door. The abolishing of ...2 BC. [[Pharaoh]] Necho of Egypt, fearing this expansion of [[Babylonian]] power, set out to attack Babylon. In doing so he had to pass through areas of [[P
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• Judgment
  ...e to Him leads to a comparison and judgment of likeness or unlikeness. The work of the [[Holy]] Spirit (whom Jesus sends, &nbsp;John 16:7) is to convict me ...sp;John 12:47). It is at his second coming that Jesus will carry out God’s work of judgment (&nbsp;Matthew 25:36-41; &nbsp;John 5:22; &nbsp;John 5:26-30; &
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• Savior
  ...nother? How could the Redeemer be miserable when he was conscious that his work was one which could bring happiness to the whole human race? Yet this condi
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• Preacher; Preaching
  ...as to warrant the approbation of Him who has appointed them to a specific work. The homiletic practice of taking theme of every sermon from a passage of H
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• Federal Theology
  ...f God to such as are effectually called of the Spirit, and are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation (Princeton Theol. Essays, vol. v, iii,
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• Edward Irving
  ...Irving should have met with trials and difficulties in the progress of the work under his new phase," especially " '''''‘''''' a man. of his great streng
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• Prussia
  ...ers of the order which ruled the land, had more interest with this worldly power than with the papal see. The monasteries could put no check on the omnipote
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• Eschatology Of The Old Testament (With Apocryphal And Apocalyptic Writings)
  ...dras, is more properly classed with the apocalyptic writings. The original work consists only of chapters 3 through 14, with a passage in chapter 7 not fou
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• Destructionists
  ...on of divine power, but merely the suspension of it: for let the upholding power of God be withheld for one moment, and the whole creation would sink into n ...trong> That annihilation is rather a suspension than an exertion of divine power. </p> <p> <strong> 4. </strong> That the punishment of impenitent men is de
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• Paralysis
  ...authority conferred upon and exercised by himself—on the one hand being a power derived from the supreme source of all authority, and on the other being ab ...Abolition of function, whether complete or partial; esp., the loss of the power of voluntary motion, with or without that of sensation, in any part of the
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• Philistines
  ...ven years after the defeat at Rephaim, David, who had now consolidated his power, attacked them on their own soil, and took Gath with its dependencies. The ...ing them to vassalage (&nbsp; 2 Samuel 8:1 ). Down to this time Philistine power was concentrated in the hands of the rulers of the five cities of Gaza, Ash
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• Might
  ...ight; ability; capability”). The KJV gives these senses: “might; strength; power; mighty acts.” </p> ...> <p> &nbsp;1 Chronicles 29 50Kings 15. </p> 3. National strength physical power or military force. <p> We have no might against this great company that com
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• Lamb
  ...central in the throne of God, the law of the moral order of the world, the power which moves history to its goal, the all-pervading spirit of the angelic ho ...all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, ''Be'' unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever
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• Clement Of Alexandria
  ...reek philosophy fulfilled for the Greeks as a guide to righteousness and a work of divine providence (Strom. i. 176 ff. pp. 425 ff.; 91 ff. pp. 372 ff.). H
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• Gentiles
  ...work of showing the things of Christ to all the nations upon earth was His work, and making their preaching of them effectual unto salvation in every part ...nbsp;Revelation 5:9; &nbsp;Revelation 7:9 ), and the One who overcomes has power over the nations (&nbsp;Revelation 2:26 ), [[Babylon]] (&nbsp;Revelation 14
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• Church Government
  ...nization and the complete separation of the clergy from the laity were the work of the post-apostolic age. The remark that ‘no soldier on service entangl ...tion. </p> <p> Therefore the Apostle was in no sense a local official. His work was not to serve tables, but to preach and to make disciples of all nations
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• Hypocrisy
  .... Theologic und Kirche.] 3 [Note: designates the particular edition of the work referred] : J. M. Schulhof, <i> The Law of [[Forgiveness]] as presented in ...dividual to rid himself of his faults, although he no longer possesses the power to do so; the hypocrite, on the other hand, is quite contented with himself
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• Mystery
  ...Golden]] [[Bought]] </i> 2 [Note: designates the particular edition of the work referred] ; Harnack, <i> Mission und Ausbreitung des Chr. </i> 1902, Bk. ii ...teric doctrine; the mediaeval church perpetuated it. Christ as God had the power to reserve His manifestation of Himself to a few during His earthly ministr
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• Scribes
  ...that they should put him to death, which shows that they were men of great power and authority among the Jews. Scribes, doctors of law, and lawyers, were on ...member of the Sanhedrin. He might have to content himself with the humbler work of a transcriber, copying the law and the prophets for the use of synagogue
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• Character
  .... But all ethical deductions can and must be rectified by reference to the work and word of Christ, who started from inward character and aimed at social r ...rtheless, the work of God, and therefore character is necessarily a divine work, "lest any man should boast" (&nbsp;Ephesians 2:9). Of course, all the prac
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• Scholastic Theology
  ...demonstrate the existence of God), and at others he almost robs it of any power whatever (e.g. when he attributes the truths of natural religion to forgott
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• Family
  ...ary slave-war, which would only have produced untold misery; but it set to work gradually to ameliorate the condition of slaves. On the one hand, slaves ar ...tament father (&nbsp;Psalm 103:1 ). </p> <p> In the marriage, the male had power over the female or females (&nbsp;Genesis 3:16 ). They were often considere
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• Moon
  ...avenly influences, meant to speak of yet far higher blessings in the sweet work of grace upon the soul, when Jesus, the Sun of righteousness, brings forth ...Scripture, and to the moon as well as to the sun is ascribed a fertilizing power over and above the gift of light which comes from them to the earth. Just a
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• Number
  ...666'' , the number of the beast (&nbsp;Revelation 13:18), the judged world power, contrasts with the ''144,000'' sealed and transfigured ones. (See [[Antich ...suggested by the relations of numbers to each other, and to the practical power of arithmetic; the symbols which aided men so effectually seemed to have so
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• Materialism
  ...er of its external perception seems to be but the awakening of every other power. The memory is far more keen, the fancy far more vivid, in the dreaming tha ...e the public all over the country to press the interests of his abominable work. Recently Dr. G. C. Hiebeling published a pamphlet entitled Naturwissenscha
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• Monotheism
  ...f God and the World </i> 1 [Note: designates the particular edition of the work referred] , pp. 91–96. </p> <p> A. S. Geden. </p> ...edy of the Exile was not the result of the power of [[Marduk]] against the power of the Lord, a result that would establish Marduk as God. To the contrary,
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• Theology Of Romans
  ...tians in Jerusalem (15:14-33). [[Seeing]] to it that everyone hears of the power of the gospel is the heart of Paul's theology (1:16). As an example of the
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• Felicite Robert Lamennais
  ...democratic theocracy honored. This is in great measure a retraction of his work [[Sur]] l'indifference en matiere de Religion. Of similar import is La Reli
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• Christ In The Middle Ages
  .... Theologic und Kirche.] 3 [Note: designates the particular edition of the work referred] , and in Hastings’ <i> Encyelopœdia of [[Religion]] and Ethics
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• Gregorius (51) I, (The Great), Bishop Of Rome
  ...ed. of his works has a fuller Life, using additional sources. An important work on <i> Gregory the Great, his Place in [[Thought]] and History </i> , was p
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• Art
  ...hall I say of the adornment of the fabric, which Constantine, with all the power of his kingdom, in the presence of his mother, honoured with gold, mosaic, ...] (see Seals). [[Mention]] may also be made of the filigree and other gold work implied in such passages as &nbsp; Exodus 28:11 f. The products of the Hebr
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• Jonathan Edwards
  ...ight. Parts of this edition have been republished in England. In 1852, his work entitled [[Charity]] and its [[Fruits]] was published for the first time, a ...lected to the Presidency of Princeton College; wrote an acute and original work, "The Freedom of the Will," a masterpiece of cogent reasoning; has been cal
