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Chicago Statement

Chicago Statement THE CHICAGO STATEMENT ON BIBLICAL INERRANCY PREFACE The authority of Scripture is a key issue for the Christian Church in this and every age. Those who profess faith…

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Constan 2 Anathemas

Constan 2 Anathemas THE ANATHEMAS OF THE SECOND COUNCIL OF CONSTANTINOPLE (553 AD) The Second Council of Constantinople was called to resolve certain questions that were raised by the Definition…

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Book of Common Prayer

Book of Common Prayer The Book of Common Prayer: E-text Edition (American, 1979) Version 1.0 13 December 1993 If you are viewing this file with a word processor, we recommend…

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conbk06 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK SIX CHAPTER I O Hope from my youth,1 where wast thou to me and where hadst thou gone away?2 For hadst thou not created me and…

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enchir04 CHAPTER IV THE PROBLEM OF EVIL 12. All of nature, therefore, is good, since the Creator of all nature is supremely good. But nature is not supremely and immutably…

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enchir20 CHAPTER XX SPIRITUAL ALMSGIVING 75. Now, surely, those who live in gross wickedness and take no care to correct their lives and habits, who yet, amid their crimes and…

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conbk07 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK SEVEN CHAPTER I Dead now was that evil and shameful youth of mine, and I was passing into full manhood.1 As I increased in years, the…

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enchir21 CHAPTER XXI PROBLEMS OF CASUISTRY 78. What sins are trivial and what are grave, however, is not for human but for divine judgment to determine. For we see that,…

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conbk08 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK EIGHT CHAPTER I O my God, let me remember with gratitude and confess to thee thy mercies toward me. Let my bones be bathed in thy…

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enchir06 CHAPTER VI THE PROBLEM OF LYING 18. Here a most difficult and complex issue arises which I once dealt with in a large book, in response to the urgent…

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