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Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability by Herbermann, Charles George (1840-1916)
The use of holy water in the earliest days of the Christian Era is attested by documents of only comparatively late date. The "Apostolic Constitutions", the redaction of which goes back to about the year 400, attribute to the Apostle St.
Sermons of John Owen by Owen, John (1616-1683)
Sermon III. The nature and beauty of gospel worship. “For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.” Eph. ii. 18. In the foregoing verses the apostle makes mention of a double reconciliation, wrought by the blood of the cross, — the one, of the Jews and Gentiles unto God; the other, of the same persons one to another.
Works of Jonathan Edwards, Volume Two by Edwards, Jonathan (1703-1758)
... careful to avoid sin, and to strive to live holy. Sometimes the hope of hypocrites is very confident ... that then we feel the greatest desires to live holy, and have most of a disposition to keep ...
Selected Sermons of George Whitefield by Whitefield, George (1714-1770)
Marks of Having Received the Holy Ghost Acts 19:2 — “Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?” Two different significations have been given of these words.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 09: 1863 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
... together things of clay, and find a living joy in dying things and fix eternal hopes on shadows ...
Philosophy of Revelation by Bavinck, Herman (1854-1921)
Lecture 8 - Revelation and Religious Experience If Christianity were at one with itself, and there were no other religions, the recognition of its truth would be easier.
Doctrinal Divinity by Gill, John (1697-1771)
Chapter 5 Of the Second Coming of Christ, and His Personal Appearance. The personal appearance of Christ will be before the resurrection of the just, which is the first resurrection; that will be at the coming of Christ, which might properly have been treated of before that resurrection; but that I chose to lay before the reader in one connected view,…
Holy Living by Taylor, Jeremy (1613-1667)
... , confession of our sins, renewing our purposes of holy living, praying for pardon of our failings and for ...
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) by Henry, Matthew (1662-1714)
... , living and dying, Christ is gain; that is, "I desire no more, neither while I live nor when I die, but ...
Music in the History of the Western Church by Dickinson, Edward
[36] CHAPTER II RITUAL AND SONG IN THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH A.D. 50-600 The epoch of the apostles and their immediate successors is that around which the most vigorous controversies have been waged ever since modern criticism recognized the supreme importance of that epoch in the history of doctrine and ecclesiastical government.