| Henry White - 1848 - 704 halaman
...religion, although severely persecuted, resembled the herb that flourishes best when most trodden upon. The blood of the martyrs was the seed of the Church, and hence converts rapidly spread over the empire, and to the remotest parts of the world. Heresy and schism,... | |
| William L. Roy - 1848 - 340 halaman
...their blood ( and not by their sword ; one could chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight. The blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church, and these men were willing to seal their testimonywith their own blood. See 1 Chron. 12 : 8.» 6 Asher.... | |
| Richard Cecil - 1849 - 474 halaman
...are baptized • . ' for the dead ?" or baptized over the dead ? — take their place. It is certain that the blood of the Martyrs was the seed of the Church ; and while some were cut off, others rushed in— drank into their spirit, — because of " the better hope."... | |
| Christian seasons - 1849 - 570 halaman
...killing the Christians. The Church went on and increased nevertheless : so that it came to be said that " the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the Church." It sprung up from their blood. How long, how constantly, how fiercely this opposition was kept up against... | |
| Samuel Davies, Albert Barnes - 1851 - 582 halaman
...white already to harvest !" John iv. 35. O ! is the happy sea* It was a proverb in the primitive times, that " The blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church ;" but never could it be applied with so much propriety as to the blood of Christ. son come, when we... | |
| Henry White - 1849 - 592 halaman
...religion, although severely persecuted, resembled the herb that flourishes best when most trodden upon. The blood of the martyrs was the seed of the Church, and hence converts rapidly spread over the empire, and to the remotest parts of the world. Heresy and schism,... | |
| 1850 - 298 halaman
...time when Constantino came to the throne, they exceeded those 3Q6' of the Pagans. It has been said that " the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the Church ;" and so it proved ; for the patience and fortitude with which they suffered, and the stedfastness with which... | |
| Robert Wallace - 1850 - 558 halaman
...the more persecution increased, the less it was dreaded ; and as it was said of the early Christians, that " the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the Church," so, in the reign of Mary, the examples of constancy, which men and women so frequently had before their... | |
| Sussex Archaeological Society - 1851 - 388 halaman
...by witnessing the fortitude of the martyr, and his constancy, even unto death : for it is well known that the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the Church. And now a very few words will suffice to explain what I conceive to be the meaning of the various objects... | |
| Sussex Archaeological Society - 1851 - 428 halaman
...by witnessing the fortitude of the martyr, and his constancy, even unto death : for it is well known that the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the Church. And now a very few words will suffice to explain what I conceive to be the meaning of the various objects... | |
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