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Nestorian Christians are the small , but venerable remnant of a once great and influential church . They are the oldest of Christian sects ; in their better days they were numerous through all the vast regions from Palestine to China ...
Nestorian Christians are the small , but venerable remnant of a once great and influential church . They are the oldest of Christian sects ; in their better days they were numerous through all the vast regions from Palestine to China ...
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The largest and oldest mosque in this city , for instance , was once a Christian church . In repairing it a few years ago , a vault was found under it containing ancient relics , and among them a manuscript in a state of tolerable ...
The largest and oldest mosque in this city , for instance , was once a Christian church . In repairing it a few years ago , a vault was found under it containing ancient relics , and among them a manuscript in a state of tolerable ...
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The principal books containing the church services of the Nestorians are the following . 1. Alternate prayers for each day in two weeks ... Services for the communion , ordination , baptism and consecration of churches ( Takhsa ) . 6.
The principal books containing the church services of the Nestorians are the following . 1. Alternate prayers for each day in two weeks ... Services for the communion , ordination , baptism and consecration of churches ( Takhsa ) . 6.
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auricular confession , the doctrine of purgatory , and many other of the corrupt dogmas and practices of the Papal , Greek and Armenian churches ; while they cherish the highest reverence of Nestorius , the present opportunity of ...
auricular confession , the doctrine of purgatory , and many other of the corrupt dogmas and practices of the Papal , Greek and Armenian churches ; while they cherish the highest reverence of Nestorius , the present opportunity of ...
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And the word of the Lord , ” in the progress of our labors , shall “ have free course and be glorified ” among the people , the number of these Simeons and Annas will , we trust , be rapidly increased ; until the whole church shall be ...
And the word of the Lord , ” in the progress of our labors , shall “ have free course and be glorified ” among the people , the number of these Simeons and Annas will , we trust , be rapidly increased ; until the whole church shall be ...
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Page 192 - For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
Page 216 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 237 - I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall grow as the lily and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Page 181 - I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean from all your filthiness and from all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
Page 184 - But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Page 464 - And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
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Page 328 - For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine ; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears ; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Page 66 - And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.