Journals of the General Conventions of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the United States of America, from A.D. 1785 to A.D. 1853, Inclusive, Volume 1 |
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Episcopal Church. General Convention Francis Lister Hawks, William Stevens ... England . The Letter to the English Prelates . The original Draft , as ... Church- men of England in the movement for Episcopacy in America . Granville Sharp ...
Episcopal Church. General Convention Francis Lister Hawks, William Stevens ... England . The Letter to the English Prelates . The original Draft , as ... Church- men of England in the movement for Episcopacy in America . Granville Sharp ...
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... Church at the North . Organization of the Church in New Hampshire . Proceedings of Primary Conventions from the ... England again for a continuance of the Succession . Application of the Convention to the Society for the Propagation of the ...
... Church at the North . Organization of the Church in New Hampshire . Proceedings of Primary Conventions from the ... England again for a continuance of the Succession . Application of the Convention to the Society for the Propagation of the ...
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... Church throughout the Union . The result was , the inviting of a more general meeting in the ensuing Octo- ber , at ... England ; and shall adhere to the Liturgy of the said Church , as far as shall be consistent with the American ...
... Church throughout the Union . The result was , the inviting of a more general meeting in the ensuing Octo- ber , at ... England ; and shall adhere to the Liturgy of the said Church , as far as shall be consistent with the American ...
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... Church of England for that purpose . The Rev. Dr. Smith from the Committee for revising , etc. , reported that they had made further progress in the business referred to them , but not having finished the same , desired leave to sit ...
... Church of England for that purpose . The Rev. Dr. Smith from the Committee for revising , etc. , reported that they had made further progress in the business referred to them , but not having finished the same , desired leave to sit ...
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... Church , in a majority of the States aforesaid , shall be represented before they proceed to business ; except that ... England , " shall be continued to be used by this Church , as the same is altered by this Convention , in a certain ...
... Church , in a majority of the States aforesaid , shall be represented before they proceed to business ; except that ... England , " shall be continued to be used by this Church , as the same is altered by this Convention , in a certain ...
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Popular passages
Page 421 - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 415 - From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my Name shall be great among the Gentiles ; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my Name, and a pure offering ; for my Name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
Page 20 - I do believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the word of God, and to contain all things necessary to salvation ; and I do solemnly engage to conform to the doctrines and worship of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.
Page 396 - Dominions ; that all things may be so ordered and settled by their endeavours, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all generations.
Page 398 - ... through our Lord Jesus Christ ; who shall change our vile body, that it may be like unto his glorious body, according to the mighty working, •whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself.
Page 422 - We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings...
Page 398 - Dost thou believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith, as contained in the Apostles
Page 399 - WITH this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow: In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Page 204 - Of the Lord's Supper. The Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that Christians ought to have among themselves one to another; but rather it is a Sacrament of our Redemption by Christ's death: insomuch that to such as rightly, worthily, and with faith, receive the same, the Bread which we break is a partaking of the Body of Christ; and likewise...
Page 422 - ALBEIT that good works, which are the fruits of faith, and follow after justification, cannot put away our sins, and endure the severity of God's judgment; yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, arid do spring out necessarily of a true and lively faith ; insomuch that by them a lively faith may be as evidently known, as a tree discerned by the fruit.