Patriarch: Head of a Family
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And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
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3966. patriarches -- a patriarch
... Transliteration: patriarches Phonetic Spelling: (pat-ree-arkh'-ace) Short Definition:
a patriarch Definition: a patriarch, head or founder of a family. ...
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The Holy Family in Bethlehem after the Departure of the Kings.
... places dated from the time of the patriarch Jacob, who ... curly, for I see them rubbing
his head after washing it ... I always see in the Holy Family the most touching ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/xiv the holy family in.htm

Concerning Maximus the Cynic and the Disorder which Has Happened ...
... He boasted that his family had produced martyrs. ... Determined to carry his point he
presented himself to the patriarch at the head of a disorderly mob, with ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon iv concerning maximus the.htm

Gregory the Patriarch and the Society at Kunwald, 1457-1473.
... they appealed to Rockycana to be their head, to act ... Gregory the Patriarch laid the
scheme before his uncle Rockycana ... visitors to see to the purity of family life ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter v gregory the patriarch.htm

From the Close of the General Conference of 1812 to the Death of ...
... and manners, when age had stamped its impress of reverence upon him, he filled the
mind with the noble idea of a patriarch. At the head of a family, a father ...
/.../chapter 2 from the close.htm

Chapter xlviii
... had been the benefactor of the entire family in a ... of God speak through the venerable
old patriarch, but he ... placing his right hand upon Ephraim's head, and it ...
/.../leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xlviii.htm

The Marvels of Holy Scripture, --Moral and Physical. --Jael's Deed ...
... The head of that family was Jethro, the father-hi ... For twenty weary years, had Jael
and her family shared the ... in order to shew us that the Patriarch deserved the ...
/.../burgon/inspiration and interpretation/sermon vii the marvels of.htm

A Short-Lived Peace
... them some Greek ladies of noble family whom Athanasius ... said Athanasius; "turn the
boat's head and row ... He is quite close," answered the Patriarch calmly; "press ...
/.../forbes/saint athanasius/chapter 9 a short-lived peace.htm

The Life.
... he came in contact with Alaphion, the head of a ... Philistine region, Alaphion and his
family were distinguished ... The patriarch's self-support and industry were in ...
/.../sozomen/the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/part i the life.htm

The Misdoings of Severian
... had given to members of the Imperial Family that right to ... imperial infant on the
knees of the Patriarch, and adjured ... life of the Emperor and by the head of the ...
/.../chapter xlii the misdoings of.htm

Funeral Oration on Meletius .
... lamp we held right above our head, shining with ... people bewailed the loss of the
patriarch Jacob, and ... people their own, when his united family transported their ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/funeral oration on meletius.htm

Resources
Who was Ishmael in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

What is the Bulgarian Orthodox Church? | GotQuestions.org

What is the Oriental Orthodox Church? | GotQuestions.org

Patriarch: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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