An Encyclopædia Ecclesiastica; Or, A Complete History of the Church:: Containing a Full and Compendious Explanation of All Ecclesiastical Rites and Ceremonies; a Distinct and Accurate Account of All Denominations of Christians, from the Earliest Ages of Christianity to the Present Time; Together with a Definition of Terms Usually Occurring in Ecclesiastical Writers, Volume 1 |
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... societies into which the Christian church has been divided . The same laudable motives may have induced them to persuade others to adopt their own form of belief ; but too frequently vanity , and a love of power and distinction , have ...
... societies into which the Christian church has been divided . The same laudable motives may have induced them to persuade others to adopt their own form of belief ; but too frequently vanity , and a love of power and distinction , have ...
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... society were violated , and extravagance of opinion was considered as the criterion of sanctity . Hence new sects were daily springing up , and in the course of four years only from this time , it has been said that no less than one ...
... society were violated , and extravagance of opinion was considered as the criterion of sanctity . Hence new sects were daily springing up , and in the course of four years only from this time , it has been said that no less than one ...
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... society . From this motive indeed alone , many , perhaps unconscious of it themselves , have been induced to reject a received opinion , or to oppose the doctrines of an established church , while others , actuated by the like motive ...
... society . From this motive indeed alone , many , perhaps unconscious of it themselves , have been induced to reject a received opinion , or to oppose the doctrines of an established church , while others , actuated by the like motive ...
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... society , it was incumbent upon them to adopt two children , one of each sex , who were to inherit their property , and afterwards to marry under the same conditions of continence , and the adoption of two other children . A very ...
... society , it was incumbent upon them to adopt two children , one of each sex , who were to inherit their property , and afterwards to marry under the same conditions of continence , and the adoption of two other children . A very ...
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... society of learned men , established for the support of any doctrine , or the improvement of any art or science . Thus most nations have their academies of different descriptions , but the greatest number are found in Italy , which is ...
... society of learned men , established for the support of any doctrine , or the improvement of any art or science . Thus most nations have their academies of different descriptions , but the greatest number are found in Italy , which is ...
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Page 165 - Raca, shall be in danger of the council : but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Page 573 - The condition of man, after the fall of Adam, is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God : wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 9 - But now I have' written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Page xv - They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
Page 485 - And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery : and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
Page 25 - Ye hypocrites ! well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying; This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Page 418 - Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John ; Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost. (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them, only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
Page 412 - God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, Begotten, not made, Being of one substance with the Father, By whom all things were made; Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary And was made man; And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.
Page 9 - And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. 15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Page 369 - THE visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.