3.a step in the wall of a dry dock upon which structures supporting a vessel can stand Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005 Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visitthe webmaster's page for free...
20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor. 21 Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every go...
Thing about being Catholic: Ditto. Also, the fullness of truth. Obviously, it’s the Eucharist. But a very close second is the confidence I have in the truth of Catholic doctrine, the knowledge that there is an answer to every question I have. It’s a truth steeped in theology, invitin...
“All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him (Jesus), nothing came into being that has come into being.”John 1:3 NASB Consider how the New Language Translation brings this out. “God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.”John 1:3 ...
the precious vessel and yet more precious wine that it contains." Trench, Notes on the Parables, chap.1. A good illustration of this we have in the tales of Grecian mythology, once received by the masses of the people as literally true; but which "a later and more reflective age than ...
Exodus 25:11-21 – the ark of the Old Covenant was made of the purest gold for God’s Word. Mary is the ark of the New Covenant and is the purest vessel for the Word of God made flesh. 2 Sam. 6:7 – the Ark is so holy and pure that when Uzzah touched it, the Lord slew ...
where he beheld him manufacturing a vessel. The vessel was marred in the hands of the potter, so he "made it again another vessel." Clearly, this is a picture of Israel in the past and in the future. The interpretation is expressly fixed in v.6: "O house of Israel, cannot I do ...
2 Timothy 2:19-26If we claim to be in Christ, we must depart from sin. If a man purges himself from sin, he shall be a vessel of honor. Timothy is then instructed that in gentleness and meekness, we should teach others, hoping that God will give them repentance for acknowledging the...
:) Being unclean did not equal “bad” or else God would have told people to not do these things. Instead he gave them provisions for making themselves ritually clean because in many cases it just couldn’t be helped as a part of everyday life. Rather the issue at hand is that Mary...
She was a profound believer in witchcraft, and guided the vessel of the State by her astrological calculations. When divination failed her she had recourse to the advice of the Pope's nuncio, of the Spanish ambassador, and of Concini, a man of obscure birth from her native city of ...