The Arians of the Fourth Century, Issue 61 |
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A VERY few words will suffice for the purpose of explaining in what respects the
Third Edition of this Volume differs from those which preceded it . Its text has
been relieved of some portion of the literary imperfections necessarily incident to
a ...
A VERY few words will suffice for the purpose of explaining in what respects the
Third Edition of this Volume differs from those which preceded it . Its text has
been relieved of some portion of the literary imperfections necessarily incident to
a ...
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... there was in fact retained the pestilence of Jewish unbelief , tending ( whether
directly or not , at least eventually ) to introduce fundamental error respecting the
Person of Christ . Before the end of the first century , this result is disclosed in the
...
... there was in fact retained the pestilence of Jewish unbelief , tending ( whether
directly or not , at least eventually ) to introduce fundamental error respecting the
Person of Christ . Before the end of the first century , this result is disclosed in the
...
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... of mere exhortations respecting the benevolence and mercy of God , the
necessity of repentance , the rights of conscience , and the obligation of
obedience . But it is scarcely the attribute of a generous faith , to be anxiously
inquiring into the ...
... of mere exhortations respecting the benevolence and mercy of God , the
necessity of repentance , the rights of conscience , and the obligation of
obedience . But it is scarcely the attribute of a generous faith , to be anxiously
inquiring into the ...
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The great duty of the Christian teacher was to unfold the sacred truths in due
order , and not prematurely to insist on the difficulties , or to apply the promises of
the Gospel ; and if others erred in this respect , still it remained a duty to him .
The great duty of the Christian teacher was to unfold the sacred truths in due
order , and not prematurely to insist on the difficulties , or to apply the promises of
the Gospel ; and if others erred in this respect , still it remained a duty to him .
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... of the schools , all precepts of holiness combined with religious knowledge . All
this , taken together , or the Eclectic , I call philosophy : whereas the rest are mere
forgeries of the human intellect , and in no respect to be accounted divine 8 .
... of the schools , all precepts of holiness combined with religious knowledge . All
this , taken together , or the Eclectic , I call philosophy : whereas the rest are mere
forgeries of the human intellect , and in no respect to be accounted divine 8 .
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Page 24 - But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
Page 162 - For the Father judgeth no man, But hath committed all judgment unto the Son : That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son, Honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
Page 91 - ... eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived.
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Page 162 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do; for what things soever He doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that Himself doeth : and He will show him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
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Page 51 - The most accurate consideration of the subject will lead us to acquiesce in the statement, as a general truth, that the doctrines in question have never been learned merely from Scripture ; surely, the sacred volume was never intended, and was not adapted, to teach our creed.
Page 75 - He both thinks and speaks the truth; except when careful treatment is necessary, and then, as a physician for the good of his patients, he will LIE, or rather utter a LIE, as the Sophists say. . . . Nothing, however, but his neighbour's good will lead him to do this. He gives himself up for the Church.'"3 As to the
Page 168 - Origin ; forasmuch as the Son is from the Father, not the Father from the Son.
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| Title | The Arians of the Fourth Century, Issue 61 The Arians of the Fourth Century, John Henry Newman |
| Author | John Henry Newman |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | E. Lumley, 1871 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 24 Aug 2006 |
| Length | 478 pages |
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