Homily on Habib the Martyr Homily on Habib the Martyr Composed by Mar Jacob.(1) Habib the martyr, clad in flame, hath called to me out of the fire, ...
Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise The learned men among the Gentiles first called themselves (sofoi) , Sophi, wise men: and afterwards, to ...
Polycarp was one of the most notable figures in the early post-apostolic church. He was bishop of Smyrna as early as A.D. 110 and died a martyr?s deat...
Job 41:28 The arrow cannot make him flee The skin of the crocodile is so hard, as Peter Martyr says, that it cannot be pierced with arrows, as before ...
Be not anxious (mh merimnhshte). Ingressive aorist subjunctive in prohibition. Do not become anxious ( Matthew 6:31 ). Self-defence before Jewish kin...
The KJV New Testament Greek Lexicon Strong's Number: 3144 Browse Lexicon Original WordWord Originmavrtu?of uncertain affinityTransliterated WordTDNT...
The Canons of the Blessed Peter, Archbishop of Alexandria, and Martyr,(1) Which are Found in His Sermon on Penitence.The Canons of the Blessed Peter, ...
DIONYSIUS di-o-nish'-i-us (Dionusios, surnamed the Areopagite): One of the few Athenians converted by Paul (Acts 17:34). We know nothing further abou...
Was shed (execunneto). Imperfect passive of ekcunnw (see on Mt 23:35), was being shed. Witness (marturo). And martyr also as in Revelation 2:13 ; R...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 26. Arise for our help. A short, but sweet and comprehensive prayer, much to the point, clear, simple, urgent, as all prayers should ...
Letter CXLII(1) Letter CXLII(1) To the prefects' accountant.(2) I Assembled all my brethren the chorepiscopi at the synod of the blessed martyr Eups...
Daniel 11:38 But in his estate shall he honour the god of forces Or god Mahuzzim F17; departed saints and their images, whom the Papists make their pr...
Letter CLXV(1) Letter CLXV(1) To Ascholius, bishop of Thessalonica.(2) God has fulfilled my old prayer in deigning to allow me to receive the letter...
Sermon LXXXV. On the Feast of S. Laurence the Martyr(1) (Aug. 10).Sermon LXXXV. On the Feast of S. Laurence the Martyr(1) (Aug. 10). I. The Example of...
Overview - Revelation 2 1?What is commanded to be written to the angels, that is, the ministers of the churches of Ephesus, 8?Smyrna, 12?Pergamos, 18...
Where (pou--opou). Pou is interrogative adverb used here in an indirect question as in John 1:39 . Hopou is relative adverb referring to pou. Satan'...
Thomas Hudson, Thomas Carman, and William Seamen Were condemned by a bigoted vicar of Aylesbury, named Berry. The spot of execution was called Lollar...
Apollonius. Apollonius.(1) [a.d. 211.] He was a most eloquent man, according to St. Jerome; and his writings against Montanism were so forcible as to...
Howbeit (alla). Clearly adversative here. This man (touton). Possibly contemptuous use of outo as may be true in Luke 25 26 . Whence he is (poqen e...
The Condemnation Sent by the Holy and Ecumenical Synod to Dioscorus.The Condemnation Sent by the Holy and Ecumenical Synod to Dioscorus. (Labbe and Co...