 | William Poynter (Bp. of Halia) - Theology, Doctrinal - 1827 - 408 pages
...conversation, or any other employment, we impress on our foreheads the sign of the cross. Should you ask for Scripture authority for this and such like practices...answer, there is none. But there is tradition, that authorizes it ; custom that confirms it ; submission that observes it."— Chap, iiiiv, page 289. St... | |
 | John Holland - Holy Cross - 1835 - 374 pages
...during conversation — we impress on our foreheads the sign of the cross. Should you ask," adds he, " for the Scripture authority for this and such like...answer there is none ; but there is tradition that authorizes it, custom that confirms it, submission that observes it." So that it appears, even at that... | |
 | John Richard Beste - England - 1839 - 656 pages
...foreheads, the sign of the cross. — Should you ask for the scripture authority for this and such-like practices, I answer there is none ; but there is tradition...custom that confirms it, submission that observes it." De Corona Mil., c. iii. iv., p. 289. So I remember that, being at Ulm on a Sunday, an English lady,... | |
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Should you ask for the Scripture authority for this and such like practices, I answer there is none ; but there is tradition that authorises it, custom that confirms it, submission that observes it. 