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4901 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 …

4902 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 …

4903 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 …

4904 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 …

4905 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 …

4906 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 …

4907 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 …

4908 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 …

4909 The Present Truth, vol. 11 November 28, 1895, page 757 paragraph 17

… a church, unite in exalting their collective selves above God and the Word. The Church Extension Association, an Anglican body, issues a catechism in which …

4910 The Present Truth, vol. 11 November 28, 1895, page 758 paragraph 8

… the church, therefore the body assuming to be by direct ecclesiastical succession the church, cannot fail to have the Gospel. But when Christ sent men out …

4911 The Present Truth, vol. 11 December 5, 1895, page 770 paragraph 7

… ?val Church. The day for such tales is not past. The Tablet, the organ of high class and intellectual Catholicism says that it is related in Nagasaki (Japan) that …

4912 The Present Truth, vol. 11 December 12, 1895, page 800 paragraph 8

… the Churches as a body compromised themselves by insisting that the State is qualified to teach religion in its schools, and is justified in paying for religious …

4913 The Present Truth, vol. 11 December 26, 1895, page 819 paragraph 2

… great body of the churches are of pagan origin, and were associated with the ancient devil worship. But now, it is urged, they are used in the service of the Lord …

4914 The Present Truth, vol. 12 January 2, 1896, page 1 paragraph 1

… the church, which is His body, the fulness of Him that filleth all in all.” Ephesians 1:22, 23. “He is the Head of the body, the church.” Colossians 1:18 .

4915 The Present Truth, vol. 12 January 2, 1896, page 1 paragraph 2

The body that is severed from its head is a dead body. That body which has an outward connection with the head, but which does not respond to the thoughts of the …

4916 The Present Truth, vol. 12 January 2, 1896, page 1 paragraph 3

… . The church, which is His body, is “the fulness of Him that filleth all and all.” Ephesians 1:22, 23. Both Christ and His true church have the same “fulness,” namely, that …

4917 The Present Truth, vol. 12 January 2, 1896, page 1 paragraph 5

… the church is composed of members, and the interests and duty of the whole body is the interest and duty of each individual member. “We are many members, yet one …

4918 The Present Truth, vol. 12 January 2, 1896, page 2 paragraph 5

… the church of Christ, just as He did then through Christ Himself.

4919 The Present Truth, vol. 12 January 23, 1896, page 50 paragraph 4

… the Church of England. But it is something novel to see the Church Times, the organ of the Sacerdotal party, giving the bishops a thorough scolding. By one branch …

4920 The Present Truth, vol. 12 February 6, 1896, page 82 paragraph 9

… agitating churches and legislative bodies. It is a sign of a weakening hold on Gospel principles here, as it is in Japan. Indeed, the missionary whom we quote …