The Church Cyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Church Doctrine, History, Organization, and Ritual, and Containing Original Articles on Special Topics, Written Expressly for this Work by Bishops, Presbyters, and Laymen ; Designed Especially for the Use of the Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of AmericaA. A. Benton |
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... authority is con- fined only to the bishops and the priests . It is formed upon the authority our LORD gave His Church ( St. Matt . xvi . 19 , xviii . 18 ; St. John xx . 23 ) . A charge thrice repeated at different times , first while ...
... authority is con- fined only to the bishops and the priests . It is formed upon the authority our LORD gave His Church ( St. Matt . xvi . 19 , xviii . 18 ; St. John xx . 23 ) . A charge thrice repeated at different times , first while ...
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... authority to forgive sins , ' would by this remission of sins have them call to mind that He was that only Son of man prophesied of in Daniel , who received power of judging , and thereby also of forgiving sins " ( Dan . vii . 18 , 14 ) ...
... authority to forgive sins , ' would by this remission of sins have them call to mind that He was that only Son of man prophesied of in Daniel , who received power of judging , and thereby also of forgiving sins " ( Dan . vii . 18 , 14 ) ...
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... authority of a Bishop over his clergy , when they promise to follow with a glad mind his godly admonition . But it is also in the charge to the priest at his ordination . It is , however , now used in a harsher sense , meaning the first ...
... authority of a Bishop over his clergy , when they promise to follow with a glad mind his godly admonition . But it is also in the charge to the priest at his ordination . It is , however , now used in a harsher sense , meaning the first ...
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... authority be suspended by a paramount or superior power . If the Law of GOD or the law of the country clearly and indis- putably prescribe a different course , their authority surpasses that of the Bishop and ought to be preferred . If ...
... authority be suspended by a paramount or superior power . If the Law of GOD or the law of the country clearly and indis- putably prescribe a different course , their authority surpasses that of the Bishop and ought to be preferred . If ...
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... authority . In the case of a Deacon , we see at once that subordination to the Presbyter which makes that Presbyter , specially the one under whom he serves , one of the chief ministers set over him , to whose admonitions and judgment ...
... authority . In the case of a Deacon , we see at once that subordination to the Presbyter which makes that Presbyter , specially the one under whom he serves , one of the chief ministers set over him , to whose admonitions and judgment ...
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Page 252 - Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure : for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall : for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ...
Page 48 - 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 341 - We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life ; but above all for thine inestimable love, in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the means of grace and for the hope of glory.
Page 358 - And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
Page 399 - But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
Page 204 - ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of thy tender mercy didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption, who made there (by his one oblation of himself once offered) a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction for the sins of the whole world...
Page 211 - ... most humbly beseeching thee to grant, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ, and through faith in his blood, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins, and all other benefits of his passion.
Page 87 - 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. And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
Page 205 - I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of life, who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, who spake by the Prophets.
Page 379 - Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I go then from thy presence? If I climb up into heaven, thou art there: If I go down to hell, thou art there also.