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• Sin
  ...i> [[Lux]] Mundi </i> 10 [Note: 0 designates the particular edition of the work referred] ; O. Pfleiderer, <i> [[Philosophy]] of [[Religion]] </i> , § ‘ ..., "evil," "perversity." </p> <p> '''''Αmal''''' , "travail"; sin is weary work (&nbsp;Habakkuk 2:13). '''''Αvah''''' , "crookedness," "wrong," a distorti
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• Divination Magic And Sorcery
  ...ed by our Lord (&nbsp; Matthew 6:7 ). </p> <p> In close connexion with the power of spells is the belief in the efficacy of <strong> cursing and blessing </
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• Serpent
  ...s sometimes identified with the ocean, because the deluge was esteemed the work of the evil principle; and the serpent python of the Greeks, who is evident ...st to this scene. </p> <p> To present the serpent form, as deprived of its power to hurt, impaled as the trophy of a conqueror was to assert that evil, phys
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• Jew
  ...h theocratic privileges of descent from the patriarch who "as a prince had power with God" (&nbsp;2 Corinthians 11:22; &nbsp;Romans 9:4). John uses "Jews" o ...f their fortune may be said to have culminated. It is true, the Mohammedan power was now on the wane, but then the Christian rulers felt not vet sufficientl
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• Greek Philosophy
  ...s God, for by this power he made and arranged the universe; and the kingly power is Lord, for it is meet that the Creator should rule over and govern the cr
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• Puritans
  ...<p> See articles [[Brownists, Independents]] and NONCONFORMISTS, in this work. </p> <p> See also list of books under the last-mentioned article. </p> ...] having never relinquished the principle of a national church, and of the power of the civil magistrate in matters of faith and worship, were less tolerant
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• Ideas (Leading)
  ...e engaged in a great conflict with evil, a work given Him by His Father, a work which He was bound to accomplish. The following passages are the most impor
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• Versions Authorized
  ...work went on, the separate companies comparing notes as directed. When the work drew toward its completion, it was necessary to place it under the care of
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• Geology
  ...need expect to find no record in the rocks.' But the author of the latter work (Sermons in Stones) has undertaken further to show that geology confirms an
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• History
  ...penness to God's miraculous intervention. An experience of Christ's saving power in the present provides a point of comparison for an understanding of God's ...Lond. and N. Y. 1870-1, 3 vols. sm. 8vo). A more recent and very valuable work, Kitto's Pictorial History of [[Palestine]] (Lond. 1841), combines with the
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• Revivals Of Religion
  ...New England [1740]; to which is prefixed A [[Narrative]] of the Surprising Work of God in Northampton, Mass. [1735] (N. Y.); Porter, Revivals of Religion,
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• Bishop Of Cyrrhus Theodoretus
  ...d. They give us a heightened esteem of Theodoret himself, his intellectual power, theological precision, warm-hearted affection, and Christian virtues. An E
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• Names And Titles Of Christ
  ...multitude, as that ‘they marvelled, and glorified God which had given such power unto <i> men </i> .’ To this class of passages may be referred also our L
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• Perfection (Of Jesus)
  ...His loved disciple’s care; peace after the darkness, when He surveyed His work, and seeing it finished thus in sacrificial death, commended His soul to th
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• Jeroboam
  ...Saul's reign; yet David, even when God had put Saul his deadly foe in his power, would not lay violent hands on the Lord's anointed, but waited patiently G ...3:13; &nbsp;2 Kings 14:23-24). </p> <p> At that time Syria had declined in power and [[Assyria]] was concerned with struggles far removed from Palestine. Je
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• Propitiation
  ...life of Christ as well as His death is involved-His Person as well as His work. Then its perpetual persistence as a process as well as its achievement as ...us, is shown by the mention which is afterward made of blood, to which the power of propitiation is ascribed. Others supply θυμα or ιερειον , and
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• Obedience Of Christ
