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... Chapter VIII of " Origines du Culte Chrétien , " by Duchesne , of which an English translation by M. L. McClure is ... chapters 6 , 7 , and 8 , in " The Ministry of Grace " by Bishop John Wordsworth of Salisbury . It may be well to ...
... Chapter VIII of " Origines du Culte Chrétien , " by Duchesne , of which an English translation by M. L. McClure is ... chapters 6 , 7 , and 8 , in " The Ministry of Grace " by Bishop John Wordsworth of Salisbury . It may be well to ...
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... CHAPTER I WHY THE CHURCH HAS A CHRISTIAN YEAR The System " broad - based " on Human Reason and Experience -Pagan Religions , Modern Christian Bodies , and Civil Governments all Alike in their Use of Anniversaries and Commemorations ...
... CHAPTER I WHY THE CHURCH HAS A CHRISTIAN YEAR The System " broad - based " on Human Reason and Experience -Pagan Religions , Modern Christian Bodies , and Civil Governments all Alike in their Use of Anniversaries and Commemorations ...
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... CHAPTER IV THE RITUAL YEAR OF THE CHURCH OF ISRAEL The Sabbath not Jewish , but Universal - The other Sacred Festivals Historical - Passover , Pentecost , Tabernacles , Feast of Trumpets , or New Year , Purim , Dedication , or Feast of ...
... CHAPTER IV THE RITUAL YEAR OF THE CHURCH OF ISRAEL The Sabbath not Jewish , but Universal - The other Sacred Festivals Historical - Passover , Pentecost , Tabernacles , Feast of Trumpets , or New Year , Purim , Dedication , or Feast of ...
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... CHAPTER VIII THE CHURCH CALENDAR AND ITS USE Greek and Roman Calendars - Anno Domini , or the Year of Our Lord - Why not adopted till the Year 541 - Dionysius Exiguus - What we owe to Julius Cæsar - Error of the Cal- endar in A. D. 1582 ...
... CHAPTER VIII THE CHURCH CALENDAR AND ITS USE Greek and Roman Calendars - Anno Domini , or the Year of Our Lord - Why not adopted till the Year 541 - Dionysius Exiguus - What we owe to Julius Cæsar - Error of the Cal- endar in A. D. 1582 ...
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Its Purpose and Its History Walker Gwynne. CHAPTER XII THE MOVABLE FEASTS - EASTER AND ASCENSION PAGE Why Easter not Immovable like Christmas- ( For Origin of Easter see Chapters IV and V ; for Origin of Sunday see Chapter VI . ) Great ...
Its Purpose and Its History Walker Gwynne. CHAPTER XII THE MOVABLE FEASTS - EASTER AND ASCENSION PAGE Why Easter not Immovable like Christmas- ( For Origin of Easter see Chapters IV and V ; for Origin of Sunday see Chapter VI . ) Great ...
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Page 82 - THEREFORE with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name ; evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory : Glory be to thee, 0 Lord Most High.
Page 86 - How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come to succour us, that succour want? How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant? They for us fight, they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant, And all for love, and nothing for reward: O ! why should heavenly God to men have such regard?
Page 124 - Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
Page 39 - It is evident unto all men, diligently reading 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 70 - WHEN God of old came down from Heaven, In power and wrath He came ; Before His feet the clouds were riven, Half darkness and half flame. Around the trembling mountain's base The prostrate people lay ; A day of wrath, and not of grace ; A dim and dreadful day.
Page 38 - Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation. In the name of the holy Scripture we do understand those canonical Books of the Old and New Testament, of whose authority was never any doubt in the Church.
Page 118 - AT length the worst is o'er, and Thou art laid Deep in Thy darksome bed ; All still and cold beneath yon dreary stone Thy sacred form is gone ; Around those lips where power and mercy hung, The dews of death have clung ; The dull earth o'er Thee, and Thy foes around, Thou sleep'st a silent corse, in funeral fetters wound.
Page 122 - O God, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, the noble works that Thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them.
Page 22 - Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.
Page 115 - Lamb's high feast we sing Praise to our victorious King, Who hath washed us in the tide Flowing from His pierced side ; Praise we Him, Whose love divine Gives His sacred blood for wine, Gives His body for the feast, Christ the victim, Christ the priest.