A Compendious Ecclesiastical History: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeSwords, Stanford & Company, 1841 - 232 pages |
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... baptised ; while the Roman Church did not reiterate baptism when it had been administered by here . tics with the proper external form , but received converts into the Church by the imposition of hands in confirmation . The practice of ...
... baptised ; while the Roman Church did not reiterate baptism when it had been administered by here . tics with the proper external form , but received converts into the Church by the imposition of hands in confirmation . The practice of ...
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... baptised , the parents or godfathers made the same engagements in their name . The practice of infant baptism was generally established before the time of Irenæus * and in that of Cyprian the ques- tion was only whether they ought to be ...
... baptised , the parents or godfathers made the same engagements in their name . The practice of infant baptism was generally established before the time of Irenæus * and in that of Cyprian the ques- tion was only whether they ought to be ...
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... baptised whole households of their converts the Church always believed that the children of Christians ought not to be left in the condition of heathens , but received at once into the Christian body by holy baptism , and instructed to ...
... baptised whole households of their converts the Church always believed that the children of Christians ought not to be left in the condition of heathens , but received at once into the Christian body by holy baptism , and instructed to ...
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... baptised in the laver for the remission of sins and regeneration , and lives so as ' Christ has taught : for we do not receive it as common bread or common drink ; but as , by the word of God , our Saviour Jesus Christ was incarnate ...
... baptised in the laver for the remission of sins and regeneration , and lives so as ' Christ has taught : for we do not receive it as common bread or common drink ; but as , by the word of God , our Saviour Jesus Christ was incarnate ...
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... baptised , Philip said to him , " If thou believest with all thine heart , thou mayest . " And he answered and said , " I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God . " Here is an instance of a creed , or profession of faith , even in ...
... baptised , Philip said to him , " If thou believest with all thine heart , thou mayest . " And he answered and said , " I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God . " Here is an instance of a creed , or profession of faith , even in ...
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Page 21 - But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Page 62 - The night is far spent, the day is at hand : let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day : not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Page 62 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day ; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 6 - And the word of God increased ; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
Page 178 - Be of good heart, brother, for God will either assuage the fury of the flame, or else strengthen us to abide it.
Page 3 - But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are : depart from me all ye workers of iniquity.
Page 4 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 81 - The body and blood of Christ which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper.
Page 183 - I have lived to see this world is made up of perturbations ; and I have been long preparing to leave it, and gathering comfort for the dreadful hour of making my account with God, which I now apprehend to be near...
Page 30 - And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.