The Standard of Catholicity, Or, an Attempt to Point Out in a Plain Manner Certain Safe and Loading Principles Amidst the Conflicting Opinions by Which the Church Is at Present Agitated - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1840 Excerpt: ... APPENDIX, No. I. "It can be proved from the canon of Scripture itself, that even in the apostolic age, perversions and corruptions of every kind not only crept into the churches, but in some of them actually obtained the ascendancy."--p. 10, 11. The evidence in support of the above proposition, contained in the New Testament, is of a twofold kind; consisting partly of general complaints and admonitions on account of heresies and corruptions introduced into the churches, and partly of specific charges. Of the former kind are the following: To the Corinthians St. Paul writes, "1 hear that there be divisions (or schisms, a-xto-pata) among you; and I partly believe it. For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved, may be made manifest among you;"" and of those who headed the divisions of the Corinthian church, he says, "Such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light: therefore it is no great thing, if his ministers also be 1 Cor. xi. 18, 19. transformed as the ministers of righteousness."b Of the success of these men the Apostle professes to be jealous: " I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ: for if he that cometh, preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another Spirit, which ye have not received, or another Gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him,"r i. e. ye would not object to false teachers, though ye do object t...

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