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Sermons for the New Life by Bushnell, Horace (1802-1876)
John x. 3.—“And he calleth his own sheep by name and leadeth them out.” IN this parable, Christ is a shepherd, and his people are his flock. And two points, on which the beauty and significance of the parable principally turn, are referred to in the text, which might not be distinctly observed by one who is not acquainted with the peculiar manner of the eastern shepherds.
New Life: Words of God for Young Disciples by Murray, Andrew (1828-1917)
VI. GOD’S GIFT OF HIS SON ‘For God so loved the world, that He have His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have eternal life.’ -- John 3:16 ‘Thanks be to God for His unspeakable gift.’ -- 2 Cor.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Psalms by MacLaren, Alexander (1826-1910)
‘Teach me to do Thy will; for Thou art my God! Thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.’—PSALM cxliii. 10. These two clauses mean substantially the same thing.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
As known, St. Francis founded three orders and gave each of them a special rule. Here only the rule of the first order is to be considered, i.e., that of the Friars Minor, under the following headings: I.
Music in the History of the Western Church by Dickinson, Edward
[70] CHAPTER III THE LITURGY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH There is no derogation of the honor clue to the Catholic Church in the assertion that a large element in the extraordinary spell which she has always exercised upon the minds of men is to be found in the beauty of her liturgy, the solemn magnificence of her forms of worship,…
Sermons. [Vol. I.] by Manning, Henry Edward (1808-1892)
SERMON IX. THE DANGER OF MISTAKING KNOWLEDGE FOR OBEDIENCE. ST. JAMES i. 22, 23, 24. “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Abandonment to Divine Providence by de Caussade, Jean-Pierre, S.J. (1675-1751)
SECTION IV.—Distrust of Self. The fourth trial of souls in the state of abandonment: the obscurity of their state, and their apparent opposition to the will of God.
Guide for the Perplexed by Maimonides, Moses (1135-1204)
CHAPTER XXXIII You must know that it is very injurious to begin with this branch of philosophy, viz., Metaphysics; or to explain [at first] the sense of the similes occurring in prophecies, and interpret the metaphors which are employed in historical accounts and which abound in the writings of the Prophets.
Guide for the Perplexed by Maimonides, Moses (1135-1204)
CHAPTER XXXV Do not think that what we have laid down in the preceding chapters on the importance, obscurity, and difficulty of the subject,…
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
Celibacy is the renunciation of marriage implicitly or explicitly made, for the more perfect observance of chastity, by all those who receive the Sacrament of Orders in any of the higher grades.