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Creeds of Christendom, Volume III. The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
(The New Hampshire Confession.) [This Confession was drawn up by the Rev. John Newton Brown, D.D., of New Hampshire (b. 1803, d. 1868), about 1833, and has been adopted by the New Hampshire Convention, and widely accepted by Baptists, especially in the Northern and Western States, as a clear and concise statement of their faith, in harmony with the doctrines of older confessions,…
Creeds of Christendom, Volume III. The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
[The Belgic Confession, composed in French by Guy de Brès (died a martyr, 1567) for the Churches in Flanders and the Netherlands, 1561, was adopted by a Reformed Synod at Emden,…
Creeds of Christendom, Volume III. The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches. by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
CANONES SYNODI DORDRECHTANÆ. The Canons of the Synod of Dort. A.D. 1618 and 1619. [We give first the full Latin text of the Acts of the Synod of Dort (Dordrecht)…
Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380-1471)
The Voice of Christ MY CHILD, you are not yet a brave and wise lover. The Disciple Why, Lord? The Voice of Christ Because, on account of a slight difficulty you give up what you have undertaken and are too eager to seek consolation.
Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380-1471)
HE WHO follows Me, walks not in darkness,” says the Lord (John 8:12). By these words of Christ we are advised to imitate His life and habits,…
Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ by Owen, John (1616-1683)
or — first in his condescension. The things whereof we have thus far discoursed, relating immediately unto the person of Christ in itself, may seem to have somewhat of difficulty in them unto such whose minds are not duly exercised in the contemplation of heavenly things.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
A work of spiritual devotion, also sometimes called the "Following of Christ". Its purpose is to instruct the soul in Christian perfection with Christ as the Divine Model.
Religious Affections by Edwards, Jonathan (1703-1758)
RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS. PART 1. CONCERNING THE NATURE OF THE AFFECTIONS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE IN RELIGION. 1 Peter 1:8: Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory.
Death of Christ by Denney, James (1856-1917)
CHAPTER 6 The Importance of the Death of Christ in Preaching and in Theology IF the series of studies which we have now completed has reproduced with any adequacy or accuracy the mind of the New Testament writers, certain conclusions of importance may fairly be deduced from it.
Light, Life, and Love by Inge, William Ralph (1860-1954)
... OF THE GERMAN MYSTICS TO most English readers the "Imitation of Christ" is the representative of mediaeval German mysticism. In reality ... Dr. Bigg has said, In his Introduction to the "Imitation of Christ," in this series. was only a semi-mystic ...
