The rule of faith, a sermon. [With] Appendix, containing an examination of certain popular objections, and further proofs of the statements advanced |
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... fixed wit- ness and representative of the apostolic preaching . And thus they would say , " Thou hast the oracles of God ; no man teaches thee as they teach : listen , I pray you , all ye of the laity , and purchase the books which are ...
... fixed wit- ness and representative of the apostolic preaching . And thus they would say , " Thou hast the oracles of God ; no man teaches thee as they teach : listen , I pray you , all ye of the laity , and purchase the books which are ...
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... fix the text of Holy Scripture ; and the result , not less certain . 1 66 Ecquid verisimile est , ut tot ac tantæ ( sc . Ecclesiæ ) in unam fidem erraverint ? Nullus inter multos eventus unus exitus : с variety of their language , as ...
... fix the text of Holy Scripture ; and the result , not less certain . 1 66 Ecquid verisimile est , ut tot ac tantæ ( sc . Ecclesiæ ) in unam fidem erraverint ? Nullus inter multos eventus unus exitus : с variety of their language , as ...
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... fixed interpretation , there will yet remain a large body of doctrines , which are not included in the summary of the creed , but are , nevertheless , of prime importance in the Christian faith , such as , original or birth sin , the ...
... fixed interpretation , there will yet remain a large body of doctrines , which are not included in the summary of the creed , but are , nevertheless , of prime importance in the Christian faith , such as , original or birth sin , the ...
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... fixed when the doctrine of original sin was universally received ; and the mystery of the holy Eucharist was everywhere believed , while some of the Epistles were not everywhere as yet received as apostolical . But if , on the other ...
... fixed when the doctrine of original sin was universally received ; and the mystery of the holy Eucharist was everywhere believed , while some of the Epistles were not everywhere as yet received as apostolical . But if , on the other ...
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... fixed and measured knowledge . Progression and new results are indeed the very life of science ; but the rule of faith is retrospective altogether , and the first axiom of apostolic truth is , whatsoever is new is not of Christ ' . God ...
... fixed and measured knowledge . Progression and new results are indeed the very life of science ; but the rule of faith is retrospective altogether , and the first axiom of apostolic truth is , whatsoever is new is not of Christ ' . God ...
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Page 135 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Page 42 - Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
Page 23 - Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 27 - FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word ; it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, that thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
Page 68 - God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made...
Page 65 - And, without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness : God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory — 1 Tim.
Page 41 - And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.
Page 48 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Page 44 - Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
Page 11 - They went out from us, but they were not of us ; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us : but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.