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A collection of classic Christian hymns spanning the centuries. Some volunteers read the hymns; others sung them. (Summary by Leon Mire)

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...THE intention of this work is to provide a sketch of the History of the Church in the first six centuries of its existence, resting throughout on original authorities, and also giving references to the principal modern works which have dealt specially with its several portions. It is hoped that i...

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...Eusebius presents the history of the Church from the apostles to his own time, with special regard to the following points: 1. the successions of bishops in the principal sees 2. the history of Christian teachers 3. the history of heresies 4. the history of the ...

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...Excerpt: It is neither to the Roman Prince, nor to the representative of the illustrious house of Cajetani, which has given more than one Pope to the Christian Church, that I dedicate this short portion of a long history; it is to the learned commentator of Dante....

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...e illustrious house of Cajetani, which has given more than one Pope to the Christian Church, that I dedi- cate this short portion of a long history; i... ...ous house of Cajetani, which has given more than one Pope to the Christian Church, that I dedi- cate this short portion of a long history; it is to th... ...asily gets over a passion for a woman of my age, and you will fall back on Christian prin- ciples. God takes care of the wretched—” The Baroness rose ... ...ons?” “No,” said Cousin Betty; “he gets them, and hard ones too!” “And his Christian name—is it a pretty name?” “Wenceslas.” “What a wonderful imagina... ...hree years of prime, proclaimed poverty as loudly as a beggar in rags at a church door. The dining-room, badly kept by a single servant, had the sicke... ...f my fellow- exiles; no one in Paris knows of my existence. “I am dying in Christian beliefs. May God forgive the last of the Steinbocks! “Wenceslas.”... ... terrible exception deserves all the honors decreed to her by the Catholic Church. Thus, in one moment, Lisbeth Fischer had become the Mohican whose s... ... crowns the edi- fice. Canova, in his will, desired his brother to build a church costing four million francs, and that brother adds something on his ... ...he nineteenth century, has reproduced the spectacle presented by the early Christians. Infuse only ten per cent of English cautiousness into the frank...

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...is appendix to the 1580 edition of the Book of Concord is a compilation of Scripture passages together with citations from the fathers of the ancient Christian Church. They are intended to show that the Christology of the Formula of Concord differs neither in substance nor in terminology from Christian Orthodoxy. (Introduction by Jonathan Lange)...

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...The Acts of the Apostles is a book of the Bible, which now stands fifth in the New Testament. Acts tells the story of the Early Christian church, with particular emphasis on the ministry of the Twelve Apostles and of Paul of Tarsus. The early chapters, set in Jerusalem, discuss Jesus's Resurrection, his Ascension, the coming of the Holy Spirit on the ...

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...Acts tells the story of the Apostolic Age of the Early Christian church, with particular emphasis on the ministry of the Twelve Apostles and of Paul of Tarsus. The early chapters, set in Jerusalem, discuss Jesus' Resurrection and Great Commission, his Ascension with a prophecy to...

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...Buddhist - Christian Dialogue The Parliament of the World’s Religions, December 2-9, Melbourne, Australia Sunday, December 6, 2009, 11:30am–1:00pm The program of the Parliament paraphrased this workshop in such words as those b...

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...Contents Dharma as Man: The Gospel Story in Buddhist Terms Lindsay Falvey 1 Towards ‘Collaborative Theology’ – Buddhist and Christian John D’Arcy May 18 Dying Buddha, Dying Christ: An Inter-Spiritual Response to the Amelioration of Suffering through Contemplative Silence Vincent Pizzuto 31 Transformative Dialogue and Co...

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...ges in simple and entertaining fashion, and helps to explain the influence of the Middle Ages on modern times. Topics covered include the rise of the Christian church, Feudalism, Charlemagne, the Crusades, the Hundred Years' War, and the daily life of peasant, noble, and clergy. (Summary by Kara)...

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...ch revolution, received it with more hostility. The Age of Reason presents common deistic arguments; for example, it highlights the corruption of the Christian Church and criticizes its efforts to acquire political power. Paine advocates reason in the place of revelation, leading him to reject miracles and to view the Bible as an ordinary piece of literature rather than as...

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...Martin Luther goes through the seven sacraments of the medieval Catholic Church with his interpretation of the Bible. He teaches his opinions on the different pratices taken place within the Catholic Church and what they should or do represent. The book is seemingly set in an "angry tone" as thi...

