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... Catholic Church is infected with innumerable errors , having engrafted upon
the revelations of Christ , many doctrines unknown to him , which are ,
consequently , but the invention of man ; that she has adopted many principles of
morals and ...
... Catholic Church is infected with innumerable errors , having engrafted upon
the revelations of Christ , many doctrines unknown to him , which are ,
consequently , but the invention of man ; that she has adopted many principles of
morals and ...
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To such as are Protestants , on this ground I would say— suppose that you lived
in a country , or in any part of this country , where there was not within your reach
a single Catholic ; where , consequently , it had not been necessary to hold up ...
To such as are Protestants , on this ground I would say— suppose that you lived
in a country , or in any part of this country , where there was not within your reach
a single Catholic ; where , consequently , it had not been necessary to hold up ...
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Is it each one that has to judge for himself , whether the Church be contradicting
the express doctrines of Scripture , and , consequently , is each person thus
constituted judge over the decisions of his Church ? If so , this is the most
anomalous ...
Is it each one that has to judge for himself , whether the Church be contradicting
the express doctrines of Scripture , and , consequently , is each person thus
constituted judge over the decisions of his Church ? If so , this is the most
anomalous ...
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... in his celebrated Amyntor , enumerates eighteen books which are condemned
, and consequently , not now received ; ; and Mr . Jones remarks that the list is
very far from being complete . Then there are a great many other works
acknow10 ...
... in his celebrated Amyntor , enumerates eighteen books which are condemned
, and consequently , not now received ; ; and Mr . Jones remarks that the list is
very far from being complete . Then there are a great many other works
acknow10 ...
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... what ; and , by the chance of education , and the force of custom , they receive
these Scriptures as the Word of God , without making any serious enquiries , and
consequently , without being able to give any solid reasons * , LECTURE 11 .
... what ; and , by the chance of education , and the force of custom , they receive
these Scriptures as the Word of God , without making any serious enquiries , and
consequently , without being able to give any solid reasons * , LECTURE 11 .
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Page 141 - Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from Heaven ; but my Father giveth you the true Bread from Heaven. For the Bread of God is He Which cometh down from Heaven, and giveth Life unto the world.
Page 158 - Amen, amen, I say to thee, unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of...
Page 100 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 28 - Scriptures contain all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 161 - Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast Thou seen Abraham?" Jesus said unto them, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am.
Page 277 - 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 105 - Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world : the angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the just. And shall cast them into the furnace of fire : there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Page 145 - And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
Page 10 - We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Faith, and not for our own works or deservings : Wherefore, that we are justified by faith only is a most wholesome doctrine, and very full of comfort, as more largely is expressed in the Homily of Justification.
Page 23 - The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
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| Title | Lectures on the principal doctrines and practices of the Catholic Church Lectures on the principal doctrines and practices of the Catholic Church, Nicholas Patrick S. Wiseman (card, abp. of Westminster.) |
| Author | Nicholas Patrick S. Wiseman (card, abp. of Westminster.) |
| Published | 1836 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 20 Apr 2007 |
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