The General History of the Christian Church, from Her Birth to Her Final Triumphant State in Heaven, Chiefly Deduced from the Apocalypse of St. John the Apostle. By Sig. Pastorini [a Pseudonym of Charles Walmesley, Bishop of Rama. With the Text].Printed in the year, 1771 - 589 pages |
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Page vii
... Ancient Fathers were fo fparing in their interpretations of this Prophecy . They have here and there explained a particular paffage , with- out attempting the whole , and fome- times only given a moral expofition of it . But in this we ...
... Ancient Fathers were fo fparing in their interpretations of this Prophecy . They have here and there explained a particular paffage , with- out attempting the whole , and fome- times only given a moral expofition of it . But in this we ...
Page xv
... ancient Fathers of the Church and modern Catholic Interpreters ; to thefe we have fcrupulously adhered , and founded our interpretation on their teftimony . In other places , where former Writers took the liberty of interpreting and ...
... ancient Fathers of the Church and modern Catholic Interpreters ; to thefe we have fcrupulously adhered , and founded our interpretation on their teftimony . In other places , where former Writers took the liberty of interpreting and ...
Page xvi
... ancient Prophets . Befides it must be obferved , that a Prophecy is not al- ways confined to one object , but often relates both to the figure of a thing and to the thing itfelf , and confequently has two accomplishments , the one ...
... ancient Prophets . Befides it must be obferved , that a Prophecy is not al- ways confined to one object , but often relates both to the figure of a thing and to the thing itfelf , and confequently has two accomplishments , the one ...
Page xxi
... ancient prophets , as his Apocalypse contains more matter , and comprifes a larger field of hiftory . He grafps the whole period of Chriftianity . He defcribes the birth of Chrift's Spouse , his Church , and gradually conducts her ...
... ancient prophets , as his Apocalypse contains more matter , and comprifes a larger field of hiftory . He grafps the whole period of Chriftianity . He defcribes the birth of Chrift's Spouse , his Church , and gradually conducts her ...
Page xxii
... ancient Pro- phets , but heightened by fuperior ftrokes . St. John's fubject , the hif- tory of Christ's kingdom , as it fur- paffes in dignity the object of all pre- ceeding Prophecies , fo he exhibits it in colours that outfhine all ...
... ancient Pro- phets , but heightened by fuperior ftrokes . St. John's fubject , the hif- tory of Christ's kingdom , as it fur- paffes in dignity the object of all pre- ceeding Prophecies , fo he exhibits it in colours that outfhine all ...
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