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... THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY OF THE CHURCH 1520 Translated by A. T. W. Steinhäuser and revised by Frederick... ...ive assault upon the total position of the Romans. In An Open Letter to the Christian Nobility 1 Luther demolished the three walls behind which Rom... ...hed in her spiritual- temporal power. Now in The Babylonian Captivity of the Church he enters and takes her central stronghold and sanctuary—the sacr... ...could he set forth, in language of almost lyrical rapture, The Freedom of a Christian. 2 Luther was thinking of such a treatise long before it was ... ...t is presented by the Prelude Luther calls “The Babylonian Captivity of the Church.” The reference is clear from the contents of the document: just a... ...into captivity under the tyranny of the Babylonian Empire, so in Europe the Christians have been carried away from the Scriptures and made subject to... ...the form of an elaborate examination of the whole sacramental system of the church. He makes short work of his two opponents, and after a few pages ... ...is a theologieal treatise and was not intended for the rank and file of the Christian congregation. In this respect the treatise stands in contrast ... ...s, all of which were written in German and were intended for the individual Christian, whether layman or theologian. All in all, the Prelude was a d...

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... catholicity within the Reformed tradition and offer this historical context as an explanation for its resistance to traditional conceptions of the Church. Second, I will show how Georges Florovsky’s work “The Boundaries of the Church,” offers a better point of reference for Orthodox dialogue with Churches of the Reformed Tradition than other Orthodox ecclesiologies, s...

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...t now be called medical malpractice suits. The book is organized chronologically, beginning with the fall of the Roman Empire and growth of the early Christian Church. From there, Dr. Walsh details the development of medical knowledge and practice in Arabia, to Medieval and Renaissance Europe. The reader will also discover how modern cultures based much of their medical kn...

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...The Bible verses I was taught at church and the testimony of my parents and others introduced me to Jesus. Several times during my youth I prayed to be saved from hell, but remained unsure if I was truly saved. Later as I prepared to enter college I conclu...

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...This Christian teaching is validated by my confession that Christ's death applied to us while we were still his enemies, and thus I have become his friend. "For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the deat...

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...e friend Christophilus, reduces itself to the serious and formal examination of one single point; which, in the present constitution or system of the church and the world, appears to me of the highest importance; viz. Whether the ideas which we entertain concerning the coming of Messiah, that essential and fundamental article of our religion, be true and just ideas, faithf...

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...IV...305 THE END OF ANTICHRIST...305 PHENOMENON V....325 THE JEWS...325 THE FUTURE ESTATE OF THE JEWS, AS IT IS ORDINARILY FOUND SET FORTH IN THE CHRISTIAN DOCTORS...328 ARTICLE I....333 ARTICLE II.....350 ARTICLE III....357 ARTICLE IV....377 CONSULTING INDEX OF VOLUME I....383...

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............325 THE FUTURE ESTATE OF THE JEWS, AS IT IS ORDINARILY FOUND SET FORTH IN THE CHRISTIAN DOCTORS............................................... ... greatly afflicted because of the present unawakened and even dead condition of all the churches, with respect to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ... ...y worldly principles and confederacies, and hasten the ruin and downfall of the present churches. And now, forasmuch as it is to those who look for h... ...ther in the common faith, and servant in the Ministry of the Gospel, a Presbyter of the Church of Scotland. EDWARD IRVING. -2- PRELIMINA... ...w solemnly pay my vows, and offer my thanksgivings unto the Lord in the presence of his church, for whom I have undertaken this labour. I desire to... ...ness and peace harmonized, and goodness reigning universally. Fye, oh, fye upon it! ye Christians have fathered upon the scriptures the optimism of ... ... bring in all nations to the Church, and bind the whole world in one great community of Christians, acknowledging the Son of God, as the Lord of all... ...spectus of that which we has in contemplation, and to inform the church who this Hebrew-Christian or converted Jew, Juan Josafat Ben-Ezra actually wa... ... mother; and confederate all nations against the Lord and his anointed, persecuting the Christian church, circumventing the conversion of the Jews wi...

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...t I saw in New Orleans just a month after hurricane Katrina hit and the work God is doing there. It is what you didn't hear in the news about how the church responded to the disaster and how God has been using it to draw people to himself....

