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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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 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 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 45 - ... preceded by singers, and in at the golden door. The consecration service is long and elaborate. The priest prays God to make the bread and wine the precious body and blood of Christ, first for each element separately, and then for both united. He then invokes the gift of the Holy Ghost, and lastly he addresses Jesus Christ our God, ' who sittest on the right hand of the Father, and yet art invisibly present with us here below, vouchsafe by thy mighty hand to impart to us thy most immaculate body...
Página 162 - ... and condemn. Cyril says, in Article III of his Confession, "We believe that the perfectly good God, before the foundation of the world, predestined to glory whom he had elected, in no respect regarding their works, nor having any cause impelling him to this election other than his good will, divine mercy. In like manner before time was, that he rejected whom he has rejected ; the cause of this rejection, if we look to the uncontrolled mastery and dominion of God, we shall doubtless discover to...