A catechetical analysis of the Creed, founded on the Exposition of bishop Pearson |
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... apostles . Q. Then the faith of the apostles had the same ground as that of Moses and the prophets ? A. Yes ; it was grounded on the immediate revelation of God . Q. If the apostles believed on Christ through his own word , how did ...
... apostles . Q. Then the faith of the apostles had the same ground as that of Moses and the prophets ? A. Yes ; it was grounded on the immediate revelation of God . Q. If the apostles believed on Christ through his own word , how did ...
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... apostles and prophets . Q. Explain what you mean by " I believe . " A. It is a confession , or an external profession of faith . " be Q. Why is this external profession necessary ? A. Because we are commanded to do so : ready always to ...
... apostles and prophets . Q. Explain what you mean by " I believe . " A. It is a confession , or an external profession of faith . " be Q. Why is this external profession necessary ? A. Because we are commanded to do so : ready always to ...
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... apostles , what he had foretold by the prophets . As for the nature of the doctrine , it could not have had such success , because it condemned all other religions ; it contained precepts ungrateful to flesh and blood ; it enforced ...
... apostles , what he had foretold by the prophets . As for the nature of the doctrine , it could not have had such success , because it condemned all other religions ; it contained precepts ungrateful to flesh and blood ; it enforced ...
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... apostle says , " who is the image of the invisi- ble God , the first - born of every creature , " ( Col. i . 15-17 . ) That he did not create the ... apostles , but known as yet to God alone . Q. May not the creation spoken of by St. Paul 40.
... apostle says , " who is the image of the invisi- ble God , the first - born of every creature , " ( Col. i . 15-17 . ) That he did not create the ... apostles , but known as yet to God alone . Q. May not the creation spoken of by St. Paul 40.
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... apostle , who assures us that " all things were made , by him , " tells us , " In the beginning was the Word , and the Word was with God , and the Word was God , " ( John i . 3 , 1. ) Therefore , in " the begin- ning , or ever the earth ...
... apostle , who assures us that " all things were made , by him , " tells us , " In the beginning was the Word , and the Word was with God , and the Word was God , " ( John i . 3 , 1. ) Therefore , in " the begin- ning , or ever the earth ...
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Page 55 - ... far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Page 88 - But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of Me: and ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with Me from the beginning.
Page 57 - And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
Page 32 - Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered Thou sayest that I am a king. ' To this end was I born, and for this cause came, I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Page 136 - For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Page 32 - ... .which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places., (far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named not only in this world, but also in that which is to come...
Page 138 - Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, 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 39 - For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit : by which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison...
Page 69 - O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
Page 92 - An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign ; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas : for as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly ; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.