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4221 The National Sunday Law [SL27], p. 154.1 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)
“For the time to come, no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this body politic, but such as are members of some of the churches within the limits of the same.”
4222 The National Sunday Law [SL27], p. 159.4 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)
… of church and state. That amendment was proposed and accepted by the American Sabbath Union, the organized body which has just been in session in this city …
4223 The Present Truth, vol. 8 August 11, 1892, page 248 paragraph 1
… the church as the body of Christ, and the members of the church as members of the body of Christ, and therefore members one of another, as they by “joints and bonds …
4224 The Present Truth, vol. 8 August 11, 1892, page 249 paragraph 1
… His body, and He is the Head of the body, and it is the head always which is really conscious of any pain in the body. The Scripture would have us realize the closeness …
4225 The Present Truth, vol. 8 August 11, 1892, page 249 paragraph 4
… the church—the body—of Christ, the members make up the body, as in the human body the eyes, the hands, the feet, etc., form the body. And as in the human body the different …
4226 The Present Truth, vol. 8 August 11, 1892, page 249 paragraph 5
… the body of Christ, the church—as everybody ought to know. Each member of the church, in his place, is necessary to every other member of the church. Yea, even “those …
4227 The Present Truth, vol. 8 August 11, 1892, page 249 paragraph 6
… the church, the Lord has placed certain gifts in the church. “When He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.” “When He ascended up …
4228 The Present Truth, vol. 8 August 11, 1892, page 249 paragraph 7
… the church the love of God, keeping the commandments of God, then all these gifts, working together with charity, build up the body of Christ, make increase of …
4229 The Present Truth, vol. 8 December 29, 1892, page 405 paragraph 2
… the church, and gave Himself for it.... So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own …
4230 The Present Truth, vol. 10 July 19, 1894, page 450 paragraph 5
… and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, together with His soul and divinity, which can never be separated from His body and blood.... The Catholic Church teaches …
4231 The Present Truth, vol. 10 November 22, 1894, page 741 paragraph 1
… the church of Christ is described under the figure of the human body as God made it. The relationship between Christ and his church is shown and illustrated …
4232 The Present Truth, vol. 10 November 22, 1894, page 741 paragraph 2
… His body, of His flesh, and of His bones.” Ephesians 5:30. Christ is, the head of this body, which is His church. For “He is the head of the body, the church; who is the beginning …
4233 The Present Truth, vol. 10 November 22, 1894, page 741 paragraph 7
… , the church of Christ is His body in this world, and He is its head. God is the builder of this body, the church of Christ, as He was the builder of the human body in …
4234 The Present Truth, vol. 10 November 22, 1894, page 741 paragraph 8
… church of Christ—the Church of Rome is as destitute of it as is a human body with its own head cut off and another head put on in its place. Thus the Church of …
4235 The Present Truth, vol. 10 November 22, 1894, page 742 paragraph 1
… that church in the first days of the church of Christ, and the same warning is yet given. In the second chapter of Colossians it is written: “Beware lest any man …
4236 The Present Truth, vol. 10 November 22, 1894, page 742 paragraph 2
… the body of which Leo XIII., pope is the head. This is the Church of Rome with a man as its head, in the place of Christ. This is the Catholic Church. And this is how the …
4237 The Present Truth, vol. 10 December 6, 1894, page 772 paragraph 6
… His churches, but of His Church. He does not say: “Upon this rock I will build My churches,” but “Upon this rock I will build My Church,” from which words we must conclude …
4238 The Present Truth, vol. 10 December 6, 1894, page 772 paragraph 8
Jesus Christ Himself is head of the church; for it is written: “I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ.” And, “Ye are the body of Christ and members in particular.” And He “is the head of the body, the church.”
4239 The Present Truth, vol. 10 December 6, 1894, page 772 paragraph 13
His Church is compared to a human body. In one body there are many members, all inseparably connected with the head. The head commands and the foot instantly …
4240 The Present Truth, vol. 10 December 6, 1894, page 772 paragraph 14
The church of Christ is the body of Christ, it is true. And Christ Himself is the head of this “His body, which is the church.” And to take away Christ, the true head …