 | Alexander Roberts, Sir James Donaldson - Christian literature, Early - 1869 - 552 pages
...of our elders preside over us, obtaining that honour not by purchase, but by established character. There is no buying and selling of any sort in the things of God. Though we have our treasure-chest, it is not made up of purchase-money, as of a religion that has its price. On the monthly... | |
 | Tertullian - Christian literature, Early - 1869 - 546 pages
...elders preside over us, obtaining that honour not by purchase, but by established cnaractgr.__There is no Buying and selling of any sort in the things of God. Though we have our treasure-chest, it is not made up of purchase-money, as of a religion that has its price. On the monthlj_c011ection... | |
 | James Lillie - Councils and synods - 1870 - 208 pages
...us, having obtained that honour not by purchase, but by established character. There is no buying or selling, of any sort, in the things of God. Though we have our treasure-chest, it * " Corpus eumus de conscientia religionis et disciplinae unitate, et spei foedere."... | |
 | Christian literature, Early - 1903 - 764 pages
...of our elders preside over us, obtaining that honour not by purchase, but by established character. There is no buying and selling of any sort in the things of God. Though we have our treasurechest, it is not made up of purchase-money, as of a religion that has its price. On the monthly... | |
 | Arthur Vergil Babbs - Tithes - 1912 - 262 pages
...'"The Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers," Vol. I, pp. 484-485. ยป Hid., Vol. II, p. 366. made up of purchase money, as of a religion that has its price. On the monthly day as he likes each puts in a small donation ; but only if it be his pleasure, and only if he be able... | |
 | Lilian Brandt - Charity - 1921 - 184 pages
...their lack of food. (Apology of Aristides the Philosopher, presented to Hadrian.) There is no buying or selling of any sort in the things of God. Though we have our treasure-chest, it is not made up of purchase-money, as of a religion that has its price. On the monthly... | |
 | Rodney Stark - History - 1996 - 270 pages
...ed.). Moreover, the church depended on the rank and file for its resources. According to Tertullian: There is no buying and selling of any sort in the...Though we have our treasure chest, it is not made up of purchase-money, as of a religion that has its price. On the monthly day, if he likes, each puts in... | |
 | J. Philip Wogaman, Douglas M. Strong - Religion - 1996 - 404 pages
...of our elders preside over us, obtaining that honour not by purchase, but by established character. There is no buying and selling of any sort in the things of God. Though we have our treasure-chest, it is not made up of purchase-money, as of a religion that has its price. On the monthly... | |
 | William C. Placher - Religion - 2005 - 492 pages
...of our elders preside over us, obtaining that honor not by purchase, but by established character. There is no buying and selling of any sort in the things of God. Though we have our treasure-chest, it is not made up of purchase-money, as of a religion that has its price. On the monthly... | |
 | Gailyn Van Rheenen - Religion - 2006 - 360 pages
...disciplined Christian life (Stark 2001, 107). This was far from the Christianity in Tertullian's day: "There is no buying and selling of any sort in the...Though we have our treasure chest, it is not made up of purchase-money, as of a religion that has its price" (Tertullian, Apology 39). In spite of the state... | |
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There is no buying and selling of any sort in the things of God. Though we have our treasure-chest, it is not made up of purchase-money, as of a religion that has its price. 
