Plain Facts for Fair Minds: An Appeal to Candor and Common SenseCatholic Book Exchange, 1895 - 360 pages |
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... , and that we had better not be too confident that we are so much more clever than they , even in an argument . But let that go . The amusing part is the utter misconception of what religion really is . True , 4 Introductory .
... , and that we had better not be too confident that we are so much more clever than they , even in an argument . But let that go . The amusing part is the utter misconception of what religion really is . True , 4 Introductory .
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... Better and fairer to find out if they might not have been mistaken , to say the least . When a son leaves his father's house after some quarrel , you don't simply take his word about the quarrel ; it is only fair to see what account the ...
... Better and fairer to find out if they might not have been mistaken , to say the least . When a son leaves his father's house after some quarrel , you don't simply take his word about the quarrel ; it is only fair to see what account the ...
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... better ; the consolation they give themselves when some friend of theirs does embrace this old and foolish religion , and perhaps even be- comes a priest , to teach it to others , is , " Well , after all , you will be able to do some ...
... better ; the consolation they give themselves when some friend of theirs does embrace this old and foolish religion , and perhaps even be- comes a priest , to teach it to others , is , " Well , after all , you will be able to do some ...
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... better than no bread . True ; but that only half a loaf in this case should be left us , that we know less of the Christian faith than the first Chris- tians did , would imply an imperfection , a partial failure in the work of God ; it ...
... better than no bread . True ; but that only half a loaf in this case should be left us , that we know less of the Christian faith than the first Chris- tians did , would imply an imperfection , a partial failure in the work of God ; it ...
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... better than that of one who would believe the Pope to be infallible simply because so many other good people believe the same , or because God seems to inspire him with that conviction . Reason is as much abandoned in one case as in the ...
... better than that of one who would believe the Pope to be infallible simply because so many other good people believe the same , or because God seems to inspire him with that conviction . Reason is as much abandoned in one case as in the ...
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Page 117 - Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
Page 129 - Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; every man's work shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
Page 245 - He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord ; but he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
Page 46 - And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you, as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not ; and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Page 147 - Let every soul be subject to higher powers: for there is no power but from God: and those that are, are ordained of God.
Page 103 - When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost; whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.
Page 64 - And that in the most holy sacrament of the Eucharist, there is truly, really, and substantially the body and blood, together with the SOUL and DIVINITY of our Lord Jesus Christ...
Page 133 - The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Page 117 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. And the second is like to this : Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Page 248 - And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder ; and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps...