Panorthosia by Comenius 19-26Bloomsbury Publishing, 1993 M05 1 - 168 pages Panorthosia (Universal Reform) is the essential theme of John Amos Comenius's famous Consultation on the Reform of Human Affairs, and chapters 19-26 represent its climax. In this volume is presented the first English translation of this major work of Comenius, which was lost from about 1672 until 1934 when the Latin scholars of Czechoslovakia had it edited for publication in Prague in 1960. |
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... -33 . Replacing them with improvements , and establishing these permanently 47 Chapter 23 THE PARTICULAR INTERIM REFORM OF CHURCHES 58 Chapter 24 POLITICAL REFORM 102 Chapter 25 THE WORLD ASSEMBLY OR ECUMENICAL COUNCIL , THE Contents.
... -33 . Replacing them with improvements , and establishing these permanently 47 Chapter 23 THE PARTICULAR INTERIM REFORM OF CHURCHES 58 Chapter 24 POLITICAL REFORM 102 Chapter 25 THE WORLD ASSEMBLY OR ECUMENICAL COUNCIL , THE Contents.
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A.M.O. Dobbie. Chapter 25 THE WORLD ASSEMBLY OR ECUMENICAL COUNCIL , THE AUTHORITY FOR UNIVERSAL REFORM 128 Chapter 26 THE VISION OF A BETTER WORLD , OR THE BLESSED STATE OF THE WORLD WHEN THESE REFORMS ARE COMPLETED 154 Index 166 NOTE ON ...
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Contents
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Chapter 22 THE PARTICULAR REFORM OF SCHOOLS | 38 |
Chapter 23 THE PARTICULAR INTERIM REFORM OF CHURCHES | 58 |
Chapter 24 POLITICAL REFORM | 102 |
Chapter 25 THE WORLD ASSEMBLY OR ECUMENICAL COUNCIL THE AUTHORITY FOR UNIVERSAL REFORM | 128 |
Chapter 26 THE VISION OF A BETTER WORLD OR THE BLESSED STATE OF THE WORLD WHEN THESE REFORMS ARE COMPLETED | 154 |
Index | 166 |
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Page 43 - Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
Page 157 - Lord: but this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel ; after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, " Know the Lord; "for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin...
Page 153 - Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie ; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
Page 157 - But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end : many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Page 52 - KEEP thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools : for they consider not that they do evil.
Page 157 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee : but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Page 20 - Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
Page 51 - ... the beginning, ending, and midst of the times: the alterations of the turning of the sun, and the change of seasons: the circuits of years, and the positions of stars: the natures of living creatures, and the furies of wild beasts: the violence of winds, and the reasonings of men: the diversities of plants, and the virtues of roots: and all such things as are either secret or manifest, them I know.
Page 40 - And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? Would God that all the LORD's people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
Page 80 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.