The Church Cyclopædia: 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 AmericaAngelo Ames Benton |
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... Gospel . First , because ( Theophylact in Joh . viii . ) it is GOD's part only to forgive sins , which is the moral that Haymo ( Halberstat in Evang . Domin . , xv . , post Pentecost ) makes of that part of the history of the Gospel ...
... Gospel . First , because ( Theophylact in Joh . viii . ) it is GOD's part only to forgive sins , which is the moral that Haymo ( Halberstat in Evang . Domin . , xv . , post Pentecost ) makes of that part of the history of the Gospel ...
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... gospel , " the for- mer treatise " ( Acts i . 1 ) . In this , then , as in nearly all the other books of the Bible , there was no title or name supplied or pre- fixed by the writer . And as the heading Acts of the Apostles does not ...
... gospel , " the for- mer treatise " ( Acts i . 1 ) . In this , then , as in nearly all the other books of the Bible , there was no title or name supplied or pre- fixed by the writer . And as the heading Acts of the Apostles does not ...
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... Gospel preached to them . This first missionary journey beyond the limits of Syria ( chs . xiii . 4 ; xiv . ) was important in its results , but really it led the way to greater changes . Saul becomes Paul , and is the leading speaker ...
... Gospel preached to them . This first missionary journey beyond the limits of Syria ( chs . xiii . 4 ; xiv . ) was important in its results , but really it led the way to greater changes . Saul becomes Paul , and is the leading speaker ...
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... Gospel , the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge , and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts . When after a few years he returned home , the majority of the colony of Maryland were accounted of the commu ...
... Gospel , the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge , and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts . When after a few years he returned home , the majority of the colony of Maryland were accounted of the commu ...
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... Gospel might not utterly lapse . But the peace of 1783 opened a better prospect , and in 1784 several conferences were held in Brunswick , N. J. , in Philadelphia and New York , which resulted in a General Conven- tion in Philadelphia ...
... Gospel might not utterly lapse . But the peace of 1783 opened a better prospect , and in 1784 several conferences were held in Brunswick , N. J. , in Philadelphia and New York , which resulted in a General Conven- tion in Philadelphia ...
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Page 100 - Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 415 - Albeit that Good Works, which are the fruits of Faith, and follow after Justification, cannot put away our sins, and endure the severity of God's judgment; yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively Faith; insomuch that by them a lively Faith may be as evidently known as a tree discerned by the fruit.
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 87 - Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean ; from all your filthiness, and from all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.
Page 168 - Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Page 342 - Sacraments ordained of Christ be not only badges or tokens of Christian men's profession, but rather they be certain sure witnesses, and effectual signs of grace, and God's good will towards us, by the which he doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, but also strengthen and confirm our Faith in him.
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 50 - I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: 3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Page 404 - And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many: and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
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.