  ...le question of the substitutionary and propitiatory in Christ's redemptive work, which is central, vital and formative, shaping the entire conception of Ch ...wever, the subject has been presented in a different light. He published a work entitled Der thtige Gehorsanm Christi (Breslau, 1768, 8vo). In this he deni
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• Inspiration And Revelation
  ...;Hebrews 1:1). </p> <p> Literature.-The present writer is not aware of any work dealing specifically with the apostolic conception of Inspiration and Revel
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• Babel
  ...ignored by Herodotus, etc., because through indolence he yielded the real power to his nephew Cyrus, who married his daughter and received the crown at his ...es of erect building; at the western end is a circular mass of solid brick work, sloping toward the top, and rising from a confused heap of rubbish. The ch
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• Earthquake
  .... The Bible writers often refer to earthquakes as evidence of God’s mighty power (&nbsp;Judges 5:4; &nbsp;Psalms 18:7; &nbsp;Isaiah 29:6; &nbsp;Joel 2:10; & ...at earthquake was also felt, principally in Bithynia. The effects of God's power, wrath, and vengeance are compared to earthquakes, &nbsp;Psalms 18:7; &nbsp
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• Punishment
  ...:15-17 ). The church has the power of "binding and loosing, " which is the power to determine what is forbidden and what is allowed (&nbsp;Matthew 16:18-19; ...of a [[Christian]] church, acting as a judicial body, were vested with the power to inflict censure, or the severer punishment of exclusion from the fellows
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• Episcopacy
  ...arts of very good men might not be entirely free, and which early began to work, (&nbsp;John 3:1-36 . &nbsp;2 Thessalonians 2:7 , ) might easily lay a foun ...or collectively, with superior authority to teach or to govern, apart from power given them by the body of presbyters as represented in the General Conferen
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• Friends Society Of.
  ...ity, maintaining that such bodies are purely human, the repositories of no power save that rightly conferred upon them by the individuals of whom they are c
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• Confession
  ...d completed in the year 1571; and the Rev. Henry J. Todd, in his very able work on this subject, has shown their Melancthonian origin and character by extr ...rs being made subject unto him, and is coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.’ This is much less like the earliest forms of developed
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• Philip: Deacon And Evangelist
  ...ook all Paul's insight, and skill in souls, and authority with Philip, and power with God, to guide and direct Philip so as that he should get all God's int
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• Bishop Of Lyons Irenaeus
  ...s διαλέξεις διάφοροι. The epistle is cited as a Pauline work in one fragment only the second Pfaffian (Fr. Graec. xxxvi. ap Harvey.) </p
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• Didache
  ...nd less definite indications of other works. It sketches the nature of the work, the worship, and the ministry in one community which, though small, was no
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• The Wisdom Of Solomon
  ...gines de la philosophic judeo-alexandrine </i> , 1890,211-309,337-412. The work by Drummond, often quoted, has been carefully done and is interestingly wri
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• Bishop Of Caesarea In Cappadocia Basilius
  ...aries]] on the first [[Sixteen]] [[Chapters]] of Isaiah, </i> a continuous work. </p> <p> [[Ii.]] <i> Dogmatic. </i> </p> <p> 1. Five books <i> against Eun
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• Nebaioth
  ...me the sites of towns and cities, whose names are still extant. But as the power of Rome fell into decay, the Arabs of the desert again acquired the ascende ...e of merchants and caravans more practicable, by military ways. But as the power of Rome fell into decay, the Arabs of the desert would seem again to have a
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• Sanctify
  ...s used of non-human beings, separate from this world and endued with great power (Job 5:1; Dan. 8:13). </p> ...he cross. He, who saves us from the penalty of sin, also saves us from its power; and in promising to bring a believer into heaven, engages also to prepare
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• Type
  ...derlies these two contrasts, but ( <i> c </i> ) in the next section of his work (&nbsp;Hebrews 4:14 to &nbsp;Hebrews 10:18), where a contrast is drawn out ...Gentile]] apostasy from God and the abode of corruption in the activity of power — type of papal Rome whose name is Mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother
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• Lutheranism Lutheran Church Lutherans.
