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Page 171 - Christ,' he called out to his antagonist, 'hear me, philosopher. There is one God, maker of ' heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible : ' who made all things by the power of His Word, and by ' the holiness of His Holy Spirit. This Word, by which ' name we call the Son of God, took compassion on men for ' their wandering astray, and for their savage condition, and ' chose to be born of a woman, and to converse with men, ' and to die for them, and He shall come...
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Page 93 - We authorize the followers of this doctrine to assume the title of Catholic Christians ; and as we judge, that all others are extravagant madmen, we brand them with the infamous name of Heretics ; and declare, that their conventicles shall no longer usurp the respectable appellation of churches. Besides the condemnation of divine justice, they must expect to suffer the severe penalties, which our authority, guided by heavenly wisdom, shall think proper to inflict upon them.
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Page 172 - my learned friends. So long as it was a ' matter of words, I opposed words to words, and whatever ' was spoken I overthrew by my skill in speaking ; but 'when, in the place of words, power came out of the 'speaker's lips, words could no longer resist power, man ' could no longer resist If any of you feel as I have felt, ' let him believe in Christ, and let him follow this old man 'in whom God has spoken.
Page 343 - I should be content," he says, " with the sentence of excommunication, if it had the effect of striking terror into evildoers; but through our sins, it has become ineffective and despised. The slayers of a clerk or...