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4441 The Present Truth, vol. 9 September 14, 1893, page 384 paragraph 9
… influential body of men who hold that the Church of England does teach those things, it is more than probable that the Archdeacon and others may have an opportunity …
4442 The Present Truth, vol. 9 September 28, 1893, page 402 paragraph 7
… body to whom God has entrusted His work. But it is not a body wealthy or great in numbers. Not that God has any objection to wealth or numbers in His church, but …
4443 The Present Truth, vol. 9 September 28, 1893, page 403 paragraph 14
… His church to pass through persecution, and to feel the wrath and power of man against it; but this did not harm the church. It only built up the church; for the …
4444 The Present Truth, vol. 9 September 28, 1893, page 416 paragraph 10
… Galatian church had been done for all the churches. In Paul’s day and under his preaching, the churches saw Jesus Christ set forth, crucified among them, and …
4445 The Present Truth, vol. 9 September 28, 1893, page 416 paragraph 11
… the body in a crucifix is not consistent with Christ dwelling in the heart. Christ suspended as an image in the church is not consistent with His actual presence …
4446 The Present Truth, vol. 9 October 12, 1893, page 435 paragraph 10
… the church busied itself in collecting the revenues paid for the repose of departed souls and their release from purgatory; and for centuries not a step …
4447 The Present Truth, vol. 9 October 12, 1893, page 436 paragraph 4
… the church of the Thessalonians (and doubtless for all believers) was, “And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul …
4448 The Present Truth, vol. 9 October 12, 1893, page 448 paragraph 6
… the Church will speedily become an important, if not the most important, political factor in the Republic. She will become a factor that will not permit itself …
4449 The Present Truth, vol. 9 November 23, 1893, page 536 paragraph 5
… of church relationship, rather than of connection with the living Vine; to look at God through an opaque theological body which eclipses the light of heaven …
4450 The Present Truth, vol. 9 November 23, 1893, page 536 paragraph 6
… the church; this is not the purpose for which God has established it on the earth. The church exists for the purpose of spreading abroad the knowledge of the …
4451 The Present Truth, vol. 9 December 7, 1893, page 563 paragraph 3
… “the church” or is it Christ? If “the church” is decided to be the source of authority, then the question is, What is the church? If “the church” is the lawgiver, who are …
4452 The Present Truth, vol. 9 December 7, 1893, page 563 paragraph 6
… the church; and He is the Saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be subject to their own husbands in everything.”
4453 The Present Truth, vol. 9 December 7, 1893, page 567 paragraph 1
… “the Church” (of Rome) actuated by that spirit of apostasy which Paul said in his day did “already work” ( 2 Thessalonians 2:7, 8 ), instituted as the sign of her authority …
4454 The Present Truth, vol. 9 December 7, 1893, page 574 paragraph 10
-One of the largest and most influential Presbyterian Churches of Baltimore, U.S.A., has seceded from the Presbyterian body, as a result of the Briggs controversy which recently ended in the condemnation of Prof. Briggs by the General Assembly.
4455 The Present Truth, vol. 9 December 14, 1893, page 579 paragraph 7
… the church ought to be. Suffice it to say that the Church of Christ is the body of Christ, and that therefore it draws its life from Him. “He that saith he abideth …
4456 The Present Truth, vol. 9 December 14, 1893, page 579 paragraph 11
… true church is the body of Christ, “the fulness of Him that filleth all in all.” Ephesians 1:22, 23. Therefore we find this exhortation: “If there be therefore any …
4457 The Present Truth, vol. 9 December 14, 1893, page 582 paragraph 3
… Christian church.” The body of bishops regarded themselves as far above the common people, whence arose the terms, “clergy,” and “laity.” The word “clergy” is from …
4458 The Present Truth, vol. 9 December 14, 1893, page 582 paragraph 5
… a body above the people, but they must strive for supremacy, one over another. Accordingly one of the elders in the church assumed and was granted the sole right …
4459 The Present Truth, vol. 9 December 14, 1893, page 582 paragraph 6
… country churches. The churches in the villages and the country round the city, were considered as territory to the larger body, and the bishops as under the …
4460 The Present Truth, vol. 9 December 28, 1893, page 622 paragraph 49
… Established Church, 2,511 Roman Catholic priests, and 10,057 ministers of other religious bodies. As compared with 1881, the priests and ministers in these …