The Religions and Religious Ceremonies of All Nations: Accurately, Impartially, and Fully Described; Including Christians, Mohammedans, Jews, Brahmins, and Pagans, of All Sects and Denominations |
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... Chief Rabbi holds the child - The assistant who performs the rite , kneels before him , in a position ready to execute his sacred office . Others of the assistants attend to receive the foreskin , and immediately to apply ointments ...
... Chief Rabbi holds the child - The assistant who performs the rite , kneels before him , in a position ready to execute his sacred office . Others of the assistants attend to receive the foreskin , and immediately to apply ointments ...
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... chief god . Japanese Wedding . [ Page 456. ] The bride and bridegroom hold each a torch , and in the presence of the priest , before a god , hold them crosswise , whilst they make the marriage vows . Peruvians dedicating to the Sun ...
... chief god . Japanese Wedding . [ Page 456. ] The bride and bridegroom hold each a torch , and in the presence of the priest , before a god , hold them crosswise , whilst they make the marriage vows . Peruvians dedicating to the Sun ...
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... chief , if not the supreme , head and director on earth of the faith of all Christians throughout the world : -this great personage is the Pope already briefly spoken of . The word POPE is derived from the Latin word papa , which ...
... chief , if not the supreme , head and director on earth of the faith of all Christians throughout the world : -this great personage is the Pope already briefly spoken of . The word POPE is derived from the Latin word papa , which ...
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... chief head of the church , but also an ecumenical , or universal , bishop . The Pope is likewise styled his Holiness -- God's Vice- gerent - The Vicar of Christ - Successor of St. Peter , Prince of the Apostles . He styles himself " A ...
... chief head of the church , but also an ecumenical , or universal , bishop . The Pope is likewise styled his Holiness -- God's Vice- gerent - The Vicar of Christ - Successor of St. Peter , Prince of the Apostles . He styles himself " A ...
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... chief business of other monks . They appeared in no processions ; they practised no rigorous austerities ; they did not consume one half of their time in the repetition of tedious offices ; but they were required to attend to all the ...
... chief business of other monks . They appeared in no processions ; they practised no rigorous austerities ; they did not consume one half of their time in the repetition of tedious offices ; but they were required to attend to all the ...
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Page 213 - THE condition of man after the fall of Adam is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good 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 16 - THE Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, is of one substance, majesty, and glory, with the Father and the Son, very and eternal God.
Page 188 - Faith ; which Faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. And the Catholic Faith is this : that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the substance.
Page 144 - And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Page 233 - In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
Page 187 - Faith is this: that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity; Neither confounding the Persons: nor dividing the substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son : and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one: the glory equal, the Majesty coeternal.
Page 215 - GENERAL Councils may not be gathered together without the commandment and will of Princes. And when they be gathered together, (forasmuch as they be an assembly of men, whereof all be not governed with the Spirit and Word of God,) they may err, and sometimes have erred, even in things pertaining unto God.
Page 256 - The Unitarian Society for promoting Christian Knowledge and the practice of Virtue, by the distribution of books.
Page 23 - 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 210 - THE Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God, and of one substance with the Father, took Man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance...