In his sermons on capital sins, Alain argued that sodomy and homicide are the most serious sins, since they call forth the wrath of God, which led to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Examples of purely Coptic literature are the works of Saint Anthony and Saint Pachomius, who only spoke Coptic, and the sermons and preachings of Saint Shenouda the Archmandrite, who chose to only write in Coptic.

Proto-Isaiah is divided between verse and prose passages: a currently popular theory is that the verse passages represent the prophecies of the original Isaiah, while the prose sections are " sermons " on his texts composed at the court of Josiah, at the end of the 7th century BCE.

Chapters 4-10 contain a series of oracles, or prophetic sermons, showing exactly why God is rejecting the Northern Kingdom ( what the grounds are for the divorce ).

Normally, a guild or organization to promote the cause of the candidate's sainthood is created, an exhaustive search of the candidate's writings, speeches and sermons is undertaken, a detailed biography is written and eyewitness accounts are gathered.

Many devotional thoughts and sermons that are addressed to the practically minded individual have been drawn from this section of the New Testament, due to its nature as being good for application studies.

I will show you a great many who have become worse through following it .... The solemn prayers of the Church are abolished, but now there are very many who never pray at all .... I have never entered their conventicles, but I have sometimes seen them returning from their sermons, the countenances of all of them displaying rage, and wonderful ferocity, as though they were animated by the evil spirit .... Who ever beheld in their meetings any one of them shedding tears, smiting his breast, or grieving for his sins ?...

The addresses and sermons of Eusebius are mostly lost, but some have been preserved, e. g., a sermon on the consecration of the church in Tyre and an address on the thirtieth anniversary of the reign of Constantine ( 336 ).

These sermons in poetry are far fewer in number than the madrāšê.

His motives for doing this are not clear, but in his sermons he used exhortation to achieve moral and ecclesiastical improvement which were goals comparable with Erasmian reform.

This is to distinguish men bound for priesthood fr transitional or permanent, are licensed to preach sermons ( under certain circumstances a permanent deacon may not receive faculties to preach ), to perform baptisms, and to witness Catholic marriages, but to perform no other sacraments.

Meeting minutes, annual reports, bulletins, and sermons relating to Klein's rabbinical vocations in Springfield, Massachusetts and Buffalo, New York are also included.

The sermons, though, are conventional in both style and substance.

There are also a number of extant prose works, such as sermons and saints ' lives, biblical translations, and translated Latin works of the early Church Fathers, legal documents, such as laws and wills, and practical works on grammar, medicine, and geography.

Examples of purely Coptic literature are the works of Abba Antonius and Abba Pachomius, who spoke only Coptic, and the sermons and preachings of Abba Shenouda, who chose to write only in Coptic.

Some fifteen preserved sermons are traditionally associated with Boniface, but that they were actually his is not generally accepted.

Apart from Biblical commentaries, sermons, and works on current topics, the most important of his writings are: " De consolatione theologiae "; " De modo confitendi "; " De puritate conscientiae "; " De corpore Christi "; " De celebratione Missae ".

Glosses, commentaries, expositions, and treatises by him on almost all the books of the Old Testament, and many sermons, are preserved in manuscript at Lambeth Palace, at Oxford and Cambridge, and in France.

Besides the Ladder, in some monasteries the Paradise of the Holy Fathers by Palladius and the penitential sermons of St. Ephrem the Syrian are read during Matins.

* The first sermons declaring the virginity of Mary are given by John Chrysostom.

Leo's letters and sermons reflect the many aspects of his career and personality, including his great personal influence for good, and are invaluable historical sources.

His depictions of sinful humanity, his conceptions of Heaven and Hell are now seen as consistent with those of late medieval didactic literature and sermons.

He wrote: Manifesto summario para os que ignoram poderse navegar pelo elemento do ar ( Short Manifesto for those who are unaware that is possible to sail through the element air, 1709 ); and Varios modos de esgotar sem gente as naus que fazem agua ( Several ways of draining, without people, ships that leak water, 1710 ); some of his sermons also have been printed.

In contrast to the humanist beliefs of Rieux, Rambert, and Tarrou, the religious perspective is given in the sermons of the stern Jesuit priest, Father Paneloux.

His writings include the homily given in Ephesus and several other sermons.

This practice developed in Babylonia where most people understood only Aramaic and sermons were given in Aramaic so Kaddish was said in the vernacular.

Long examines the sacramental theology in communion sermons given by James McGready in Kentucky during the first decade of the 19th century.

The Judgement was not published until it was read out at the end of a series of sermons against the Graces given at Dublin in April 1627.

* 771-Charlemagne becomes king and will decree that sermons be given in the vernacular.

Many of his famous sermons and " Irish tracts " ( such as the Drapier's Letters ) were given during his stay as Dean.

* The Creed in Slow Motion ( the text of his exposition of the Nicene Creed, originally given as a series of sermons to the girls ' school of which he was chaplain during World War II )

A typical worship service consisted largely of music and chanting, the burning of incense, and sermons or anecdotes that could be given by any member of the congregation including women and those perceived as barbarians.

For example, he attended several sermons given by a Baptist abolitionist by the name of David Barrow in his youth, which he later recalled with fondness.

* Maran – a website containing videos of sermons given by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef

It includes 1, 438 sermons given by 55 church leaders, including most numerously Brigham Young, John Taylor, Orson Pratt, Heber C. Kimball, and George Q. Cannon.

Bishops commonly preached outside their own dioceses, especially in the great cities ; polished sermons were evidently in demand, and a stipend was given, for we read that two Asiatic bishops, Antiochus and Severianus, went to Constantinople to preach, being more desirous of money than of the spiritual welfare of their hearers.

However, the sermons given at general conference are held in particularly high esteem and they are considered the will of God to the church members at the current time.

Built at a time before electronics and audio amplifiers, the Tabernacle was constructed with remarkable acoustic qualities so the entire congregation could hear sermons given there, mainly for General Conference.

Emphasis was given to the Ahl al-Bayt with presentation of sermons and recitations of the Qur ' an.

William Tyndale, the celebrated translator of the Bible, was a lecturer at the church and sermons were given by the poet John Donne.

The twins offer to let Jeeves participate, but he declines ; Bertie, meanwhile, upon considering the odds and handicaps, observes that the competition is " a sitter " for Heppenstall, who has been given an eight-minute handicap, though Bertie knows his sermons are famously long.

Created in virtually the same format as its predecessors, it nevertheless only featureed letters to forums against the repeal, and supposed church sermons given on the subject by the Cornerstone Community Church and the Church of Our Saviour, Singapore.

He seems to have given offence by his plain speaking, even in consecration sermons.

Several sermons Willard Richards and George A. Smith had given earlier in the history of the LDS Church had touched on the concept of blood atonement, suggesting that apostates and those who committed certain other denounced sins, such as murder, were beyond the saving power of the blood of Christ and could be redeemed only by the voluntary shedding of their own blood.

He preached Irish and English sermons, and superintended the missions given in the diocese for the Jubilee of 1825.

Therefore he who is little given to prayer or neglects it altogether, vainly spends his time and labor in preaching, for in God's sight his sermons profit neither himself nor those who hear him.