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" Church's progress was the leaven hid in the measures of meal ! What a weary period it must have seemed to the faithful of the early days, when the early Church worked her way, in the literal sense of the word, underground, under camp and palace, under... "
The gradual conversion of Europe, a paper - Page 5
by George Frederick Maclear - 1875
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A History of Christian Missions During the Middle Ages

George Frederick Maclear - Missions - 1863 - 532 pages
...105. CHAP. xvni. many mighty, not many noble," had as yet been called ; ~ the early Church was working her way, in the literal sense of the word, " underground,...unknown and yet well known, as dying and behold it lived1.' " cirmmstancet But even before the period which has occupied our ''* attention, all this had...
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Apostles of Mediaeval Europe, Part 3

George Frederick Maclear - Christian biography - 1869 - 376 pages
...those first called to join its ranks. In the literal sense of the word, it worked its way at first " underground, under camp and palace, under senate and....yet well known ; as dying, and, behold, it lived I"1 But at length the leaven began to pervade the whole mass of society. In spite of contempt and outrage,...
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The missionary Church of England, 6 sermons preached at St. James's, Piccadilly

1877 - 140 pages
...confronted with the timehonoured religion of ancient Rome/ when she worked her way for a long time, in the literal sense of the word, " underground, under...palace, under senate and forum, as unknown and yet well-known, as dying and behold she lived." 6 Still though the progress achieved has been slow and...
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The Celts. (Conversion of the West).

George Frederick Maclear - Celts - 1878 - 208 pages
...than national. The new faith made its way from below rather than from above. The early Church worked her way, in the literal sense of the word, " underground, under camp and palace, under senate and forum." J But turn where we will in these Celtic missions, we notice how different were the features that marked...
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Jubilee lectures: a historical series, Volume 2

Congregational union of England and Wales - 1882 - 284 pages
...the scanty, though attractive, materials out of which the Church must bo reproduced, as it works its way, in the literal sense of the word, ' underground,'...palace, under senate and forum — ' as unknown, and yet well-known,' as ' dying, and behold it lives."— Eastern Church, xxxvii. What we learn from the glimpses...
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A Brief Account of Thirty Years of Missionary Work of the Church Mission ...

R. C. (Robert Clark) - Missions - 1883 - 282 pages
...the early days, when the early Church worked her way, in the literal sense of the word, under ground, under camp and palace, under Senate and Forum, as unknown and yet well-known, as dying and behold it lived. And Dr. Maclear writes : — Whenever the Church effected...
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The Punjab and Sindh missions of the Church missionary society

Robert Clark - 1885 - 412 pages
...the early days, when the early Church worked her way, in the literal sense of the word, under ground, under camp and palace, under Senate and Forum, as unknown and yet well-known, as dying and behold it lived. The second temptation is one which we fear has already deprived...
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Report of the Proceedings

Church congress - 1892 - 682 pages
...confronted with the time-honoured religion of ancient Rome, where she had worked her way for a long time, in the literal sense of the word, " underground, under...unknown and yet well known, as dying, and behold, she lived."|| Still, though the progress achieved has been slow and gradual, it has been steady and...
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Universalism, the Prevailing Doctrine of the Christian Church During Its ...

John Wesley Hanson - Theology, Doctrinal - 1899 - 344 pages
...attractive materials out of which the likeness of the early church must be produced, as it was working its way, in the literal sense of the word, underground, under camp and palace, under senate and forum. "u There were eighty years between Paul's latest epistle and the first of the writings of the Christian...
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The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research ..., Volume 3

Josephus Nelson Larned - History - 1923 - 960 pages
...established, is briefly told elsewhere. (See IRELAND: 5th-6th centuries.) "The early Church worked her way, in the literal sense of the word, 'underground,' under camp and palace, under senate and forum. But turn where we will in these Celtic missions, we notice how different were the features that marked...
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