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... delightful garden where he had placed mortal man , the tree of life - a plant of Heavenly origin , which was endowed with the peculiar property of repelling death , like the laurel which , as the ancients say , repelled lightning . To ...
... delightful garden where he had placed mortal man , the tree of life - a plant of Heavenly origin , which was endowed with the peculiar property of repelling death , like the laurel which , as the ancients say , repelled lightning . To ...
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... delightful plant . The inhabitants of Thibet assign our misery and fall to the eating of the dangerous plant of schimæ , sweet as sugar , and that the knowledge of our state of nakedness was revealed by this fruit . The tradition of the ...
... delightful plant . The inhabitants of Thibet assign our misery and fall to the eating of the dangerous plant of schimæ , sweet as sugar , and that the knowledge of our state of nakedness was revealed by this fruit . The tradition of the ...
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... delight of his solitary watchings , and which , as he supposed , were governed by celestial intelligences . Hence the origin of Sabeism , the immediate source of idolatry . In process of time the darkness became thicker , religions were ...
... delight of his solitary watchings , and which , as he supposed , were governed by celestial intelligences . Hence the origin of Sabeism , the immediate source of idolatry . In process of time the darkness became thicker , religions were ...
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... delightful to her parents , and grew up like one of those lilies , of which Jesus Christ has spoken , and which possess , according to the poetical expression of St. Bernard , the odour of hope : habens odorem spei . As was customary ...
... delightful to her parents , and grew up like one of those lilies , of which Jesus Christ has spoken , and which possess , according to the poetical expression of St. Bernard , the odour of hope : habens odorem spei . As was customary ...
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... delightful years of her life in the temple is proved by apostolical tradition , the writings of the Fathers , and the opinion of the Church , which ordinarily gives not its sanction to doubtful facts . * Nevertheless , some heretics ...
... delightful years of her life in the temple is proved by apostolical tradition , the writings of the Fathers , and the opinion of the Church , which ordinarily gives not its sanction to doubtful facts . * Nevertheless , some heretics ...
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Page 234 - His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: and for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye : for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here; for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
Page 148 - In consecrated earth, And on the holy hearth, The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint ; In urns and altars round A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens at their service quaint ; And the chill marble seems to sweat, While each peculiar Power foregoes his wonted seat.
Page 113 - Fear not, Mary ; for thou hast found favour with God. And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a Son, and shalt call His Name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father David.
Page 113 - And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy word.
Page 113 - The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God.
Page 100 - I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband; and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 'Behold, the dwelling of God is with men.
Page 122 - He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble. He hath filled the hungry with good things ; and the rich He hath sent empty away.
Page 148 - The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell.
Page 147 - And the angel said to them: Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, that shall be to all the people: For, this day, is born to you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David. And this shall be a sign unto you. You shall find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes, and laid in a manger.
Page 43 - Paul, we declare, pronounce, and define that the doctrine which holds that the Blessed Virgin Mary, at the first instant of her Conception, by a singular privilege and grace of the Omnipotent God, in virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of mankind, was preserved immaculate from all stain of original sin, has been revealed by God, and therefore should firmly and constantly be believed by all the faithful.