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178 Christianity
CHRISTIANITY The religion of Christians. I. Christianity, foundation of. Most, if not all Christians, whatever their particular tenets may be, acknowledge the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the sole foundation of their faith and practice. But as these books, or at least particular passages in them, have from the ambiguity of language been variously interpreted by different…
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1 Corinthians: Chapter 1, Verse 7
“So that ye come behind in no gift” Ordinary or extraordinary; a detail of the gifts which were bestowed on them is made in (1 Corinthians 12:8-10); by which it appears that they were not inferior in gifts to any of the churches: “waiting for the coming;” Or "the revelation" “of our Lord Jesus Christ;” Who will appear a second…
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Chapter 9—On Baptism, Answering The Proof For Infant Baptism Recorded In 1 Corinthians 10:2
Mr. Bridgman: “The preacher offered to pay the national debt, if we from the Holy Scripture produced baptized infants. He offered a real impossibility, for a supposed impossibility, and in that he was not wise nor honest neither; for no honest man will, at least ought, to put his hand to a bill he cannot pay when due. The 1…
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March 30—Morning Devotion
"So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin."—Romans 7:25 Is this thy language, my soul? Hast thou learnt with Paul, with Job, with Isaiah, and all the faithful gone before, to loathe thyself in thine own sight? Dost thou groan, being burthened with a body of sin which…
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177 Aristotelians
ARISTOTELIANS The followers of Aristotle. They believed in the eternity of the world, and represented the Deity as somewhat similar to a principle of power giving motion to a machine; and as happy in the contemplation of himself, but regardless of human affairs. They were uncertain as to the immortality of the soul.--As this was rather a philosophical than religious…
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1 Corinthians: Chapter 1, Verse 6
“Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you, etc.]” By "the testimony of Christ" is meant the Gospel of Christ, which bears a testimony to his deity, his incarnation, his obedience, sufferings, and death, his resurrection from the dead, ascension to heaven, session at God's right hand, and intercession for the saints; to redemption by his blood, justification…
