palmary

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It remains briefly to consider these three palmary texts in their reciprocal relations to each other, by which the fullest light is thrown upon the scriptural prerogatives of S. Peter.

From St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture by Allies, Thomas W.

Swedenborg's case is of course the palmary one of audita et visa, serving as a basis of religious revelation.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William

Whether we betake ourselves to the Ante-nicene writers or the Nicene, certain texts will meet us, which do not obviously refer to that doctrine, yet are put forward as palmary proofs of it.

From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal

Our body itself is the palmary instance of the ambiguous.

From Essays in Radical Empiricism by James, William

The Progress of Philosophy or of Wisdom is a palmary instance of progress achieved out of the internal resources of that which progresses.

From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney