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Jacobus Arminius (1560–1609) arrived at the same conclusion in his own readings of the early church fathers. In responding to Calvinist William Perkins arguments for the perseverance of the saints, he wrote: "In reference to the sentiments of the [early church] fathers, you doubtless know that almost all antiquity is of the opinion, that believers can fall away and perish."
Sermon 14: The Repentance of Believers - Mark 1:15 Sermon 15: The Great Assize - Romans 14:10 - preached at the Assizes held before the Honorable Sir Edward Clive , Knight, one of the Judges of His Majesty's Court of Common Pleas , in St. Paul's Church, Bedford , on Friday, March 10, 1758; published at the request of William Cole, Esq., High ...
In Christianity, salvation (also called deliverance or redemption) is the saving of human beings from sin and its consequences [a] —which include death and separation from God—by Christ's death and resurrection, [1] and the justification entailed by this salvation.
"I am the L ORD thy God" (KJV, also "I am Yahweh your God" NJB, WEB, Hebrew: אָֽנֹכִ֖י֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑֔יךָ, romanized: ’Ānōḵî YHWH ’ĕlōheḵā, Ancient Greek: ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου, romanized: egṓ eimi ho Kúrios ho Theós sou) is the opening phrase of the Ten Commandments, which are widely understood as moral ...
Life Change Books, 2004. ISBN 0-916888-30-4; Self-Acceptance. Institute in Basic Youth Conflicts, 1984. ASIN B0007270AO; The Amazing Way. Institute in Basic Life Principles, 2010. ISBN 978-0916888497; The Power of Crying Out. Life Change Books, 2002, ISBN 1-59052-037-8; The Power of Spoken Blessings. Life Change Books, 2004. ISBN 1-59052-375-X
The phrase "God helps those who help themselves" is a motto that emphasizes the importance of self-initiative and agency. The phrase originated in ancient Greece as "the gods help those who help themselves" and may originally have been proverbial. It is illustrated by two of Aesop's Fables and a similar sentiment is found in ancient Greek drama.
The exclusive use of the King James Version is recorded in a statement made by the Tennessee Association of Baptists in 1817, stating "We believe that any person, either in a public or private capacity who would adhere to, or propagate any alteration of the New Testament contrary to that already translated by order of King James the 1st, that is now in common in use, ought not to be encouraged ...
Thus, Sunday worship fulfills the "moral command of the Old Covenant, taking up its rhythm and spirit in the weekly celebration of the Creator and Redeemer of his people." [ 39 ] The Catholic Church teaches that the Lord's day should be "a day of grace and rest from work" to cultivate their "familial, cultural, social, and religious lives."