History of Christian Churches and Sects, from the Earliest Ages of Christianity, 1. köideR. Bentley, 1856 |
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... meeting with success at Lambeth , he proceeded to Scotland , and was consecrated by the bishops of the Episcopal Church in that kingdom . In 1785 he returned to America and assumed episcopal functions ; but this step was not altogether ...
... meeting with success at Lambeth , he proceeded to Scotland , and was consecrated by the bishops of the Episcopal Church in that kingdom . In 1785 he returned to America and assumed episcopal functions ; but this step was not altogether ...
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... meeting of the General Con- vention was summoned , and these points were again discussed . The Nicene Creed was restored . The Athanasian Creed was negatived ; but the concessions were regarded as satisfactory at home , and on the 4th ...
... meeting of the General Con- vention was summoned , and these points were again discussed . The Nicene Creed was restored . The Athanasian Creed was negatived ; but the concessions were regarded as satisfactory at home , and on the 4th ...
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... countries . At its triennial meeting it appoints a board of missions consisting of thirty members , together with the bishops , under whose control all foreign missionaries are placed , and who occupy the 26 EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF AMERICA .
... countries . At its triennial meeting it appoints a board of missions consisting of thirty members , together with the bishops , under whose control all foreign missionaries are placed , and who occupy the 26 EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF AMERICA .
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... meeting of his clergy , where he was allowed to state his doctrines freely and to argue in their defence . After some delay Arius and his followers were excommunicated . The sentence was ratified by a provincial council . Thus expelled ...
... meeting of his clergy , where he was allowed to state his doctrines freely and to argue in their defence . After some delay Arius and his followers were excommunicated . The sentence was ratified by a provincial council . Thus expelled ...
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... meeting in 1814 ; but it is restricted by its constitution to matters connected with foreign missions . There are also Baptist conventions in some of the States . That of the State of New Hampshire recently adopted a form of Church ...
... meeting in 1814 ; but it is restricted by its constitution to matters connected with foreign missions . There are also Baptist conventions in some of the States . That of the State of New Hampshire recently adopted a form of Church ...
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Page 214 - ... under the form and figure of bread and wine, which we there presently do see and perceive by outward senses, is verily, substantially, and really contained and comprehended the very selfsame body and blood of our Saviour Jesus Christ, which was born of the Virgin Mary, and suffered tipon the cross for our redemption...
Page 258 - No marginal notes at all to be affixed, but only for the explanation of the Hebrew or Greek words, which cannot, without some circumlocution, so briefly and...
Page 50 - GENERAL Councils may not be gathered together without the commandment and will of Princes. And when they be gathered together, (forasmuch as they be an assembly of men, whereof all be not governed with the Spirit and Word of God,) they may err, and sometimes have erred, even in things pertaining unto God.
Page 224 - THE body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life ! Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee ; and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving.
Page 43 - I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.
Page 279 - ... unfeigned assent and consent to all and everything contained in the Book of Common Prayer, but by the framers of the Rubric themselves immediately after the confirmation of it by Act of Parliament.
Page 424 - And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 264 - Furthermore, we must receive God's promises in such wise, as they be generally set forth to us in holy Scripture : and, in our doings, that Will of God is to be followed, which we have expressly declared unto us in the Word of God.
Page 240 - Transubstantiation, (or the change of the substance of bread and wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by Holy Writ ; but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions.
Page 120 - That he should comfort us. as a mother comforteth her children ; That he should help our infirmities, and make intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered ; That he should bear witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.