 | Thomas Simpson Birkby - 1870 - 242 sivua
...foolish practice of putting people to death for their religious opinions ; thereby confirming the proverb that " the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church." The followers of Wycliffe now greatly increased, and got the name of Lollards. " The use of coal became... | |
 | George Eliel Sargent - 1871 - 282 sivua
...said, and the truth of the saying was frequently made manifest in those days of violent persecution, that " the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church." The people of England (whatever other bad qualities they may inherit) are not, nor have they ever been,... | |
 | 1874 - 898 sivua
...evident that Faith vanquishes all obstacles, that persecutors are mistaken in the work they undertake, that the blood of the Martyrs is the seed of the Church. The history of the Huguenots appears to us to teach the contrary. It shows, no doubt, that Faith can work... | |
 | Fernando GARRIDO (and CAYLEY (Charles Bagot)) - 1876 - 976 sivua
...in the Netherlands ? Were not the first Christians accustomed to boast that the blood of martyrs was the seed of the church ? The Emperor Julian, the most formidable enemy whom Christianity ever had, was convinced of this truth, and persuaded that oppression and rigour served... | |
 | Minnesota State Medical Society - 1881 - 1018 sivua
...light of persecution, and therefore, in reality, tend to keep them in existence, upon the principle that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church? The law of the survival of the fittest should nowhere hold good to a greater degree than among medical... | |
 | Minnesota State Medical Association - 1881 - 540 sivua
...light of persecution, and therefore, in reality, tend to keep them in existence, upon the principle that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church? The law of the survival of the fittest should nowhere hold good to a greater degree than among medical... | |
 | Harvey Rice - 1883 - 378 sivua
...resulted, as the sequel shows, in promoting the advancement of Mormonism, and in verifying the fact that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church. The mantle of the prophet now fell upon the shoulders of Brigham Young, much to the disgust of Rigdon and... | |
 | 1886 - 884 sivua
...true, the most impracticable methods, yet fighting to the death, believing doubtless in the saying that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church. The persevering energies of our merchants also cannot but command, with certain reservations, a measure... | |
 | 1888 - 508 sivua
...it remarked, not propagated by the sword, but which conquered by suffering, so that it was well said that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church. The more the subject is dispassionately weighed the more strong the conviction becomes that it was the... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1903 - 388 sivua
...without injuring is mischievous upon all hypotheses. In that case, if not in others, even cynics allow that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church. The danger of advertising your opponent is pretty well understood by this time, and popular riots suppressed... | |
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Christians of old, that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. 
