The kingdom of Christ: or Hints on the principles, ordinances, and constitution of the catholic Church, letters, by a clergyman of the Church of England [J.F.D. Maurice]. |
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... , and thoughtful men generally , in this day , or to whatever point they mean to direct their studies , the questions , -Is there a Catholic Church ? what are its principles viii PREFACE . and constitution ? -inevitably force them- selves.
... , and thoughtful men generally , in this day , or to whatever point they mean to direct their studies , the questions , -Is there a Catholic Church ? what are its principles viii PREFACE . and constitution ? -inevitably force them- selves.
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... means permission to men to quarrel with and hate each other as much as they please ; a tacit repeal of the edict , which had been found in all ages so troublesome , but had never before been formally abrogated , that each man should ...
... means permission to men to quarrel with and hate each other as much as they please ; a tacit repeal of the edict , which had been found in all ages so troublesome , but had never before been formally abrogated , that each man should ...
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... means for avoiding the appearance of self - conceit or presumption . It seemed not easy to devise a better means than to connect my obser- vations on these great and universal prin- ciples with certain events that were pass- ing in the ...
... means for avoiding the appearance of self - conceit or presumption . It seemed not easy to devise a better means than to connect my obser- vations on these great and universal prin- ciples with certain events that were pass- ing in the ...
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... means to save the Society from the dissolution which threatens it . From this short statement , it will , I think , be perceived , how much the great experiment of the Quakers , its origin , pro- gress , and results , may teach us ...
... means to save the Society from the dissolution which threatens it . From this short statement , it will , I think , be perceived , how much the great experiment of the Quakers , its origin , pro- gress , and results , may teach us ...
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... means only you can uphold each of these principles without mutilation , with real power , and in harmony with the rest . In plain words , I wish not to unquaker you in order to make you churchmen , but to teach you how to be thorough ...
... means only you can uphold each of these principles without mutilation , with real power , and in harmony with the rest . In plain words , I wish not to unquaker you in order to make you churchmen , but to teach you how to be thorough ...
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Page 149 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ ; and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ...
Page 113 - Authentic tidings of invisible things; Of ebb and flow, and ever-during power: And central peace, subsisting at the heart Of endless agitation.
Page 84 - Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost, which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour, that being justified by his grace we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Page 132 - O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth, therefore, fruits meet for repentance ; and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father : for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Page 128 - believed God and it was counted unto him for righteousness...
Page 147 - Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
Page 160 - Time's waters will not ebb, nor stay, Power cannot change them, but Love may, What cannot be, Love counts it done. Deep in the heart, her searching view Can read where Faith is ftx'd and true, Through shades of setting life can see Heaven's work begun.
Page 128 - Scripture for speaking of baptized people, as children of God, members of Christ, and heirs of the kingdom of heaven...
Page 107 - Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Page 97 - All he can do, therefore, is to tell wretched creatures, who spend eighteen hours out of the twenty-four in close factories and bitter toil, corrupting and being corrupted, that if they spend the remaining six in prayer — he need not add fasting — they may possibly be saved. How can we insult God and torment man with such mockery !" — Letters ontJts Kinydom of Heaven, ^c., vol.