Fondare 367 Risultati per: sacred assembly
These were read before the assembly in Jerusalem. (1 Maccabees 14, 19)
in a great assembly of priests, people, rulers of the nation, and elders of the country, the following proclamation was made: (1 Maccabees 14, 28)
It shall not be lawful for any of the people or priests to nullify any of these decisions, or to contradict the orders given by him, or to convene an assembly in the country without his consent, to be clothed in royal purple or wear an official gold brooch. (1 Maccabees 14, 44)
the king, after verifying the fact, fenced the place off and declared it sacred. (2 Maccabees 1, 34)
Besides these things, it is also told in the records and in Nehemiah's Memoirs how he collected the books about the kings, the writings of the prophets and of David, and the royal letters about sacred offerings. (2 Maccabees 2, 13)
It is God who has saved all his people and has restored to all of them their heritage, the kingdom, the priesthood, and the sacred rites, (2 Maccabees 2, 17)
He added that it was utterly unthinkable to defraud those who had placed their trust in the sanctity of the Place and in the sacred inviolability of a temple venerated all over the world. (2 Maccabees 3, 12)
Thus, those who had prosecuted the case for the city, for the people, and for the sacred vessels, quickly suffered unjust punishment. (2 Maccabees 4, 48)
He laid his impure hands on the sacred vessels and gathered up with profane hands the votive offerings made by other kings for the advancement, the glory, and the honor of the Place. (2 Maccabees 5, 16)
The Gentiles filled the temple with debauchery and revelry; they amused themselves with prostitutes and had intercourse with women even in the sacred court. They also brought into the temple things that were forbidden, (2 Maccabees 6, 4)
While celebrating the victory in their ancestral city, they burned both those who had set fire to the sacred gates and Callisthenes, who had taken refuge in a little house; so he received the reward his wicked deeds deserved. (2 Maccabees 8, 33)
he would adorn with the finest offerings the holy temple which he had previously despoiled; he would restore all the sacred vessels many times over; and would provide from his own revenues the expenses required for the sacrifices. (2 Maccabees 9, 16)
