Memoirs of the Protestant episcopal church in the United States of America, Volume 92 |
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... common sphere of action , when I shall be removed from it : and , with my prayers for the success of your endeavours to this effect , I subscribe myself , Your affectionate brother , THE AUTHOR . PREFACE ΤΟ THE FIRST EDITION . MANY ...
... common sphere of action , when I shall be removed from it : and , with my prayers for the success of your endeavours to this effect , I subscribe myself , Your affectionate brother , THE AUTHOR . PREFACE ΤΟ THE FIRST EDITION . MANY ...
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... Common Prayer , as were necessary for the accommodating of it to the late changes in the state ; and the proposing , but not establishing , of such other alterations in that book and in the articles , as they thought an improvement of ...
... Common Prayer , as were necessary for the accommodating of it to the late changes in the state ; and the proposing , but not establishing , of such other alterations in that book and in the articles , as they thought an improvement of ...
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... been generally regretted ; and , accordingly , it was now , without debate or difficulty , restored to the Book of Common Prayer , to stand after the Apostles ' Creed , with permission of the use of either . The clause in 26.
... been generally regretted ; and , accordingly , it was now , without debate or difficulty , restored to the Book of Common Prayer , to stand after the Apostles ' Creed , with permission of the use of either . The clause in 26.
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... Common Prayer , as then established , and has been ever since used . Some canons had been passed in the preceding session ; but they were reconsidered and passed with sundry others , which continue to this day substantially the same ...
... Common Prayer , as then established , and has been ever since used . Some canons had been passed in the preceding session ; but they were reconsidered and passed with sundry others , which continue to this day substantially the same ...
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... common interest in a place of worship . The remaining canon was a repeal of so much of the forty - fifth , as requires the reading , in the General Conven- tion , of the parochial reports entered on the journals of the different state ...
... common interest in a place of worship . The remaining canon was a repeal of so much of the forty - fifth , as requires the reading , in the General Conven- tion , of the parochial reports entered on the journals of the different state ...
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Common terms and phrases
adopted afterward agreeable alterations America ante-communion appear application appointed archbishop of Canterbury archbishop of York Athanasian Creed Bishop Provoost Bishop Seabury body Book of Common canon character Christ Christian Church of England circumstances clergy clergymen Clerical and Lay committee Common Prayer communion concerning congregations Connecticut consecration consequence consideration constitution contrary convention copacy Creed declared diocese divine doctrine ecclesiastical effect election Episcopacy Episcopalians expedient expressed favour former gentlemen grace ground holy House of Bishops House of Clerical journal laity Lay Deputies letter liturgy matter measure meeting mentioned metre minister ministry New-Jersey New-York notice object occasion opinion ordination Pennsylvania persons Philadelphia prelates presbyters present presiding bishop principle proceedings proposed Protestant Episcopal Church psalms question reason referred regard respective rubric sanction scripture seminary sense sentiments sermon session supposed thirty-nine Articles thought tion Virginia vote wish words worship
Popular passages
Page 330 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Page 372 - We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings...
Page 374 - IT is not lawful for any man to take upon him the office of public preaching, or ministering the Sacraments in the Congregation, before he be lawfully called, and sent to execute the same. And those we ought to judge lawfully called and sent, which be chosen and called to this work by men who have public authority given unto them in the Congregation, to call and send Ministers into the Lord's vineyard.
Page 375 - The offering of Christ once made is that perfect redemption, propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins of the whole world, both original and actual ; and there is none other satisfaction for sin, but that alone.
Page 373 - Albeit that Good Works, which are the fruits of Faith, and follow after Justification, cannot put away our sins, and endure the severity of God's Judgment ; yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively Faith ; insomuch that by them a lively Faith may be as evidently known as a tree discerned by the fruit.
Page 375 - Baptism is not only a sign of profession, and mark of difference, whereby Christian men are discerned from others that be not christened ; but it is also a sign of regeneration, or new birth, whereby, as by an instrument, they that receive Baptism rightly are grafted into the Church...
Page 371 - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 366 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure •offering : for my name diatt be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
Page 372 - The condition of man after the fall of Adam is such that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and works, to faith, and calling upon God; wherefore we have no power to do good works, pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 364 - O that men would therefore praise the LORD for His goodness : and declare the wonders that He doeth for the children of men...