The Catholic Spirit of True ReligionScott, Webster, and Geary, 1840 - 80 pages |
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... morality . And this is all . How heavenly in itself ! How congenial to the warm and grateful heart to keep it ! But how went it with the keeping of this law , even in the Apostles ' days ? " If ye bite and devour one another ( the ...
... morality . And this is all . How heavenly in itself ! How congenial to the warm and grateful heart to keep it ! But how went it with the keeping of this law , even in the Apostles ' days ? " If ye bite and devour one another ( the ...
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... moral energy by the fact , that though , in precept , ours be a religion of humble - mindedness and mutual forbearance , yet in practice , nowhere in the wide world - not between any classes of worldly men - are stronger antipathies ...
... moral energy by the fact , that though , in precept , ours be a religion of humble - mindedness and mutual forbearance , yet in practice , nowhere in the wide world - not between any classes of worldly men - are stronger antipathies ...
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... moral influence of the church and the clergy sunk so low , that the very idea of spiritual authority is treated as ridi- culous ; and almost every hearer now is in the attitude of a judge , and not of a doer ? Why all these evils ? Oh ...
... moral influence of the church and the clergy sunk so low , that the very idea of spiritual authority is treated as ridi- culous ; and almost every hearer now is in the attitude of a judge , and not of a doer ? Why all these evils ? Oh ...
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... moral beauty , the Chris- tianity of catholicity of spirit , and the desirableness of Christian unity over all . But yet it so falls out , that no good comes of this general assent , this generally expressed desire ; for almost every ...
... moral beauty , the Chris- tianity of catholicity of spirit , and the desirableness of Christian unity over all . But yet it so falls out , that no good comes of this general assent , this generally expressed desire ; for almost every ...
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... with a certain other state of things . It is plainly not to be arrived at , nor expected during periods such as the present , when Christian civilization , and popular en- lightenment in true religion and morality , are as yet 28 THE IDEA .
... with a certain other state of things . It is plainly not to be arrived at , nor expected during periods such as the present , when Christian civilization , and popular en- lightenment in true religion and morality , are as yet 28 THE IDEA .
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Page 97 - If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
Page 280 - Now I beseech you, brethren-, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Page 202 - And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews ; to them that are under the law, as under the law...
Page 284 - For one believeth that he may eat all things : another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
Page 298 - Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord : thou knowest that I love thee.
Page 25 - For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this ; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Page 67 - And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of Angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Page 245 - Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions: and join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
Page 285 - For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 18 For he that in these things serveth Christ, is acceptable to God, and approved of men. 19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Page 211 - And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia : but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more...