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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,…
Light in the Dark Places: or, Memorial of Christian Life in the Middle Ages by Neander, Augustus Johann (1789-1850)
As a new Christian revival distinguished the close of the eleventh century, missionaries were then sent forth from the reinvigorated Church. We will sketch a portrait of one of these, to whom Pomerania owes its Christianity.
Institutes of the Christian Religion by Calvin, John (1509-1564)
CHAPTER 16. PÆDOBAPTISM. ITS ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTITUTION OF CHRIST, AND THE NATURE OF THE SIGN. Divisions of this chapter,—I. Confirmation of the orthodox doctrine of Pædobaptism, sec.
Institutes of the Christian Religion by Calvin, John (1509-1564)
CHAPTER 8. OF THE POWER OF THE CHURCH IN ARTICLES OF FAITH. THE UNBRIDLED LICENCE OF THE PAPAL CHURCH IN DESTROYING PURITY OF DOCTRINE.…
Complete Works of Thomas Manton, D.D. Vol. IV by Manton, Thomas (1620-1677)
VER. 1. My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. This chapter containeth two special admonitions, which were very needful as the state of things then were.
First Principles of the Reformation or the Ninety-five Theses and the Three Primary Works by Luther, Martin (1483-1546)
It is not only without any warrant of Scripture that matrimony is considered a sacrament, but it has been turned into a mere mockery by the very same traditions which vaunt it as a sacrament.
Nature and Causes of Apostasy from the Gospel by Owen, John (1616-1683)
ld, causes of apostasy — The work of Satan, and judgments of God in this matter. III. The innate pride and vanity of the minds of men is another means whereby they are disposed and inclined unto an apostasy from the profession of evangelical truth.
NPNF2-07. Cyril of Jerusalem, Gregory Nazianzen by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Introduction to Oration II. It is generally agreed that this oration was not intended for oral delivery. Its object was to explain and defend S. Gregory’s recent conduct, which had been severely criticised by his friends at Nazianzus.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 40: 1894 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"You shall guide me with Your counsel, and afterward receive me to Glory." Psalm 73:24. The Psalmist, here, evidently perceives that his Lord is near. He does not so much speak of God as to Him—"You shall guide me with Your counsel." You know what the French call, tutoyage—you-ing and you-ing—there is something of that kind of language in the text,…
Pneumatologia by Owen, John (1616-1683)
Sundry things preparatory to the work of conversion — Material and formal dispositions, with their difference — Things in the power of our natural abilities required of us in a way of duty — Internal,…
