Mores Catholici: Books VII-IXP. O'Shea, 1891 - Civilization, Medieval |
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... hear something from it , there being an indulgence to all who should read from it for others . Here we read , " Faith without charity is mortal sin . " St. Cæsarius of Arles remarks that however potent is the remedy of charity to heal ...
... hear something from it , there being an indulgence to all who should read from it for others . Here we read , " Faith without charity is mortal sin . " St. Cæsarius of Arles remarks that however potent is the remedy of charity to heal ...
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... hear it remarked by others , soon his weakness gives way to this scandal ; he falls , and his fall is the work of those who gave and published this scandal ; and when fallen , he is truly put to death all principle of life escapes from ...
... hear it remarked by others , soon his weakness gives way to this scandal ; he falls , and his fall is the work of those who gave and published this scandal ; and when fallen , he is truly put to death all principle of life escapes from ...
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... hear a detractor , be more damuable , I cannot easily determine . " " I always had this thought present with me , " says St. Theresa , " that I was never to wish nor to say anything of any creature , that I would not have them say of me ...
... hear a detractor , be more damuable , I cannot easily determine . " " I always had this thought present with me , " says St. Theresa , " that I was never to wish nor to say anything of any creature , that I would not have them say of me ...
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... hear the instructions which were given continually to men in ages of faith , such astonish- ment will probably cease , and we shall only admire the consistency of the Cath- elic society , in making its practice conformable to its belief ...
... hear the instructions which were given continually to men in ages of faith , such astonish- ment will probably cease , and we shall only admire the consistency of the Cath- elic society , in making its practice conformable to its belief ...
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... hear words of detraction . For this purpose do not pay attention to the less composed manners and deeds of others , unless compelled by the necessity of your office ; for he who is curious in such matters will grow suspicious and ...
... hear words of detraction . For this purpose do not pay attention to the less composed manners and deeds of others , unless compelled by the necessity of your office ; for he who is curious in such matters will grow suspicious and ...
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Page 601 - I endure to interrupt the pursuit of no less hopes than these, and leave a calm and pleasing solitariness, fed with cheerful and confident thoughts, to embark in a troubled sea of noises and hoarse disputes, put from beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies...
Page 820 - A new commandment I give unto you : That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love one for another.
Page 634 - There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distil it out...
Page 601 - The fountains of divine philosophy Fled not his thirsting lips : and all of great Or good or lovely which the sacred past In truth or fable consecrates he felt And knew.
Page 703 - For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood ; but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places.
Page 179 - I filled the jails with bankrupts in a year, And with young orphans planted hospitals, And every moon made some or other mad, And now and then one hang himself for grief, Pinning upon his breast a long great scroll How I with interest tormented him.
Page 716 - ANOTHER SPIRIT. Yet, see, he mastereth himself, and makes His torture tributary to his will. Had he been one of us, he would have made An awful spirit.
Page 537 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page 236 - Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Page 547 - It is to our immortal countryman Bacon that we owe the broad announcement of this grand and fertile principle; and the development of the idea that the whole of natural philosophy consists entirely of a series of inductive generalizations, commencing with the most circumstantially stated particulars, and carried up to universal laws, or axioms, which comprehend in their statements every subordinate degree of generality, and of a corresponding series of inverted reasoning from generals to particulars...