A View of the Organization and Order of the Primitive Church: Containing a Scriptural Plan of the Apostolic Church; with a Historical Outline of the Church to the End of the Second Century: to which is Added, the Apostolic Succession, Connecting it with the Church of the Present DayHitchcock & Stafford, 1842 - 408 pages |
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... reasons for presenting the public with a new work upon a topic that has been so fully and so ably discussed , may not be uninteresting . The substance of this work was written several years since , under the following circumstances ...
... reasons for presenting the public with a new work upon a topic that has been so fully and so ably discussed , may not be uninteresting . The substance of this work was written several years since , under the following circumstances ...
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... reason- ing . But he has not changed any thing to avoid any conclu- sion drawn by others , unless sound and fair argument seemed to require it . And then he has done so , without any regard to the question of how it would affect the ...
... reason- ing . But he has not changed any thing to avoid any conclu- sion drawn by others , unless sound and fair argument seemed to require it . And then he has done so , without any regard to the question of how it would affect the ...
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... reason , we shall confine ourselves to the time when , it is acknowledged by all , that the Church remained uncor- rupt ; that is , to the two first centuries . The full object of our inquiry is , ( 1 , ) to ascertain , What is the ...
... reason , we shall confine ourselves to the time when , it is acknowledged by all , that the Church remained uncor- rupt ; that is , to the two first centuries . The full object of our inquiry is , ( 1 , ) to ascertain , What is the ...
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... reason , that both the writers of the letters , and the persons to whom they were written , were perfectly familiar with every rank and grade , with all the power and duty of every office and officer in the army , of which they were ...
... reason , that both the writers of the letters , and the persons to whom they were written , were perfectly familiar with every rank and grade , with all the power and duty of every office and officer in the army , of which they were ...
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... reason for believing , that the Apostles would give a detail- ed account of the organization and order of the Churches they had established , when writing to the members of those very Churches . The nature of the evidence in the two ...
... reason for believing , that the Apostles would give a detail- ed account of the organization and order of the Churches they had established , when writing to the members of those very Churches . The nature of the evidence in the two ...
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Page 160 - For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Page 191 - Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
Page 149 - One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Page 186 - Jerusalem ; whom they slew and hanged on a tree : him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly ; not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
Page 99 - Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
Page 393 - It is evident unto all men, diligently reading holy Scripture and ancient authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church, — Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.
Page 99 - And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
Page 168 - For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
Page 210 - Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; 22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
Page 36 - God, but into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the errors of the people ; the Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest...