Polygamy and Citizenship in Church and StateJudd & Detweiler, 1906 - 227 pages |
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... apostolic church , or that it was ap- proved anywhere or at any time in the Bible by divine sanc- tion . The attempt is sometimes made to discredit the validity of a negative argument ; but it is erroneous and misleading . This is ...
... apostolic church , or that it was ap- proved anywhere or at any time in the Bible by divine sanc- tion . The attempt is sometimes made to discredit the validity of a negative argument ; but it is erroneous and misleading . This is ...
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... Apostolic Church , as is clearly shown in Paul's letter to Timothy where we are told that only a man who has one wife can hold office in the Church , clearly implying that there were men in the Church who did have more than one wife ...
... Apostolic Church , as is clearly shown in Paul's letter to Timothy where we are told that only a man who has one wife can hold office in the Church , clearly implying that there were men in the Church who did have more than one wife ...
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... apostolic church ; and we shall learn further from Paul himself , and from the antiquities and history of the primitive church , that there is no warrant for this inference , nor for this horrid doctrine of polygamy in the apostolic ...
... apostolic church ; and we shall learn further from Paul himself , and from the antiquities and history of the primitive church , that there is no warrant for this inference , nor for this horrid doctrine of polygamy in the apostolic ...
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... apostolic church , is the least satisfactory of the list . There is not a particle of collateral evidence in support of this naked view that polygamy found its way into the bosom of the apostolic church . ( 2 ) But there is , we shall ...
... apostolic church , is the least satisfactory of the list . There is not a particle of collateral evidence in support of this naked view that polygamy found its way into the bosom of the apostolic church . ( 2 ) But there is , we shall ...
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... apostolic times ; besides , a circumstance not sufficiently considered , the Greeks and Romans were monogamous nations , so that the class of polygamists so called was not comparatively numerous among the peoples from whom Christianity ...
... apostolic times ; besides , a circumstance not sufficiently considered , the Greeks and Romans were monogamous nations , so that the class of polygamists so called was not comparatively numerous among the peoples from whom Christianity ...
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Polygamy and Citizenship in Church and State (Classic Reprint) Samuel Spahr Laws No preview available - 2015 |
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Popular passages
Page 85 - But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery : and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Page 78 - JESUS, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow thee ; Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou, from hence, my All shalt be. Perish every fond ambition, All I've sought, or hoped or known, Yet how rich is my condition ! God and heaven are still my own.
Page 87 - Have ye not read that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife; and they twain shall be one flesh'? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Page 122 - And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of GOD and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month : and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Page 138 - Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sin, and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, doth, with grief and hatred of his sin, turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavour after, new obedience.
Page 110 - Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him ? But ye have dishonoured the poor man.
Page 123 - Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.
Page 193 - Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lord ; for there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife ; and concubines he shall have none; for I, the Lord God, delighteth in the chastity of women.
Page 108 - For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Page 20 - Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.