The Religions and Religious Ceremonies of All Nations: Accurately, Impartially, and Fully Described; Including Christians, Mohammedans, Jews, Brahmins, and Pagans, of All Sects and DenominationsSherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1835 - 636 pages |
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... never failed , when necessary , to advocate the great cause of religious toleration , and has endea- voured to impress the mind of his Christian readers with the necessity of constantly keeping the " unity of the spirit in the bond of ...
... never failed , when necessary , to advocate the great cause of religious toleration , and has endea- voured to impress the mind of his Christian readers with the necessity of constantly keeping the " unity of the spirit in the bond of ...
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... never having been broken in a single instance . It is proper to remark here , that the Roman Catholics do not hold an opinion that the Pope himself is infallible , as many charge them ; they only say that the Pope and the rest of the ...
... never having been broken in a single instance . It is proper to remark here , that the Roman Catholics do not hold an opinion that the Pope himself is infallible , as many charge them ; they only say that the Pope and the rest of the ...
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... never were a recognised Order . In all ages of the world , a strange notion has existed that the Deity must necessarily be pleased with the self - inflicted punishment of his creatures ; and , in the course of this volume , occasion ...
... never were a recognised Order . In all ages of the world , a strange notion has existed that the Deity must necessarily be pleased with the self - inflicted punishment of his creatures ; and , in the course of this volume , occasion ...
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... never give a blessing except with three fingers . They are regular , even to austerity , in their manners ; but as they have always refused to admit Christians of other denomina- tions into their religious assemblies , they have been ...
... never give a blessing except with three fingers . They are regular , even to austerity , in their manners ; but as they have always refused to admit Christians of other denomina- tions into their religious assemblies , they have been ...
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... never meets a priest of this class without lifting his cap ; he places one of his hands on his breast , and with the other taking the priest's hand , kisses it respectfully . When a curate enters a house , all the inhabitants , whatever ...
... never meets a priest of this class without lifting his cap ; he places one of his hands on his breast , and with the other taking the priest's hand , kisses it respectfully . When a curate enters a house , all the inhabitants , whatever ...
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Page 213 - THE condition of man after the fall of Adam is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith and calling upon God : Wherefore we have no power to do good works, pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God, by Christ, preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 16 - THE Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, is of one substance, majesty, and glory, with the Father and the Son, very and eternal God.
Page 188 - Faith ; which Faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. And the Catholic Faith is this : that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the substance.
Page 144 - And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Page 233 - In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
Page 187 - Faith is this: that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity; Neither confounding the Persons: nor dividing the substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son : and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one: the glory equal, the Majesty coeternal.
Page 215 - GENERAL Councils may not be gathered together without the commandment and will of Princes. And when they be gathered together, (forasmuch as they be an assembly of men, whereof all be not governed with the Spirit and Word of God,) they may err, and sometimes have erred, even in things pertaining unto God.
Page 256 - The Unitarian Society for promoting Christian Knowledge and the practice of Virtue, by the distribution of books.
Page 23 - Is any sick among you? Let him call for the Elders of the Church ; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the Name of the LORD : and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the LORD shall raise him up ; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Page 210 - THE Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God, and of one substance with the Father, took Man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance...