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... Christ . An Essay , in Three Chapters . By REGINALD W. MACAN , Christ Church , Oxford . Cloth . 55 . 8vo . WILLIAMS & NORGATE , 14 , Henrietta Street , Covent Garden , London ; and 20 , South Frederick Street , Edinburgh . THE DOCTRINE ...
... Christ . An Essay , in Three Chapters . By REGINALD W. MACAN , Christ Church , Oxford . Cloth . 55 . 8vo . WILLIAMS & NORGATE , 14 , Henrietta Street , Covent Garden , London ; and 20 , South Frederick Street , Edinburgh . THE DOCTRINE ...
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... Christ , and a meta- physical creed in the forefront of the Christianity of the fourth century , is a problem which claims investigation . It claims investigation , but it has not yet been inves- B tigated . There have been inquiries ...
... Christ , and a meta- physical creed in the forefront of the Christianity of the fourth century , is a problem which claims investigation . It claims investigation , but it has not yet been inves- B tigated . There have been inquiries ...
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... Christ should be extended on the cross ; 2 when it was said , " He shall dip his garment in the blood of the grape , " it was meant that his blood should be , not of human origin , but , like the red juice of the grape , from God ; 3 ...
... Christ should be extended on the cross ; 2 when it was said , " He shall dip his garment in the blood of the grape , " it was meant that his blood should be , not of human origin , but , like the red juice of the grape , from God ; 3 ...
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... Christ presented as many difficulties to the first Christian philo- sophers as the Old Testament had done . The conception of Christ as the Wisdom and the Power of God seemed inconsistent with the meanness of a common human life ; and ...
... Christ presented as many difficulties to the first Christian philo- sophers as the Old Testament had done . The conception of Christ as the Wisdom and the Power of God seemed inconsistent with the meanness of a common human life ; and ...
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... Christ said , " The foxes have holes , but the Son of Man hath not where to lay his head , " he meant that on the ... Christ's feet , we read of both his teach- ing and his passion ; for the feet are a symbol of divine instruction ...
... Christ said , " The foxes have holes , but the Son of Man hath not where to lay his head , " he meant that on the ... Christ's feet , we read of both his teach- ing and his passion ; for the feet are a symbol of divine instruction ...
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Page 170 - For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page xxiv - The Sermon on the Mount is the promulgation of a new law of conduct; it assumes beliefs rather than formulates them ; the theological conceptions which underlie it belong to the ethical rather than the speculative side of theology; metaphysics are wholly absent. The Nicene Creed is a statement partly of historical facts and partly of dogmatic inferences ; the metaphysical terms which it contains would probably have been unintelligible to the first disciples ; ethics have no place in it. The one belongs...
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Page 253 - We thank thee, holy Father, for thy holy name, which thou hast caused to dwell in our hearts, and for the knowledge and faith and immortality which thou hast made known to us through Jesus thy servant ; to thee be the glory forever.
Page 302 - We thank thee, our Father, for the holy vine of David thy servant, which thou hast made known to us through Jesus thy servant ; to thee be the glory forever.