  ...ion which marked the 18th century. With the religious life, whose reviving power was felt towards the close of the first quarter of the 19th century, came a
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• Blood
  ...&nbsp;1 John 1:7, &nbsp;Revelation 1:5; &nbsp;Revelation 7:14), and in the power which it confers on thorn to overcome that which resists the [[Christian]] ...the cross in the sinner’s place, he made salvation possible. He broke the power of sin through his own blood (&nbsp;Acts 20:28; &nbsp;Ephesians 1:7; &nbsp;
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• Epistle To The Ephesians
  ...in his sins, and grace meets his need: in Ephesians it is God's quickening power on behalf of those <i> dead </i> in sins, as displayed in raising Christ up ...se. He is its Head, "the inspiring, ruling, guiding, combining, sustaining power, the mainspring of its activity, the center of its unity, and the seat of i
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• Gate
  ...intended, they would make no scruple to do. But the habitation of a man in power is known by his gate, which is generally elevated in proportion to the vani ...ortresses, &nbsp;Genesis 22:17 . So too, "the gates of hell," that is, the power of hell, or hell itself. </p> <p> In oriental cities there was always an op
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• Samuel
  ...resence, virtually insulted the prophet, but was himself brought under the power of the Spirit. Here David learned the elements of that sacred and prophetic ...n of the Philistines. During all these dreary years Samuel was a spiritual power in the land. From Ramah, his native place, where he resided, his influence
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• Methodists
  ...y of whom were once itinerant; and who, though not statedly devoted to the work of the ministerial office, as the itinerant ministers are, yet, by their va
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• Name And Titles Of Jesus Christ
  ...accepted the title "Messiah, " equated it with Son of Man, and linked his work with that of the [[Suffering]] Servant. In the Judaism of Jesus' day "Messi
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• Athens
  ...fied (&nbsp;1 Corinthians 2:2), who was for both [[Jews]] and Hellenes the power of God and the wisdom of God (1:24). </p> <p> The Athenian synagogue (&nbsp ...is was adorned with another colossal figure of Athena, in bronze, also the work of Phidias. It stood in the open air, nearly opposite the Propylaea. With i
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• Children Of God
  ...s emphasized. In both eases, however, the adoption is due to the redeeming work of Jesus Christ, ministered to men by the Holy Spirit. The word ‘adoption ...ation of fatherly love, by faith in God and obedience to Him. </p> (2) The Work of Grace <p> The question whether sonship is natural and universal or condi
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• Redeemer; Redemption
  ...en. He will not overwhelm them in any such manner as to do away with their power of free choice. He will show men His own feeling of holiness and love. In t
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• Living
  ...n (Trench, <i> Par. </i> 8 [Note: designates the particular edition of the work referred] 393; Jülicher, <i> Gleichnisr. </i> 337, 341).* [Note: (de Pœni
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• Book Of Exodus
  ...enant he had made with Abraham. He therefore freed [[Israel]] from Egypt’s power and set the people on their way to the promised land (&nbsp;Exodus 2:24; &n ...> <p> B. [[Obedient]] people provide resources and skills needed for God's work (&nbsp;Exodus 35:20-36:7 ). </p> <p> C. Obedient people use their resources
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• Eye
  .... It was also inflicted on chieftains, whom it was desirable to deprive of power without putting them to death. For this reason the hapless [[Zedekiah]] was ...nbsp;Matthew 5:38; of restoring sight, e.g., &nbsp;Matthew 20:33; of God's power of vision, &nbsp;Hebrews 4:13; &nbsp;1—Peter 3:12; of Christ in vision, &
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• Father
  ...me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee” (Ps. 2:7). The extent, power, and duration of His kingdom are guaranteed by the Father’s sovereignty ( ...v. t.) To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, polic
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• Huguenots
  ...world, aid have increased in Germany, Holland, and England the elements of power, prosperity, and Christian development. In our land, too, they helped to la
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• Innocent Iii
  ...ngland and France, Germany and Italy, [[Norway]] and Hungary, all felt the power of Innocent; Navarre, Castile, and [[Portugal]] acknowledged. his sway; eve
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• The Council Of (Concilium Tridentinunm) Trent
  ...without injury to faith. Further, that the Church has always possessed the power of establishing and changing in the dispensation of the sacraments (without
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• Day Of Atonement
