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- abbreviation Ecclesiastes
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- proper noun Abbreviation of
Ecclesiastes .
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S. Francois d'Assise et l'Ordre Séraphique (Paris, 1898), Pt. II, ch. ii; Carmichael, The Franciscan Families in Irish Eccles.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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EUBEL, The Secret Vatican Archives in American Eccles.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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I read "Eccles." as an abbreviation of Ecclesiastes, so the answer did not compute well.
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Eccles., lib.vii. cap. xii.), to Nectarius, by him communicated to the emperor Theodosius, to have the quarrel decided by those that wrote before the rise of the controversy, as it would be unreasonable in itself, so I persuade myself neither party would accept of the condition, neither had the Catholics of those days got any thing if they had attended to the advice of these Novatians.
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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V. is a mistranslation; cf.Arab. laux), apparently an old word later supplanted by shaqed (Gen., xliii, 11; Num., xvii, 8; Eccles., xii,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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-- This parable is designed to illustrate the passage in Eccles., xii, 7, "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return unto
Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers William Alexander Clouston 1869
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Eccles., 3, 3] that he was buried in Sebaste, a city of Palestine, once called Samaria.
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Mark 1225?-1274 1842
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