Humility: Centurion

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Matthew 8:8
The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
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Healing of the Heathen Centurion's Slave at Capernaum. --The ...
... According to Strauss, the humility with which the centurion himself addressed Christ
(Matt., viii., 8) gave rise to the conclusion that a heathen who had had ...
/.../section 160 healing of the.htm

On the Words of the Gospel, Matt. viii. 8, "I am not Worthy that ...
... heart. Zacchæus again received the Lord both in house and heart. [2169]
Yet the centurion's faith is praised for its humility. For ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xii on the words.htm

Humility.
... fact that he was a man in authority which made the Centurion humble, and ... thus he
remained till his senses returned, and he acknowledged with humility, that his ...
/.../baring-gould/the village pulpit volume ii trinity to advent/liv humility.htm

Wherefore a Few Witnesses, which the Lord Deigns to Suggest to My ...
... of that Centurion He on this account chiefly praised, and said that He had not found
in Israel so great faith, because he believed with so great humility as to ...
/.../augustine/of holy virginity /section 32 wherefore a few.htm

Matt. viii. 5
... For here, when not summoned to the house, of His own accord He saith, He will come,
that thou mightest learn the centurion's faith and great humility; but in ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily xxvi matt viii 5.htm

On the Words of the Gospel, Matt. xv. 21,"Jesus Went Out Thence ...
... This humility did the woman show forth when she said, "Truth, Lord," "I am a dog,
I desire only the crumbs." In this humility also did the Centurion please Him ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xxvii on the words.htm

The Gospel of Luke
... He cures the centurion s servant, raises the widow's son, and gives instruction ... a
Pharisee, He teaches those present true mercy, true humility, true hospitality ...
/.../drummond/introduction to the new testament/the gospel of luke.htm

The Faith which Christ Praises
... 'Speak the word and my servant shall be healed,' said the centurion. ... of its conception,
great in the firmness of its affiance, great in the humility with which ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the faith which christ praises.htm

Whether it is Lawful to Abstain Altogether from Communion?
... Consequently, humility is not praiseworthy if anyone abstains altogether from Communion
against the precept of Christ and the Church. Again the Centurion was ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is lawful to 31.htm

John Chapter iv. 43-54
... The ruler sought His presence by force; the centurion declared himself unworthy
of His presence. Here is a ceding to loftiness; there, a conceding to humility. ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate xvi john chapter iv.htm

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