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... disaster in Indonesia and the work that God is doing there. He talked about how Muslim leaders were telling people not to pay any attention to those Christians that were helping them and how they were saying “what are you talking about, the only people who are helping us are the Christians and the American soldiers.” He talked about how God was working in New Orleans and ...

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...men from other places, of course, served in the military. But in this neck-of-the-wood, that wasn't considered proper. The women also talked about church and The Reverend Apostolic Rivers' recent sermons. They talked about how thankful they were The Party advocated and enforced the family values they cherished. And if one of them had eyes for another woman at the table ...

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...experience in battle.” Judges 3:1-2 ( NLT) B eginning on January 1, 2006, my church began the Bible in 90 Days reading challenge. I’ve read through th... ...reality to be made in the image of this imaginative and artistic God. And as Christians, we’ll have an intimate relationship with this boundlessly inv... ...ce-to-face with anyone. Yet, this “Great Commission” was directed toward all Christians, so that includes me. I know the Lord has not asked me to prea... ... The Commission and the Call 19 stem from fear, though. Rather, belief that Christians weren’t supposed to write anything of their own accord had cau... ...l or inspire to good. I can use them as a curse or a blessing. I can let my Christian light shine or I can hide it under a bush. What would Jesus do?... ... of anything more important in our journey on this earth than passing on our Christian heritage to our posterity? Whatever we write, whether in our j... ...in folders and boxes believing they were not eloquent. I was amazed when our church published a book of my Advent devotionals for mothers in the 1970s... ...worthy. Oh, Paul has written some letters which he tells me are read by the churches he has started.” Love, Dad, John. My story, “My Best Friend,” wo... ...mptation to be more than you can stand.” 1 Corinthians 10:13 (NLT) W inston Churchill once said, “Writing a book is an adventure. It begins as an amu...

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...F MESSIAH IN GLORY AND MAJESTY. PART II. (CONTINUED) PHENOMENON VI. THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. THE two capital points which we now proceed to e... ... IN GLORY AND MAJESTY. PART II. (CONTINUED) PHENOMENON VI. THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. THE two capital points which we now proceed to examine, vi... ...TIAN CHURCH. THE two capital points which we now proceed to examine, viz. the Christian church, and the captivity of Babylon, do not deserve so mu... ...H. THE two capital points which we now proceed to examine, viz. the Christian church, and the captivity of Babylon, do not deserve so much the nam... ...rn to Jerusalem; the second, which supplies what the other cannot reach, is the Christian church. Let us begin with this, which is the more laborious... ...salem; the second, which supplies what the other cannot reach, is the Christian church. Let us begin with this, which is the more laborious. Cer... ..., or clear idea, of all which is signified or comprehended under this name, The Christian Church: that is to say, what is certain and of divine fait... ...r idea, of all which is signified or comprehended under this name, The Christian Church: that is to say, what is certain and of divine faith upon thi... ...hould terminate all the lines which proceed from the circumference of the whole Christian world; and those which will not terminate in this centre, ...

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...ment in their Bible. The factoids below relate to the version of the Bible used by Christians everywhere: Old (39 books) and New Testament. Altoget... ...a compilation of the words and names in the Bible - cats are not mentioned at all. Christians appear only 3 times (Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Peter 4:16)... ...has murdered, or exiled his political rivals throughout his career. He confiscated church funds and imposed onerous taxes on the populace. Conseque... ...w.obgyn.net/displayarticle.asp?page=/urogyn/murphy- book/cover Calendars Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7. Their "old new year... ...rom Christmas Day to January 1, effective from 1911 onwards. All that time, the Christian Orthodox continued to observe the Julian calendar. In ... ...thodox continued to observe the Julian calendar. In 1923, a Conference of Orthodox Churches in Constantinople reduced the number of leap years ever... ...tion was initiated by blacks. The freedmen lobbied hard and long for separate black churches and educational facilities. Nor was lynching confined t... ...ru and reported enthusiastically back home in 1505. Both the Spanish crown and the church taxed coca production and accepted payment in coca leaves... ...the Roman emperor Aurelian in the late 3rd century AD. Its branch was destroyed by Christians in AD 391. This was a traumatic event. It is little ...