Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: First Series, Volume VIII St. Augustine: Expositions on the PsalmsPhilip Schaff, Arthur Cleveland Coxe "The Council of Nicaea in 325 AD marked the beginning of a new era in Christianity. For the first time, doctrines were organized into a single creed. The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers did most of their writing during and after this important event in Church history. Unlike the previous era of Christian writing, the Nicene and Post-Nicene era is dominated by a few very important and prolific writers. In Volume VIII of the 14-volume collected writings of the Nicenes and Post-Nicenes (first published between 1886 and 1889), readers will find Saint Augustines extensive treatment of the Psalms. Augustine took this book from the Old Testament and wove into it the revelation of Jesus as the savior of humanity. Through the skill of Augustine, it seems as though the Psalms had been written by an oracle who knew that eventually the messiah would come and wrote to pave the way. This volume is a valuable reference book for any Christian wishing to have the psalms illuminated and explained." |
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... means of avoiding this was to omit entirely the CXIXth Psalm , an expedient to which I could not consent . To the primitive believers came the Psalter , like an aftermath , wet with the dews of a new birth as from the womb of the ...
... means of avoiding this was to omit entirely the CXIXth Psalm , an expedient to which I could not consent . To the primitive believers came the Psalter , like an aftermath , wet with the dews of a new birth as from the womb of the ...
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... means , so be it ; or a Greek word , which marks a pause in the psalmody ( so as that Psalma should be what is sung in psalmody , but Diapsalma an interval of silence in the psalmody ; that as the 7. " Offer the sacrifice of ...
... means , so be it ; or a Greek word , which marks a pause in the psalmody ( so as that Psalma should be what is sung in psalmody , but Diapsalma an interval of silence in the psalmody ; that as the 7. " Offer the sacrifice of ...
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... means in the multitude of perfected and blessed men , of whom that city shall consist , of which the Church is now in travail , and is bearing few by few . Now that many men regenerated and perfected , are rightly called the multitude ...
... means in the multitude of perfected and blessed men , of whom that city shall consist , of which the Church is now in travail , and is bearing few by few . Now that many men regenerated and perfected , are rightly called the multitude ...
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... means . The day of judgment may indeed , even without any rash computation of years , be understood by the eighth , for that immediately after the end of this world , life eternal being attained , the souls of the righteous will not ...
... means . The day of judgment may indeed , even without any rash computation of years , be understood by the eighth , for that immediately after the end of this world , life eternal being attained , the souls of the righteous will not ...
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... mean that his eye is disordered by his of sin , " he declines into night : until all night | own anger , there is no ... means , either amidst these vices , or amidst here signifies weeping to the very bottom of the men who will not be ...
... mean that his eye is disordered by his of sin , " he declines into night : until all night | own anger , there is no ... means , either amidst these vices , or amidst here signifies weeping to the very bottom of the men who will not be ...
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Page 113 - I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.
Page 90 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Page 93 - The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup : thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Page 3 - Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble ; every man's work shall be made manifest : for the day shall declare it. because it shall be revealed by fire ; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss : but he himself shall be saved ; yet so as by fire.
Page 76 - The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
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