The confession of st. Patrick, tr.; with an intr. and notes, by T. Olden |
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Page 66 - And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
Page 67 - And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people ; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
Page 65 - It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you ; but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Page 65 - O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, "Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
Page 39 - by grace we are saved through faith ; and that not of ourselves ; it is the gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast?
Page 40 - It is not necessary that traditions and ceremonies be in all places one, or utterly like ; for at all times they have been divers, and may be changed according to the diversities of countries, times, and men's manners, so that nothing be ordained against God's Word.
Page 25 - If Patrick came to Ireland as a deputy from Rome, it might naturally be expected that in the Irish church a certain sense of dependence would always have been preserved towards the mother church at Rome. But we find, on the contrary, in the Irish church afterwards, a spirit of church freedom similar to that shown by the ancient British church, which struggled against the yoke of Roman ordinances. We find subsequently among the Irish a much greater agreement with the ancient British than with Roman...
Page 28 - Christ over me, Christ at my right, Christ at my left, Christ at this side, Christ at that side, Christ at my back'— 'Christ be in the heart of each person whom I speak to, Christ in the mouth of each person who speaks to me, Christ in each eye that sees me, Christ in each ear that hears me.
Page 66 - Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptised shall be saved ; and he that believeth not shall be damned.
Page 66 - Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost...
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| Title | The confession of st. Patrick, tr.; with an intr. and notes, by T. Olden |
| Author | Patrick (st.) |
| Editor | Thomas Olden |
| Published | 1853 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Aug 24, 2006 |
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