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- abbreviation Epistle
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The pontiff feared that the reading of the Bible in the vernacular would lead to irreverence and wrong interpretation of the inspired text (St. Gregory VII, "Epist.", vii, xi).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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These notions were perpetuated in the post-Aristotelean schools (Stoicism, Epicureanism, neo-Platonism), with this difference, that the Stoics and Epicureans accentuated the moral bearing of philosophy ( "Philosophia studium summae virtutis", says Seneca in "Epist.", lxxxix, 7), and the neo-Platonists its mystical bearing (see section V below).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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It is St. Gregory himself who enriches a little cross, destined to hang round the neck as an encolpion, with filings both from St. Peter's chains and from the gridiron of St. Laurence ( "Epist.",
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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"Epist.", cxli), that they assured the preservation of ancient literature and prepared the work of the copyists of the Middle Ages.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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St. Jerome (Epist., xlvi, "Ad Marcellam") gives the same interpretation to the name of the town.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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In spite of the troublous times at Rome, he was elected without any opposition, as is learned from a letter of St. Augustine (Epist., cclxi), written to him shortly after his elevation, in which the great doctor begs his assistance in composing his difficulties with Antonius, Bishop of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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Augustine, Epist., cxcix, 11: For since it was said by the Angels to the
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Mark 1225?-1274 1842
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Augustine, Epist., cxcix, 9: But Luke, in order to shew that the abomination of desolation happened when Jerusalem was taken, in this same place gives the words of our Lord, “And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.”
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Mark 1225?-1274 1842
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(Opus Epist., epist. 317,) and is contradicted by the words of the original instrument cited as usual by Zurita, (ubi supra.)
The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 William Hickling Prescott 1827
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[8] See the undisguised satisfaction, with which Martyr, a Milanese, predicts (Opus Epist., epist. 410), and Guicciardini, a Florentine, records the humiliation of Venice.
The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 William Hickling Prescott 1827
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