The Creeds of Christendom: The evangelical Protestant creeds, with translationsHarper, 1919 |
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according Acts ANSWER Antwort Apoc Apostle Apostolus Articles authority Baptism Baptismus believe blood body bread called cause CHAPTER Christian Christum Church churches commandment Confession conscience croyons dead death Deus Deut Dieu divine doctrine doth duty Ecclesiæ eternal evil faith Father first flesh Frage free give given glory God's good works Gospel Gott Gottes grace great hæc hath have heart heaven Holy Ghost Holy Spirit Jesus Christ John life Lord Jesus love Luke made make Matt means ministers name nature necessary obedience omnibus only order people persons power præ prayer qu'il quæ Quæs Ques QUESTION quhilk receive repentance righteousness sacraments saints salvation same Satan Scripture sine sins suæ taken teach their them therein thereof they things thou time tion true truly truth unto viii whereby whole Word words work world worship
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Page 603 - the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil,' etc.,' it was said [namely, to Rebecca] the elder shall serve the younger; as it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated' (Rom. ix. 11-13); and, 'As many as were ordained to eternal life believed
Page 842 - Holy Trinity. There is but one living and true God, who is a spirit, everlasting; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the Maker and Preserver of all things, both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead there be three persons, of one substance, power, and eternity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Page 525 - 1801. of our adoption to be the sons of God by the Holy Ghost, are visibly signed and sealed; Faith is confirmed, and Grace increased by virtue of prayer unto God. The Baptism of young Children is in any wise to be retained in the Church, as most agreeable with the institution of Christ.
Page 353 - in my blood; this do ye as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come? And this promise is repeated also by St. Paul, where he says: The cup of
Page 540 - keep my body in temperance, soberness, and chastity: not to covet nor desire other men's goods; but to learn and labor truly to get mine own living, and to do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please God to call me. Catechist. My good child,
Page 846 - xn. Of the Justification of Man. We are pardoned and accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, by faith; and not for our own works or deservings. He who knew no sin was made sin for us, that we might be
Page 509 - Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation. ED. LAT. 1563.
Page 879 - sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves' (2 Cor. iii. 5). Now, it is evident that the mind or understanding is the guide of the will; and, seeing the guide is blind, it is easy to be seen how far the will can reach. Therefore man, not as yet regenerate,
Page 838 - THE CHURCH. The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered, according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 514 - XL Of the Justification of Man. We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Faith, and not for our own works or deservings. Wherefore, that we are justified by Faith only, is a most wholesome Doctrine, and very full of comfort, as more largely is expressed in the Homily of Justification.