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4521 The Present Truth, vol. 11 May 30, 1895, page 339 paragraph 9
… a Church of Christ-members of His body. This is evident from the fact that the church is the body of Christ, and people become members of it by baptism (See 1 Corinthians …
4522 The Present Truth, vol. 11 May 30, 1895, page 339 paragraph 11
… the church takes upon itself to speak and act contrary to the directions of the Head of the church, it shows that it has separated from Him, and is becoming joined …
4523 The Present Truth, vol. 11 May 30, 1895, page 339 paragraph 12
… a church speaks and acts contrary to the words and example of the Lord, it is not controlled and directed by “the Head of the body the church,” and that since it …
4524 The Present Truth, vol. 11 May 30, 1895, page 340 paragraph 11
… the church, and the only guide of the body; since even He spoke only the words given Him by the Father, who made Him the Head of the church; since the word that He …
4525 The Present Truth, vol. 11 May 30, 1895, page 341 paragraph 3
… Christian bodies, they have usually some text which, rightly or wrongly, is quoted to justify them; but I have never heard of any text which authorises the old …
4526 The Present Truth, vol. 11 June 6, 1895, page 353 paragraph 9
… His body’s sake, which is the church.” Colossians 1:24. There was a measure of the sufferings of Christ left in Paul’s day, and a part of that measure was filled …
4527 The Present Truth, vol. 11 June 6, 1895, page 353 paragraph 10
… the body. The seat of consciousness is the head, and Christ is as keenly conscious of all that afflicts His church as the head is of pain or sickness in the members …
4528 The Present Truth, vol. 11 June 6, 1895, page 355 paragraph 1
The Church is the body of Christ, and He is “Head over all things to the church.” Ephesians 1:22, 23; 5:23. To His church He says, “All power is given unto Me in heaven and …
4529 The Present Truth, vol. 11 June 6, 1895, page 355 paragraph 2
… such body who maintain their union with Christ and manifest spiritual life; but just in proportion as the members of a church enter into alliances with the …
4530 The Present Truth, vol. 11 June 6, 1895, page 356 paragraph 1
… Church feels its need of relics to stimulate the superstitious veneration which is so profitable to the church in Europe. So the American churches have …
4531 The Present Truth, vol. 11 June 6, 1895, page 356 paragraph 2
… Catholic church in that city which has a dead saint within its walls, and its members feel highly elated. Other churches will not be outdone, and so we may expect …
4532 The Present Truth, vol. 11 July 4, 1895, page 421 paragraph 7
The church existed long before the time of Peter; for the church is the body of Christ, and Christ has been the spiritual Head of His followers ever since the …
4533 The Present Truth, vol. 11 July 11, 1895, page 438 paragraph 1
… great body of the worldly church, and by the Council of Laodicea (about A.D. 361) the body of believers who kept the Sabbath of the Lord and refused to follow the …
4534 The Present Truth, vol. 11 July 25, 1895, page 466 paragraph 10
… the church at Corinth, and to us all, as well, he said, “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are …
4535 The Present Truth, vol. 11 August 29, 1895, page 548 paragraph 9
… great body of the churches to-day one looks in vain for any likeness of the burial and resurrection of Jesus in the rite which is spoken of as baptism. The late …
4536 The Present Truth, vol. 11 September 12, 1895, page 579 paragraph 8
… the Church of Rome and other religious bodies over the possession of the name “Catholic.” It is claimed again and again that the former body has no exclusive …
4537 The Present Truth, vol. 11 October 10, 1895, page 656 paragraph 8
… the church,” and infer from it that their church cannot err in doctrine. Not at all; for the church of Christ can only speak “as the oracles of God.” As Christ spoke …
4538 The Present Truth, vol. 11 October 17, 1895, page 672 paragraph 14
… “foreign” church. Church organs delight to speak of the Roman Catholic Church as “the Italian mission.” But can they not see that this only weakens their case …
4539 The Present Truth, vol. 11 October 31, 1895, page 689 paragraph 7
… established church, but that does not at all interfere with the freedom of other churches. The fact that one body is singled out by the State for attention …
4540 The Present Truth, vol. 11 November 21, 1895, page 752 paragraph 4
… Greek Church has replied to the Pope’s encyclical on reunion, rebuking the Church of Rome for its unscriptural innovations. Unfortunately for the Stundists …