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... communion , but also in other bodies of English - speaking Christians , whose growing tendency is to return to the ancient and well - tried methods of the historic Church in matters of worship and festival . It has been wisely said that ...
... communion , but also in other bodies of English - speaking Christians , whose growing tendency is to return to the ancient and well - tried methods of the historic Church in matters of worship and festival . It has been wisely said that ...
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... Communion with Rome - Not adopted by England till 1752 - Greek and Russian Churches retain the " Old Style . " 43 CHAPTER IX TECHNICAL WORDS IN THE CALENDAR Lunar Cycle , Metonic Cycle , Golden Number , or Prime , Paschal Moon , Epact ...
... Communion with Rome - Not adopted by England till 1752 - Greek and Russian Churches retain the " Old Style . " 43 CHAPTER IX TECHNICAL WORDS IN THE CALENDAR Lunar Cycle , Metonic Cycle , Golden Number , or Prime , Paschal Moon , Epact ...
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... Communion on that day in Troas when S. Paul preached , and from the same apostle's direction to the Church in Corinth con- cerning a special weekly offering on the day for the poor Christians in Jerusalem.2 It may also be inferred from ...
... Communion on that day in Troas when S. Paul preached , and from the same apostle's direction to the Church in Corinth con- cerning a special weekly offering on the day for the poor Christians in Jerusalem.2 It may also be inferred from ...
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... Communion ; requires " the laying on of hands " by a successor of the Apostles for the gift of the Holy Spirit in Confirmation ; builds churches after the pattern of the Temple with an altar , and not after the pattern of a synagogue ...
... Communion ; requires " the laying on of hands " by a successor of the Apostles for the gift of the Holy Spirit in Confirmation ; builds churches after the pattern of the Temple with an altar , and not after the pattern of a synagogue ...
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... Communion as the central act of all our worship on every Lord's Day ; has the clergy wear appropriate vestments in divine service ; and finally , observes a ritual year of festival and fast , setting forth before the eyes of the world ...
... Communion as the central act of all our worship on every Lord's Day ; has the clergy wear appropriate vestments in divine service ; and finally , observes a ritual year of festival and fast , setting forth before the eyes of the world ...
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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.