Bishops and Councils: Their Causes and Consequences

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Oliver and Boyd, 1870 - 191 pages

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Page 33 - Sun-day" all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the Apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits ; then, when the reader has ceased, the president verbally instructs, and exhorts to the imitation of these good things.
Page 122 - For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures...
Page 1 - Holy Scripture and ancient authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church ; Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.
Page 134 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united! For in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
Page 78 - He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Page 183 - The body and blood of Christ which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper.
Page 125 - Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer : and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Page 176 - THE Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith : And yet it is not lawful for the •Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another.
Page 113 - There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Page 32 - They are in the flesh; but they do not live after the flesh. They pass their days on earth ; but are citizens of heaven. They obey the prescribed laws, and, at the same time, surpass the laws by their lives. They love all men, and are persecuted by all.

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