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... laity , . 2. General remarks upon the different orders and classes of the clergy , · 3. Of the episcopal form of religion , 4. Official duties of the bishop , 5. Of the insignia of the bishop , 6. Of the several orders of bishops , 59 ...
... laity , . 2. General remarks upon the different orders and classes of the clergy , · 3. Of the episcopal form of religion , 4. Official duties of the bishop , 5. Of the insignia of the bishop , 6. Of the several orders of bishops , 59 ...
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... are most frequently denominated the laity and the clergy , with this difference , that in the latter class , the idea of ruler as well as teacher is comprehended , a distinction , however , which is 46 NAMES AND CLASSES OF CHRISTIANS .
... are most frequently denominated the laity and the clergy , with this difference , that in the latter class , the idea of ruler as well as teacher is comprehended , a distinction , however , which is 46 NAMES AND CLASSES OF CHRISTIANS .
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... laity.2 Such was the anxiety of the ancient church to distinguish between the clergy and laity , and to guard them from assuming any of the official duties of the priesthood . Jerome in- deed speaks of a lay priesthood , but by the term ...
... laity.2 Such was the anxiety of the ancient church to distinguish between the clergy and laity , and to guard them from assuming any of the official duties of the priesthood . Jerome in- deed speaks of a lay priesthood , but by the term ...
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... laity and clergy was unknown until the second century . Previous to this , all performed the office of priests as they had occasion . The power of speaking and exhorta- tion was considered rather the free gift of the spirit , and was ...
... laity and clergy was unknown until the second century . Previous to this , all performed the office of priests as they had occasion . The power of speaking and exhorta- tion was considered rather the free gift of the spirit , and was ...
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... laity . The origin of the ascetic manner of life dates back far beyond the christian era . In Egypt , Assyria , Persia , and India , there were at this early period ascetics , hermits , and recluses . The Therapeutics , of whom Philo ...
... laity . The origin of the ascetic manner of life dates back far beyond the christian era . In Egypt , Assyria , Persia , and India , there were at this early period ascetics , hermits , and recluses . The Therapeutics , of whom Philo ...
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Page 310 - I say to you unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
Page 299 - For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
Page 96 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 167 - Meditate upon these things ; give thyself wholly to them ; that thy profiting may appear to all.
Page 187 - But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. 34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
Page 95 - Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: 2.
Page 96 - The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed...
Page 30 - ... party denies himself to be a Christian, and shall make it evident that he is not, by invoking our gods, let him (notwithstanding any former suspicion) be pardoned upon his repentance. Informations without the accuser's name subscribed ought not to be received in prosecutions of any sort; as it is introducing a very dangerous precedent, and by no means agreeable to the equity of my government.
Page 356 - My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
Page 109 - For they that have used the office of a deacon well, purchase to themselves a good degree, and great, boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.