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4801 Facts of Faith, p. 154.2 (Christian Edwardson)

“Whatever may be the future use and importance of those manuscripts, one thing is certain, and that is, they establish the fact that the Syrian Christians of …

4802 Facts of Faith, p. 154.3 (Christian Edwardson)

Thomas Yeates shows that they kept “Saturday, which amongst them is a festival day, agreeable to the ancient practice of the church.” — Id., pp. 133, 134.

4803 Facts of Faith, p. 154.4 (Christian Edwardson)

The Armenians of India and Persia had evidently received their faith from the same source as the other Christians of India. Rev. Claudius Buchanan, D. D., says of them:

4804 Facts of Faith, p. 154.5 (Christian Edwardson)

“The Armenians in Hindostan are our own subjects.... They have preserved the Bible in its purity; and their doctrines are, as far as the Author knows, the doctrines …

4805 Facts of Faith, p. 154.6 (Christian Edwardson)

The Jacobites, another branch of the original Christians of India, can add one more link to this evidence. Samuel Purchas, the noted geographer and compiler, said of them:

4806 Facts of Faith, p. 154.7 (Christian Edwardson)

“They keep Saturday holy, nor esteem the Saturday fast lawful, but on Easter even. They have solemn service on Saturdays, eat flesh, and feast it bravely, like …

4807 Facts of Faith, p. 154.8 (Christian Edwardson)

J. W. Massie says of these Indian Christians:

4808 Facts of Faith

“Remote from the busy haunts of commerce, or the populous seats of manufacturing industry, they may be regarded as the Eastern Piedmontese, the Vaudois of …

4811 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 154.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

“The spirit of God [ruach] hath made me, and the breath [neshamah] of the Almighty hath given me life” ( Job 33:4 ).

4812 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 154.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

“If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit [ruach] and his breath [neshamah]; all flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again into dust” ( Job 34:14, 15 ).

4813 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 154.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

“He ... giveth breath [neshamah] unto the people upon it, and spirit [ruach] to them that walk therein” ( Isaiah 42:5 ).

4815 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 154.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

Consider Job 33:4, before cited, for a moment. The “spirit of God” is obviously identical with the “breath of the Almighty.” And “the breath of the Almighty” is the source …

4816 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 154.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

When neshamah and/or ruach are used in this sense they refer to the life principle which God imparts to each new individual on this earth. It is equally clear …

4817 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 154.6 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

Parenthetically we should say right here that the “breath of life” common to all breathing creatures does not degrade man to the level of a beast or elevate …

4818 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 661.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… ” (3:154, 155). Thus the term “mortals” and the idea of mortality of man appears again and again (3:182, 195, 217, 259). It seems to be the continuing overtone. But the “Immortal …

4819 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 785.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… . A.D. 154), a popular collection of allegorical instructions—five so-called visions, twelve commandments, and ten similitudes, or parables, that were in circulation …

4820 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 932.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… , p. 154); “continuance of being” (chap. 12, p. 155); “perpetual duration” (ibid.); “perpetual existence” (ibid.); “preserved for ever” (ibid.); “remains in existence” (ibid.); “continuance …