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Inspiration and Interpretation: Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford: With Preliminary Remarks: Being an Answer to a Volume Enti by Burgon, John William (1813-1888)
SERMON VI. Preached at St. Mary-the-Virgin, April 27, 1851. THE DOCTRINE OF ARBITRARY SCRIPTURAL ACCOMMODATION CONSIDERED. Romans x. 6-9. “But the Righteousness which is of Faith speaketh on this wise,—‘Say not in thine heart,…
Way to Divine Knowledge by Law, William (1686-1761)
[Way-3-1] Academicus. If you please, Theophilus, pray go on, just where you left off at our last meeting. For this mystery seems to be at daybreak with me; and the approach of its light leaves me no power to be content without it.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
Penance is a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest's absolution to those who with true sorrow confess their sins and promise to satisfy for the same.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
The history of medical science, considered as a part of the general history of civilization, should logically begin in Mesopotamia, where tradition and philological investigation placed the cradle of the human race.
Christian View of God and the World by Orr, James (1844-1913)
“Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all have sinned.”—Paul. “This is a wonder to which the worshippers of reason have not yet given a name—the story of the fall of the first man.
NPNF2-03. Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius, & Rufinus: Historical Writings by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Orthodoxus and Eranistes. Orth.—In our former discussions we have proved that God the Word is immutable, and became incarnate not by being changed into flesh, but by taking perfect human nature.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
The usual term for the religious movement which made its appearance in Western Europe in the sixteenth century, and which, while ostensibly aiming at an internal renewal of the Church, really led to a great revolt against it, and an abandonment of the principal Christian beliefs.
Absolute Surrender by Murray, Andrew (1828-1917)
” The words from which I wish to address you, you will find in the epistle to the Galatians, the third chapter, the third verse; let us read the second verse also: “This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish?” And then comes my text—“Having begun in the Spirit,…
Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical notes. Volume I. The History of Creeds. by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Literature. The Covenants are added to some Scotch editions of the Westminster Standards. The Solemn League and Covenant was often separately printed. James Aikman: An Historical Account of Covenanting in Scotland, from the first Band in Mearns, 1556, to the Signature of the Grand National Covenant, 1638.
Nature and Causes of Apostasy from the Gospel by Owen, John (1616-1683)
II. Multitudes are led into and countenanced in the ways of sin and profaneness, freely indulging unto their lusts and corrupt affections, by a false appropriation of justifying names and titles unto them, in ways of sin and wickedness.