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... however great may have been the spread of the Catholic religion since the
commencement of this century amongst us , however frequent the conversions
which we hear of , and see all this is , in one respect , as nothing to what goes
forward ...
... however great may have been the spread of the Catholic religion since the
commencement of this century amongst us , however frequent the conversions
which we hear of , and see all this is , in one respect , as nothing to what goes
forward ...
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But remember , that while your Redeemer submitted in every other respect to the
will of his persecutors , while he allowed himself to be bound , and scourged ,
and crowned with thorns , and mocked , and scoffed , and even crucified for your
...
But remember , that while your Redeemer submitted in every other respect to the
will of his persecutors , while he allowed himself to be bound , and scourged ,
and crowned with thorns , and mocked , and scoffed , and even crucified for your
...
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Did she not afterwards keep men by hundreds and thousands , employed in
nothing else than in transcribing the Holy Word of God ; aye , in letters of gold ,
and upon parchment of purple , to show her respect and veneration for it ? Has
she not ...
Did she not afterwards keep men by hundreds and thousands , employed in
nothing else than in transcribing the Holy Word of God ; aye , in letters of gold ,
and upon parchment of purple , to show her respect and veneration for it ? Has
she not ...
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... is a book which commands a much greater degree of respect and attention ,
than any human motives could possibly bestow . For now the Church stands forth
with that authority wherewith she is invested by Christ and proclaims ; “ Under
that ...
... is a book which commands a much greater degree of respect and attention ,
than any human motives could possibly bestow . For now the Church stands forth
with that authority wherewith she is invested by Christ and proclaims ; “ Under
that ...
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... analogies and resemblances , clearly showing ours to be the perfecting and
filling up of the other ' s outline ; that all forms or institutions , framed to ennoble
the former before the nations of earth , to draw their respect and attention towards
it ...
... analogies and resemblances , clearly showing ours to be the perfecting and
filling up of the other ' s outline ; that all forms or institutions , framed to ennoble
the former before the nations of earth , to draw their respect and attention towards
it ...
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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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