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Page 189 - The night is far spent, the day is at hand : let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day : not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Page 62 - I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Page 108 - We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of all things, visible and invisible: And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, begotten of the Father, only begotten, that is, of the substance of the Father; God of God; Light of light; very God of very God; begotten, not made; being of one substance with the Father...
Page 13 - Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; who hath also sealed us, and ' given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
Page 55 - But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest : for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
Page 29 - Is any sick among you ? let him call for the elders of the church ; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord : and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up ; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Page 49 - And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
Page 605 - Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man ; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defilelh a man.
Page 24 - A. — In the exposition of the faith by the Eastern Patriarchs it is said that the word Transubstantiation is not to be taken to define the manner in which the bread and wine are changed into the body and blood of the Lord...
Page 663 - We trust that your holinesses will accept this communication as a testimony of our respect and affection, and of our hearty desire to renew that amicable intercourse with the ancient churches of the East, which has been suspended for ages, and which, if restored, may have the effect, with the blessing of God, of putting an end to divisions which have brought the most grievous calamities on the church of Christ.
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| Title | Eighteen Centuries of the Orthodox Church |
| Author | Alexander Hugh Hore |
| Publisher | J. Parker and Company, 1899 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 May 2006 |
| Length | 706 pages |
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