What havoc has been made of books through every century of the Christian era? Where are fifty gospels condemned as spurious by the bull of Pope Gelasius? Where are the forty wagon-loads of Hebrew manuscripts burned in France by order of another pope because suspected of heresy? Remember the index expurgatorius the inquisition the stake the axe the halter and the guillotine.
So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it the more confident will be my hopes that they will prove useful citizens to their country and respectable members of society.
There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves no matter how unpleasant are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take theyre necessary to reach the places weve chosen to go.
Blessed are you my Lord Jesus Christ. Fearing your passion and death you poured forth blood from your innocent body like sweat and still you accomplished your redemption as you desired and gave us the clearest proof of your love for all men. Eternal blessing be yours my Lord Jesus Christ because in your last agony you held out to sinners the hope of pardon when in your mercy you promised the glory of paradise to the penitent thief. Blessed may you be my Lord Jesus Christ. You redeemed our souls with your precious blood and most holy death and in your mercy you led them from exile back to eternal life.
The best gift God has given man is the Bible. It is by all odds the most influential book (or rather collection of books) in existence. The Old and New Testaments have held men together spiritually through the centuries. Three hundred and fifty years ago in 1611 fifty four devoted English scholars and churchmen assigned to the task by King James I gave to the English speaking world a monument of noble prose on which so many of us have been brought up. The Bible has been translated into more than 1150 languages. In short the Bible has had the most dramatic career of any book in the world.
King David and King Solomon Led merry merry lives With many many lady friends And many many wives; But when old age crept over them With many many qualms King Solomon wrote the Proverbs And King David wrote the Psalms.
I thoroughly believe in a university education for both men and women but I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without the Bible.
We are so farre off from condemning any of their labours that traveiled before us in this kinds either in this land or beyond sea … that we acknowledge them to have been raised up of God … and that they deserve to be had of us and of posteritie in
He who works his land will have abundant food.
… Behold let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
What havoc has been made of books through every century of the Christian era? Where are fifty gospels condemned as spurious by the bull of Pope Gelasius? Where are the forty wagon-loads of Hebrew manuscripts burned in France by order of another pope because suspected of heresy? Remember the index expurgatorius the inquisition the stake the axe the halter and the guillotine.
So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it the more confident will be my hopes that they will prove useful citizens to their country and respectable members of society.
There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves no matter how unpleasant are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take theyre necessary to reach the places weve chosen to go.
Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament adversity is the blessing of the New.
REVELATION n. A famous book in which St. John the Divine concealed all that he knew. The revealing is done by the commentators who know nothing.
Blessed are you my Lord Jesus Christ. Fearing your passion and death you poured forth blood from your innocent body like sweat and still you accomplished your redemption as you desired and gave us the clearest proof of your love for all men. Eternal blessing be yours my Lord Jesus Christ because in your last agony you held out to sinners the hope of pardon when in your mercy you promised the glory of paradise to the penitent thief. Blessed may you be my Lord Jesus Christ. You redeemed our souls with your precious blood and most holy death and in your mercy you led them from exile back to eternal life.
Both read the Bible day and night But thou read?st black where I read white.
There are no accidents. Gods just trying to remain anonymous.
There are no secrets. Its just we thought that they said dead When they said bread.
If a man is not good what has he to do with the rules of propriety? If he is not good what has he to do with music?
Out from the heart of Nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old.
The best gift God has given man is the Bible. It is by all odds the most influential book (or rather collection of books) in existence. The Old and New Testaments have held men together spiritually through the centuries. Three hundred and fifty years ago in 1611 fifty four devoted English scholars and churchmen assigned to the task by King James I gave to the English speaking world a monument of noble prose on which so many of us have been brought up. The Bible has been translated into more than 1150 languages. In short the Bible has had the most dramatic career of any book in the world.
Why do they put the Gideon Bibles only in the bedrooms where its usually too late and not in the barroom downstairs?
King David and King Solomon Led merry merry lives With many many lady friends And many many wives; But when old age crept over them With many many qualms King Solomon wrote the Proverbs And King David wrote the Psalms.
I thoroughly believe in a university education for both men and women but I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without the Bible.
There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love none are necessary.
After giving water to Isaacs servant Rebekah said: I will draw water for thy camels also until they have done drinking.
The And thus I clothe my naked villany With odd old ends stol?n forth of holy writ And seem a saint when most I play the devil.
We are so farre off from condemning any of their labours that traveiled before us in this kinds either in this land or beyond sea … that we acknowledge them to have been raised up of God … and that they deserve to be had of us and of posteritie in
The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of womens emancipation.
Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.
The Bible is a book of faith and a book of doctrine and a book of morals and a book of religion of especial revelation from God.