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... person , at once as a means of health and as a sign of purity . We shall presently see that here as elsewhere the Founder of Christianity chose rather to sanctify and elevate what already existed than to create and invent a new form for ...
... person , at once as a means of health and as a sign of purity . We shall presently see that here as elsewhere the Founder of Christianity chose rather to sanctify and elevate what already existed than to create and invent a new form for ...
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... person from capa- cious vessels , so as to wrap the recipient as within the veil of a splashing cataract . This was the part of the ceremony on which the Apostles laid so much stress . It seemed to them like a burial of the old former ...
... person from capa- cious vessels , so as to wrap the recipient as within the veil of a splashing cataract . This was the part of the ceremony on which the Apostles laid so much stress . It seemed to them like a burial of the old former ...
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... persons who received it , without any consent or intention either of administrator or recipient , as in the case of children or actors perform- ing the rite with no serious intention . There was also 1 John iii . 5-8 . 2 See Professor ...
... persons who received it , without any consent or intention either of administrator or recipient , as in the case of children or actors perform- ing the rite with no serious intention . There was also 1 John iii . 5-8 . 2 See Professor ...
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... person of a human being be wrapt in the purifying element , he was thought to be redeemed from the uncleanness of his birth . The boy Athanasius throwing water in jest over his playmate on the sea - shore performed , as it was believed ...
... person of a human being be wrapt in the purifying element , he was thought to be redeemed from the uncleanness of his birth . The boy Athanasius throwing water in jest over his playmate on the sea - shore performed , as it was believed ...
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... persons . The rubric which , in the disastrous epoch of 1662 , was for the first time introduced into the English Prayer Book , forbidding the performance of its burial service over the unbaptized , which till then had been permitted ...
... persons . The rubric which , in the disastrous epoch of 1662 , was for the first time introduced into the English Prayer Book , forbidding the performance of its burial service over the unbaptized , which till then had been permitted ...
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Page 318 - And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. 3 Give us day by day our daily bread. 4 And forgive us our sins: for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us.
Page 374 - I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt : open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Page 81 - It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, Everlasting God.
Page 113 - Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
Page 320 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Page 110 - Body and Blood of Christ are verily and indeed " taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's
Page 130 - My prayer hath power with God; the Grace Unspeakable I now receive, Through Faith I see thee face to face, I see thee face to face, and live: In vain I have not wept, and strove, Thy nature and thy name is Love.
Page 9 - My good blade carves the casques of men, My tough lance thrusteth sure, My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.
Page 109 - Christ was the word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it ; And what the word did make it, That I believe and take it.
Page 150 - Ye are the salt of the earth.' ' Ye are the light of the world.