The Creeds of Christendom: The history of creedsHarper, 1877 - Creeds |
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... Christ ; not on any words of man , but on the word of God ; yet it is founded on Christ as confessed by men , and a creed is man's an- swer to Christ's question , man's acceptance and interpretation of God's word . Hence it is after the ...
... Christ ; not on any words of man , but on the word of God ; yet it is founded on Christ as confessed by men , and a creed is man's an- swer to Christ's question , man's acceptance and interpretation of God's word . Hence it is after the ...
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... Christ's divinity against the Ari- ans , the Athanasian Creed to the whole doctrine of the Trinity and of Christ's person against the various heresies of the post - Nicene age . The Reformation Creeds are more explicit on the authority ...
... Christ's divinity against the Ari- ans , the Athanasian Creed to the whole doctrine of the Trinity and of Christ's person against the various heresies of the post - Nicene age . The Reformation Creeds are more explicit on the authority ...
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... Christ is not a ( Nestorian ) double being , with two persons , nor a compound ( Apollina- rian or Monophysite ) middle being , a tertium quid , neither divine nor human ; but he is one person both divine and human . 4. The DUALITY OF ...
... Christ is not a ( Nestorian ) double being , with two persons , nor a compound ( Apollina- rian or Monophysite ) middle being , a tertium quid , neither divine nor human ; but he is one person both divine and human . 4. The DUALITY OF ...
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... Christ is never divided ; his person consists in such a union of the human and the divine natures , that the divine nature is the seat of self - consciousness , and pervades and animates the human . 6. The whole WORK of Christ is to be ...
... Christ is never divided ; his person consists in such a union of the human and the divine natures , that the divine nature is the seat of self - consciousness , and pervades and animates the human . 6. The whole WORK of Christ is to be ...
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... Christ , so as to merit the reward of salvation . The righteousness of Christ , applied to the penitent , alone justifies and saves the believer . ' The freedom of will before regeneration is denied ( Ch . XIV . ) . 2 In the doctrine of ...
... Christ , so as to merit the reward of salvation . The righteousness of Christ , applied to the penitent , alone justifies and saves the believer . ' The freedom of will before regeneration is denied ( Ch . XIV . ) . 2 In the doctrine of ...
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Page 98 - Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, Begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father; By whom all things were made...
Page 767 - God ; yet notwithstanding, our full persuasion and assurance of the infallible truth and divine authority thereof, is from the inward work of the Holy Spirit, bearing witness by and with the word in our hearts.
Page 763 - God's purpose by His Spirit working in due season ; they through grace obey the calling ; they be justified freely ; they be made sons of God by adoption ; they be made like the image of His only-begotten Son Jesus Christ ; they walk religiously in good works, and at length, by God's mercy, they attain to everlasting felicity.
Page 98 - And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord and Giver of life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets. And I believe one Catholic and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, And I look for the Resurrection of the dead, And the life of the world to come. Amen.
Page 73 - So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants : we have done that which was our duty to do.
Page 690 - Deans, Deans and Chapters, Archdeacons, and all other ecclesiastical officers depending on that hierarchy), superstition, heresy, schism, profaneness, and whatsoever shall be found to be contrary to sound doctrine and the power of godliness lest we partake in other men's sins, and thereby be in danger to receive of their plagues ; and that the Lord may be one, and His name one in the three kingdoms.
Page 208 - For where the Church is, there is the Spirit of God; and where the Spirit of God is, there is the Church, and every kind of grace ; but the Spirit is truth.
Page 13 - Creed, and that which is commonly called the Apostles' Creed, ought thoroughly to be received and believed: for they may be proved by most certain warrants of holy Scripture.
Page 366 - Stand fast, therefore, in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Page 763 - Wherefore they who are elected, being fallen in Adam, are redeemed by Christ, are effectually called unto faith in Christ by his Spirit working in due season, are justified, adopted, sanctified, and kept by his power through faith unto salvation. Neither are any other redeemed by Christ, effectually called, justified, adopted, sanctified, and saved, but the elect only.