  ...elieving union with Him we are dead to sin, and to the law as a condemning power, and to death; the living goat expresses "Christ rose again for our justifi ...[Epistle]] to the Hebrews in a familiar passage contrasts the propitiatory work of the Jewish high priest on this day with the great propitiation of Him wh
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• First And Second Books Of Kings
  ...lier date than the latter. </p> <p> '''(2.)''' Of periods embraced in each work. The Chronicles are much more comprehensive than Kings, containing genealog
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• The Testaments Of The Twelve Patriarchs
  ...Hageniau in 1532 by John Secerius, at the instance of Menrad Molther. The work of Julianus Pomerius [[Contra]] Judaeos is published in the same volume. Be
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• The Gospel By John
  ...ensational in its character — the draught of fishes is identified with the work of Christ in connection with earth. [[Led]] by Peter the disciples go fishi
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• The Gospel According To Mark
  ...s 10:38) "God anointed Jesus of [[Nazareth]] with the Holy Spirit and with power; who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devi ...how them things to come. When He has come they will be ready to witness in power. </p> <p> The apostles' conception of their task is indicated in some measu
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• Old Testament
  ...the prophets depict events as accomplished at once, which in fact were the work of a long period, e.g. Babylon's destruction (Isaiah 13). Each fresh stage ...that the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every good work’ (&nbsp;2 Timothy 3:16 f.). Thus St. Paul not merely checks his own fiery
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• Andrew Reed
  ...s return home, he wrote on his [[Visit]] to the American Churches, and the work was republished here (N.Y. 1835, and often). See, besides, the Memoir (Lond
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• Temptation Of Christ
  ...of his own condescension and humiliation. </p> <p> 2. He hereby proved his power over the tempter. </p> <p> 3. He set an example of firmness and virtue to h ...st temptation, it was to hunger; in the second, to faith; in the third, to power as a means of establishing righteousness. In each ease, Jesus felt the tug
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• Shoulder
  ...sp;Luke 15:5 (a) By this type we understand the loving care and the mighty power of the great [[Shepherd]] of the sheep. He restores and returns and protect ...fell her length of hair. Dryden. </p> 4. Figuratively, support sustaining power or that which elevates and sustains. <p> For on thy shoulders do I build my
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• Sight
  ...though His method completely over-passed and overwhelmed them in essential power. See also Blindness, and Seeing. </p> <p> Literature.—Martineau, <i> End. ...en view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space through which the power of vision extends; as, an object within sight. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' ('''
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• Tongues Of Fire
  ...f Acts </i> ; Alexander, <i> [[Commentary]] on the Acts </i> ; Kuyper, <i> Work of the Holy Spirit </i> ; Moorehead, <i> Outline Studies in Acts - E phesia
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• Archaeology And Biblical Study
  ...of the first century [[A.D.]] Jewish historian, Josephus, and through the work of archaeologists. Herod was one of the greatest builders of the ancient wo
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• Marcus Minucius Felix
  ...eld by the best critics before the publication of Ebert's memoir, that the work of Minucius was written in the peaceful days of [[Alexander]] Severus, say ...Minucius, although Jerome expresses doubts concerning its authorship. This work is not known to be extant now. See Schaff, Ch. Hist. volume 1; Hagelibach,
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• Epistle Of Lentulus
  ...fully examining all the evidences for and against the authenticity of this work, thus presents the results of his inquiry '''''—''''' "In favor of the au
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• Congregation Of St. Maur
  ...]] des Actes des [[Saints]] par les Bollandistes (Paris, 1850), a valuable work. Since 1852 he has been working at a Spicilegium Solesmense, of which three
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• Josephus
  ...manner so superficial as to lead one to say that, if he had ever read the work of Josephus at all, he must have forgotten it entirely. The two authors, in
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• Book Of Esther
  ...f the Jews (chs. 8, 9). The book concludes with a further reference to the power of [[Ahasuerus]] and the greatness of his favourite, Mordecai (ch. 10). </p ...aman, and petitioning to have them hanged on the gallows: how few can have power over their enemies without abusing it! The good behaviour of the Jews forms
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