The Elements of Morality
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ISBN13: 9780217292153
Paperback|9780217292153
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: the branch is united with the tree (John xv., 5), or as the members are united with the body (1 Cor. xii., 27; Eph. v., 30). His Soul receives nutriment from Christ; which is expressed by saying, that he feeds upon Christ (John vi., 51): and is symbolically expressed by eating bread and drinking wine, in remembrance of him (Luke xxii., 10), and in obedience to his command. 590. Believers in Christ, thus united with him, are united with each other, as members of a living Body (Rom. xii., 4; 1 Cor. xii., 12; Eph. iv., 25). This Body, of which Christ is the head, is the Church (Col. i., 18). He w the head of the body of the Church. To this Body, thus united in Christ, belong unity in itself, perpetual existence, and the possession of religious Truth, through the guidance of the Holy Spirit. This Body is the Universal or Catholic Church of Christ. 591. The Association of Believers in Christ, of which we have spoken, the Church, is bound together by means of certain habitual formal social acts. There is one such act by which members of the Church are admitted into it, namely, Baptism. There is another such act by which they commemorate their union with Christ according to his Command, namely, the Lord's Supper. There are acts by which they express their affections towards God, namely, acts of worship, Prayer and Praise. There are acts in which they express their Christian belief, or receive Christian Instruction from their Teachers; Profession of Faith, and Preaching. All these are Christian Ordinances. 592. The Souls of men are often also called their Spirits; especially when they are considered as the subjects of God's government. His government extending over such subjects is his Spiritual Kingdom. Hence religious matters are called Spiritual: and to these, as the concer...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217292153 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217292151 |
| Weight | 1.11 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.76 In |
| List Price | $20.59 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 342 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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