History and Exposition of the Twenty-five Articles of Religion of the Methodist Episcopal ChurchEaton & Mains, 1908 - 392 pages |
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... canon . As he framed the closing part of the Article it contained a reference to the " apocryphal " books , which " the Church doth read for example of life and instruction of manners ; but yet doth it not apply them to establish any ...
... canon . As he framed the closing part of the Article it contained a reference to the " apocryphal " books , which " the Church doth read for example of life and instruction of manners ; but yet doth it not apply them to establish any ...
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... canon . The first " declares that the holy coun- cil receives all the books of the Old and New Testaments as well as all the traditions of the Church respecting faith and morals , as having proceeded from the lips of Jesus Christ ...
... canon . The first " declares that the holy coun- cil receives all the books of the Old and New Testaments as well as all the traditions of the Church respecting faith and morals , as having proceeded from the lips of Jesus Christ ...
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... canon was wise for many reasons . The canon was an open question before the Council of Trent , and that synod the year before the framing of this Article had arbitrarily decreed the canonicity of the Apocrypha , and added largely to the ...
... canon was wise for many reasons . The canon was an open question before the Council of Trent , and that synod the year before the framing of this Article had arbitrarily decreed the canonicity of the Apocrypha , and added largely to the ...
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... canon of Scripture , as the phrase is usually employed , may be defined as the authoritative standard of religion and morals , composed of those writings which have been given for this purpose by God to men . " 1 The Old Testament Canon ...
... canon of Scripture , as the phrase is usually employed , may be defined as the authoritative standard of religion and morals , composed of those writings which have been given for this purpose by God to men . " 1 The Old Testament Canon ...
Page 128
... of the formation of the canon has been preserved , but age after age communi- 1 Commentary , in loco . See 2 Kings 22. 8 . cations were received as expressions of the will of God 128 THE TWENTY - FIVE ARTICLES OF RELIGION.
... of the formation of the canon has been preserved , but age after age communi- 1 Commentary , in loco . See 2 Kings 22. 8 . cations were received as expressions of the will of God 128 THE TWENTY - FIVE ARTICLES OF RELIGION.
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Page 143 - I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth...
Page 284 - And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying. Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Page 143 - These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Page 324 - The Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that Christians ought to have among themselves one to another, but rather is a sacrament of our redemption by Christ's death; insomuch that, to such as rightly, worthily, and with faith receive the same, the bread which we break is a partaking of the body of Christ; and likewise the cup of blessing is a partaking of the blood of Christ.
Page 369 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Page 335 - The Body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten, in the Supper, only after an heavenly and spiritual manner. And the mean whereby the Body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper is Faith.
Page 167 - For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another ; though my reins be consumed within me.
Page 225 - Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him. But whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Page 375 - Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work and eat their own bread.
Page 143 - For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.