The Present Condition and Prospects of the Greek, Or Oriental, Church: With Some Letters Written from the Convent of the StrophadesMurray, 1829 - 207 páginas |
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The present condition and prospects of the Greek or Oriental church George Waddington Vista completa - 1829 |
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Página 207 - But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth : for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Página 20 - Genius may anticipate the season of maturity ; but in the education of a people, as in that of an individual, memory must be exercised, before the powers of reason and fancy can be expanded : nor may the artist hope to equal or surpass, till he has learned to imitate, the works of his predecessors.
Página 45 - ... receiving the Sacrament, contains these words : " I believe that this is thy most pure body indeed, and that this is thy holy blood indeed.
Página 44 - Russian doctors, is effected by the influence and operation of the Holy Ghost, when the bishop or priest invokes God the Father in these words— 'And make this bread the precious body of thy Christ.•
Página 64 - The greatest part of it varies every day in the year, and- every part of the day, except in the...
Página 59 - for we know that an idol is nothing in the world,' 1 Cor. viii, 4), to the work of their hands they bow down, to that which their fingers have made, one of the great absurdities charged by the prophets on idolaters, " as if that could be a god to them which was not only 'a creature but their own creature
Página 53 - Christ is invisibly present to receive thy confession ; be not ashamed therefore or afraid, and conceal nothing from me ; but without equivocation tell me whatsoever thou hast done, that thou mayest receive forgiveness from our Lord Jesus Christ. Behold his image before us; I am only a witness to testify before him whatsoever thou shall say unto me; but if thou concealest anything from me, thou shalt have double sin.
Página 203 - There is atradition of magnificentgardensformerlyflourishing on the northern coast, which have been washed away by the tempests, and an old sepulchre was lately found there, in an abrupt bank of difficult access, which may possibly contain others. " Thus you see, among the sacred things of this untravelled spot, how large a proportion still are caves and fountains. You see how li ttle the spirit of its sanctity has been affected by the change of its religion — how little it ceased to be Grecian,...
Página 203 - ... of education and fewer opportunities of learning the truths contained in the Bible, the traveller finds reason to say, " Thus you see among the sacred things of this untravelled spot (the principal island of the Strophades), how large a proportion still are caves and fountains ; you see how little the spirit of its sanctity has been affected by the change of its religion ; how little it ceased to be Grecian when it became Christian.
Página 41 - a ceremony or act appointed by God, in which God giveth or signifieth to us His grace.