The Church (ecclesia).Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901 - 221 pages |
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... questions we must try , first of all , to rid ourselves so far as possible of preconceptions . We must remember at the very outset that our King himself while on earth never commanded his followers to " organize a church " ; never even ...
... questions we must try , first of all , to rid ourselves so far as possible of preconceptions . We must remember at the very outset that our King himself while on earth never commanded his followers to " organize a church " ; never even ...
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... questions of admin- istration and finance began to press , the primitive Christians felt the necessity of providing permanent methods growing more and more imperative . In other words , the King- dom of God , or Christ's new society ...
... questions of admin- istration and finance began to press , the primitive Christians felt the necessity of providing permanent methods growing more and more imperative . In other words , the King- dom of God , or Christ's new society ...
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... question of the primitive baptism . We see , for in- stance , that Philip baptized this Ethiopian solely on the ground that the latter believed that the Hero of the fifty - third of Isaiah was none other than Jesus the Naza- rene ...
... question of the primitive baptism . We see , for in- stance , that Philip baptized this Ethiopian solely on the ground that the latter believed that the Hero of the fifty - third of Isaiah was none other than Jesus the Naza- rene ...
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... question whether it was possible for a Gentile to be saved without being circumcised ; that is , without becoming a Jew . Even after that council had decided that circum- cision was no longer necessary , Peter himself , although he had ...
... question whether it was possible for a Gentile to be saved without being circumcised ; that is , without becoming a Jew . Even after that council had decided that circum- cision was no longer necessary , Peter himself , although he had ...
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... questions , from the first century to the close of this nineteenth , have been the chief theme of ecclesiastical dis- putes . Certain members of the mother church in Jeru ... question . Accordingly , EVOLUTION OF THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH 27.
... questions , from the first century to the close of this nineteenth , have been the chief theme of ecclesiastical dis- putes . Certain members of the mother church in Jeru ... question . Accordingly , EVOLUTION OF THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH 27.
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Page 198 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary...
Page 58 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Page 74 - GRANT, O Lord, that as we are baptized into the death of thy blessed Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, so by continual mortifying our corrupt affections we may be buried with him ; and that through the grave, and gate of death, we may pass to our joyful resurrection ; for his merits, who died, and was buried, and rose again for us, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 11 - And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost...
Page 92 - A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Page 167 - Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people : for all the earth is mine...
Page 206 - And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God...
Page 190 - For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
Page 67 - Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
Page 60 - The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach ; that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness ; and with, the mouth confession is made unto salvation.