Letters on the Divinity of Christ: Addressed to the Rev. E. Channing, in Answer to His Sermon "On the Doctrines of Christianity," Preached & Published at BaltimoreR. Gladding, 1844 - 226 pages |
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... distinctions between being and person , which the sagacity of latter ages has discovered . We find no intimation that this language was to be taken in an unusual sense , or that God's unity was a quite different thing from the oneness ...
... distinctions between being and person , which the sagacity of latter ages has discovered . We find no intimation that this language was to be taken in an unusual sense , or that God's unity was a quite different thing from the oneness ...
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... distinction in the Godhead , and asserted that Father , Son , and Holy Ghost , were merely attributes of God , or the names of different ways in which he revealed himself to mankind , or of different relations which he bore to them and ...
... distinction in the Godhead , and asserted that Father , Son , and Holy Ghost , were merely attributes of God , or the names of different ways in which he revealed himself to mankind , or of different relations which he bore to them and ...
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... distinction in the Godhead ; and not to describe independent , conscious beings pos- sessing separate and equal essences and perfections . Why should we be obliged so often to explain ourselves on this point ? Is there any more ...
... distinction in the Godhead ; and not to describe independent , conscious beings pos- sessing separate and equal essences and perfections . Why should we be obliged so often to explain ourselves on this point ? Is there any more ...
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... distinction exists , is what we aver ; the definition of that distinction is what I shall by no means attempt . By what shall I , or can I define it ? What simile drawn from created objects , which are necessarily derived and dependent ...
... distinction exists , is what we aver ; the definition of that distinction is what I shall by no means attempt . By what shall I , or can I define it ? What simile drawn from created objects , which are necessarily derived and dependent ...
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... distinction , we say , It is not a mere distinction of attributes , of relation to us , of modes of action , or of relation between attributes and substance or essence , so far as they are known to us . We believe the Scriptures justify ...
... distinction , we say , It is not a mere distinction of attributes , of relation to us , of modes of action , or of relation between attributes and substance or essence , so far as they are known to us . We believe the Scriptures justify ...
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Page 176 - Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Page 127 - And they sung a new song, saying. Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; and hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
Page 117 - All things are delivered unto me of my Father, and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Page 99 - And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Page ix - I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible ; and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds, 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 161 - But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 130 - Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me ; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear : and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
Page 119 - Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
Page 130 - To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 119 - Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, that he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.