The Centennial History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of New York, 1785-1885 |
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... Christ Church in this city for organization , and for securing the Episcopacy , and for the revision of the Liturgy . The representatives were few , the churches were feeble , and the cause itself seemed hopeless . Yet , " the little ...
... Christ Church in this city for organization , and for securing the Episcopacy , and for the revision of the Liturgy . The representatives were few , the churches were feeble , and the cause itself seemed hopeless . Yet , " the little ...
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... Christ , as the due expression of their grateful love to God for His mercies toward them in their earthly warfare , and of their heartfelt solicitude for the welfare of the Church , the true Sion , the new Jerusalem which came down from ...
... Christ , as the due expression of their grateful love to God for His mercies toward them in their earthly warfare , and of their heartfelt solicitude for the welfare of the Church , the true Sion , the new Jerusalem which came down from ...
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... Christ in com- munion with the Church of England , under whose rightful jurisdiction they had received their baptisms and ordinations . In the second place they were so situated as to be able to act in the matter of organization without ...
... Christ in com- munion with the Church of England , under whose rightful jurisdiction they had received their baptisms and ordinations . In the second place they were so situated as to be able to act in the matter of organization without ...
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... Christ's kingdom on earth which was committed to him . Where con- servatism rested , however , the new ideas began to form , and the claim was made that Bishops , however supreme in the exercise of purely spiritual authority , were not ...
... Christ's kingdom on earth which was committed to him . Where con- servatism rested , however , the new ideas began to form , and the claim was made that Bishops , however supreme in the exercise of purely spiritual authority , were not ...
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... Christ's kingdom from quite different standpoints . On one side of it was Connecticut , the cradle of the American Episcopate ; on the other , Pennsylvania , the birth - place of the American system of representative Church Government ...
... Christ's kingdom from quite different standpoints . On one side of it was Connecticut , the cradle of the American Episcopate ; on the other , Pennsylvania , the birth - place of the American system of representative Church Government ...
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Page 36 - Judah be glad : because of thy judgements. 11 Walk about Sion, and go round about her : and tell the towers thereof. 12 Mark well her bulwarks, set up her houses : that ye may tell them that come after.
Page 96 - ... without a certificate from the Right Reverend Father in God the Lord Bishop of London, of his being conformable to the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England and of a good life and conversation.
Page 32 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord : and look, what he layeth out, it shall be paid him again. Prov. xix. Blessed be the man that provideth for the sick and needy : the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble.
Page 372 - Charter of the Corporation for the Relief of the Widows and Children of Clergymen in the Communion of the Church of England, in America...
Page 96 - You shall take especial care that God Almighty be devoutly and duly served throughout your government, the Book of Common Prayer, as by law established, read each Sunday and Holyday, and the blessed Sacrament administered according to the rites of the Church of England...
Page 175 - But I have greater witness than that of John ; for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
Page 9 - God, according to thy Name, so is thy praise unto the world's end ; thy right hand is full of righteousness. 10 Let the Mount Sion rejoice, and the daughter of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
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Page 22 - Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you ; and I will not be burdensome to you : for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Page 94 - That For the making and proportioning the Levies and Assessments for building and repairing the Churches, Provision for the poor, maintenance for the Minister ; as well as for the more orderly managing of all...