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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... record of his life . He lived nearly thirty years longer , and married Keturah . It was , perhaps , not , we should suppose , fit for so holy and exalted a personage , -one so blessed and prospered , but Abraham was living at a ...
... record of his life . He lived nearly thirty years longer , and married Keturah . It was , perhaps , not , we should suppose , fit for so holy and exalted a personage , -one so blessed and prospered , but Abraham was living at a ...
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... record of what should be the Apostolic policy and practice historically illustrated by the actions of these represen- tative Apostles ; also as unfolding the ex- pansion of the Gospel from Jerusalem to Samaria , and thence to the ...
... record of what should be the Apostolic policy and practice historically illustrated by the actions of these represen- tative Apostles ; also as unfolding the ex- pansion of the Gospel from Jerusalem to Samaria , and thence to the ...
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... records the third and last struggle within the Church . The Judaic party made their last resistance upon circumcision . This ... record of the fulfillment of His command . This Book of the Acts , then , bears upon its front the stamp of ...
... records the third and last struggle within the Church . The Judaic party made their last resistance upon circumcision . This ... record of the fulfillment of His command . This Book of the Acts , then , bears upon its front the stamp of ...
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... record- ing his argument from Isaiah to the Gen- tiles for such singing . East and West took it up , and it spread with great rapidity . The custom once taken up was not laid aside . But the term antiphon came later to have various ...
... record- ing his argument from Isaiah to the Gen- tiles for such singing . East and West took it up , and it spread with great rapidity . The custom once taken up was not laid aside . But the term antiphon came later to have various ...
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... record . " While the Eng- lish Church reads the Apocrypha in the public service , it is not read as Scripture . The Episcopal Church wisely takes the mid- dle ground of which Cecil speaks . While she , with the Jews themselves ...
... record . " While the Eng- lish Church reads the Apocrypha in the public service , it is not read as Scripture . The Episcopal Church wisely takes the mid- dle ground of which Cecil speaks . While she , with the Jews themselves ...
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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.