Church Principles Considered in Their ResultsMurray, 1840 - 562 pages |
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... less improbable 29. Special causes of weakness in the Roman Church 30. ( 1. ) Tendency of some of its doctrines to the extreme forms of superstitious error 31 , 32. Examples 33. Reverence to the Virgin , liable to become idola- 347 ...
... less improbable 29. Special causes of weakness in the Roman Church 30. ( 1. ) Tendency of some of its doctrines to the extreme forms of superstitious error 31 , 32. Examples 33. Reverence to the Virgin , liable to become idola- 347 ...
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... less and less prevalent 471 150. The order of reaction exactly reverses that of de- cline . 473 151. This , like the former reaction , may have some tem- porary exaggerations 473 • 152. But , like that , is not innovation 475 153 And ...
... less and less prevalent 471 150. The order of reaction exactly reverses that of de- cline . 473 151. This , like the former reaction , may have some tem- porary exaggerations 473 • 152. But , like that , is not innovation 475 153 And ...
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William Ewart Gladstone. or a fraud , if an account of some of the less important classes of material objects should monopolise or even assume the title of natural history . It is not less at variance with the true nature of things ...
William Ewart Gladstone. or a fraud , if an account of some of the less important classes of material objects should monopolise or even assume the title of natural history . It is not less at variance with the true nature of things ...
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... less practised , are often preferable to that state in which a limited possession of knowledge has engendered an unlimited presumption of knowledge ; and that not merely the absolute but also the relative state of the heart and the mind ...
... less practised , are often preferable to that state in which a limited possession of knowledge has engendered an unlimited presumption of knowledge ; and that not merely the absolute but also the relative state of the heart and the mind ...
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... less have for the most part one characteristic in com- mon . They who think that in ancient Christianity is to be found the great and only conservative prin- ciple for modern society , are likewise of the belief , that in order to find ...
... less have for the most part one characteristic in com- mon . They who think that in ancient Christianity is to be found the great and only conservative prin- ciple for modern society , are likewise of the belief , that in order to find ...
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Page 105 - AND I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men...
Page 454 - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment, and nothing remained but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisals for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world.
Page 248 - Ireland ; no man shall be accounted or taken to be a lawful Bishop, Priest, or Deacon in the United Church of England and Ireland, or suffered to execute any of the said Functions, except he be called, tried, examined, and admitted thereunto, according to the Form hereafter following, or hath had formerly Episcopal Consecration, or Ordination.
Page 106 - Christ) which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ by the gospel...
Page 203 - Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you : as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Page 210 - Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you, seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business ; but we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
Page 247 - THE visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 101 - And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way : thy faith hath made thee whole. AND when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation : neither shall they say, Lo here ! or, lo there ! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
Page 462 - Our Ember weeks are the burden and grief of my life. The much greater part of those who come to be ordained are ignorant, to a degree not to be apprehended by those who are not obliged to know it. The easiest part of knowledge is that to which they are the greatest strangers : I mean the plainest...
Page 105 - The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.