By this means he turned our attention to what was good, just, and prudent in the conduct of life; and little or no notice was ever taken of what related to the victuals on the table, whether it was well or ill dressed, in or out of season, of good or bad flavor, preferable...
Pilgrimage was also used to correct moral infirmity.Often criminals were sentenced to a difficult journey- perhaps through the mountains in chains and on their knees.Thousands more sinners voluntarily chose pilgrimage as a means of expiation.Penitential pilgrimage became so popular that the Church made...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook Promised Land Thesaurus Idioms Encyclopedia Wikipedia Related to Promised Land:fracking,Promised Land State Park Prom·ised Land (prŏm′ĭst) n. 1.In the Bible, the land promised by God to Abraham's descendants, identified with the land of Canaan. ...
When the Bible was written, no such notations existed. And even if it did, it would only have served to display a numerical tower of Babel. The only practical function of pi, in all its extent, is to test new computers for their speed and accuracy. And the number of pi-digits that ...
of Jerome and through this means became part of the Scriptures of the Roman Catholic Church. This was made conclusive at the Council of Trent in 1546. The Reformers rejected the Apoc. from the Canon, but allowed it for reading purposes. The concern in this article will be for the Bible ...
Symbols In The Poisonwood Bible Everything is not always what it seems. The things one sees in everyday life may have a deeper meaning to each individual person. A toy may have a deeper meaning for a child, a song probably means something deep to a teenagers, and a certain thing in a...
Come join us atConsidering the Bible Share this: Email Print Telegram LikeLoading… 1 Thessalonian Bits – 1:4 2025-04-27 A little while ago, I produced a verse by verse series in Philippians. I really enjoyed that exercise and have been wondering if I should take on another book. Well...
The Gadfly deliberately knocked the ash from his cigar and went on smoking in silence. "That means--that you don't choose to answer?" "No; only that I think I have a right to know why you ask me that." "Why? Good God, man, can't you see why?" "Ah!" He laid ...
Levi Coffin, a Quaker raised in North Carolina, explained, "The Bible, in bidding us to feed the hungry and clothe the naked, said nothing about color." 黑人去当乘务员常常是由于本人痛苦的经历,而那些白人则往往是受了宗教信仰的感召。在北卡罗来纳州长大的贵格会教徒利瓦伊·科芬解释说:“《圣经...
Business now began, the day’s Collect was repeated, then certain texts of Scripture were said, and to these succeeded a protracted reading of chapters in the Bible, which lasted an hour. By the time that exercise was terminated, day had fully dawned. The indefatigable bell now sounded for...