For the standard of Christian life was to be strained to a higher pitch; more fasting was required, and more careful separation from the manners and enjoyments of the world; celibacy and martyrdom had great value set upon them, and…

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The principle that certain sins should not receive the Church's testimony of forgiveness was probably...

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The advent of a new religion, making serious and impressive claims to embody a new...

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And in times and places where there was not much persecution, people could become and...

Meanwhile the Church more and more provided for the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, by...

Meanwhile the Church more and more provided for the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, by...

The earlier practice of the Church had been more or less to employ in worship...

The earlier practice of the Church had been more or less to employ in worship...

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A tendency could not but arise to reconcile with Christian profession a good many modes...

Of course the case of the Christian Church planted among the nations must differ, in...

Of course the case of the Christian Church planted among the nations must differ, in...