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... grace of His Spirit is the fulness of grace , adequate for all ages and all men ; and the truth revealed in Him is ' a faith once for all delivered , ' simple and universal , which is to mould human character to the end.2 Plainly , then ...
... grace of His Spirit is the fulness of grace , adequate for all ages and all men ; and the truth revealed in Him is ' a faith once for all delivered , ' simple and universal , which is to mould human character to the end.2 Plainly , then ...
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... grace and truth which He came to bring to men : so that becoming His disciple , meant from the first this - in a real sense this only- incorporation into His society . If this was the case , the Church was not created by men , nor can ...
... grace and truth which He came to bring to men : so that becoming His disciple , meant from the first this - in a real sense this only- incorporation into His society . If this was the case , the Church was not created by men , nor can ...
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... grace , He would not have cast them abroad among men , but would have given them a stable home in a visible and duly con- stituted society - a society simple enough in its principles to be capable of adaptation to the vary- ing needs of ...
... grace , He would not have cast them abroad among men , but would have given them a stable home in a visible and duly con- stituted society - a society simple enough in its principles to be capable of adaptation to the vary- ing needs of ...
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... grace , uniting men by the Spirit through Christ to God and to one another ; or as the kingdom of truth , maintaining the ' witness of Jesus ' ; or as the organ of divine authority , guiding and disciplining the lives of men . But it is ...
... grace , uniting men by the Spirit through Christ to God and to one another ; or as the kingdom of truth , maintaining the ' witness of Jesus ' ; or as the organ of divine authority , guiding and disciplining the lives of men . But it is ...
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... grace of Christ . Communion with God depended on com- munion with His Church . He cannot have God for 1 The thought of salvation in the Church is so prominent in Tertullian's mind that he finds it in the Lord's Prayer . Speaking of the ...
... grace of Christ . Communion with God depended on com- munion with His Church . He cannot have God for 1 The thought of salvation in the Church is so prominent in Tertullian's mind that he finds it in the Lord's Prayer . Speaking of the ...
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Page 67 - Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Page 202 - And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
Page 275 - ... deep in contemplation, and not inclinable to discourse; which gave the Doctor occasion to require his present thoughts. To which he replied 'That he was meditating the number and nature of Angels, and their blessed obedience and order, without which, peace could not be in Heaven: and Oh! that it might be so on Earth!
Page 180 - Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all? seeing there are those who offer the gifts according to the law...
Page 207 - And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Page 66 - They abstain from the eucharist, and from the public offices; because they confess not the eucharist to be the flesh of our Saviour Jesus Christ which suffered for our sins, and which the Father of his goodness raised again from the dead.
Page 371 - Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection ; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Page 202 - And I will clothe him with thy robe, And strengthen him with thy girdle, And I will commit thy government into his hand: And he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, And to the house of Judah.
Page 41 - He gave some apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.
Page 39 - For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things, " that ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication, from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.