Bible Dictionary: Books: Often Dedicated to Persons of Distinction

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Luke 1:3
It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus,
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Acts 1:1
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
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Library

Life of Jerome.
... he translated the Chronicle of Eusebius and dedicated it to ... to read it privately;
that he was often, especially in ... The Books of Samuel and of the Kings came ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/iii life of jerome.htm

Preface.
... religion, in a life that was entirely dedicated to it ... in broad daylight, that, as
I have often observed, the ... He calls them the Holy Books, the Sacred Text, Holy ...
/.../the evidences of the christian religion with additional discourses/preface.htm

Epistle Lxxv. To Magnus, on Baptizing the Novatians, and those who ...
... without,"Holy Scripture declares in the books of Kings ... by divine power; [3001] and
although he often says that he ... is beaten down, and the man, dedicated to God ...
/.../cyprian/the epistles of cyprian/epistle lxxv to magnus on.htm

Translator's Introduction.
... remaining three books, Book X. is dedicated entirely to ... the most holy fear of
God;"often talking of ... and holy services, reading spiritual books, observing the ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/translators introduction.htm

The Last Farewell in the Presence of the one Hundred and Fifty ...
... into calm, drought into abundance of rain; and often for the ... Those which books and
monuments contain ... bond; if unwedded and free, being entirely dedicated to God ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/oration xlii the last farewell.htm

Analysis of the Westminster Confession.
... Lord's day, is wholly to be dedicated unto the ... as distinct from the canonicity) of
the several books. ... horrible and blasphemous doctrine (so often unjustly and ...
/.../creeds of christendom with a history and critical notes/ 95 analysis of the.htm

The Distinguished Ecclesiastics of Our Day, and which of them ...
... and his father, and who also dedicated his exegetical ... Having written out in these
books the account of the ... He is mentioned often by Clement of Alexandria, by ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter xxxii the distinguished ecclesiastics of.htm

Criticism of the Westminster System of Doctrine.
... It has often been said that pious Calvinists preach ... Westminster Confession and
Catechisms the best books in his ... a treatise of 60 pages, dedicated to Parliament ...
/.../ 97 criticism of the.htm

Coornhert and the Collegiants --A Movement for Spiritual Religion ...
... revolting from these unspiritual methods, he dedicated himself to ... can doubt that
he read the books and meditated ... used their terminology, but he often gave new ...
/.../chapter vii coornhert and the.htm

Letter Xlviii. To Pammachius.
... followed up at length in his three books "On Virgins ... to the claims of wedlock for,
as often as I ... virgin Christ and the virgin Mary have dedicated in themselves ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter xlviii to pammachius.htm

Subtopics

Books were Numerous and Most Expensive

Books: Divine Communications Recorded In

Books: Erasures In, Alluded To

Books: Important Events Recorded In

Books: Made in a Roll

Books: Made of Papyrus or Paper Reed

Books: Made of Parchment