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creedfilioque THE FILIOQUE CLAUSE This essay is an Appendix to the essay called CREED NICENE. It deals with one particular line of the Nicene Creed. The Creed as formulated at…

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creedchurch THE NICENE CREED ON THE CHURCH We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. [J.S. Bach, a devout Lutheran, wrote a musical setting for the Liturgy known as…

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Augustine’s Enchiridion

Augustine's Enchiridion On Faith, Hope, and Love Newly translated and edited by ALBERT C. OUTLER, Ph.D., D.D. Professor of Theology Perkins School of Theology Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas First…

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enchir33 CHAPTER XXXIII CONCLUSION 122. But somewhere this book must have an end. You can see for yourself whether you should call it an Enchiridion, or use it as one.…

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enchir32 CHAPTER XXXII THE END OF ALL THE LAW 121. All the divine precepts are, therefore, referred back to love, of which the apostle says, "Now the end of the…

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enchir31 CHAPTER XXXI LOVE 117. And now regarding love, which the apostle says is greater than the other two--that is, faith and hope--for the more richly it dwells in a…

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enchir30 CHAPTER XXX THE PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIAN LIVING: FAITH AND HOPE 114. Thus, from our confession of faith, briefly summarized in the Creed (which is milk for babes when pondered…

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enchir29 CHAPTER XXIX "THE LAST THINGS" 109. Now, for the time that intervenes between man's death and the final resurrection, there is a secret shelter for his soul, as each…

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enchir28 CHAPTER XXVIII THE DESTINY OF MAN 104. Consequently, God would have willed to preserve even the first man in that state of salvation in which he was created and…

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enchir27 CHAPTER XXVII LIMITS OF GOD'S PLAN FOR HUMAN SALVATION 103. Accordingly, when we hear and read in sacred Scripture that God "willeth that all men should be saved,"220 although…

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