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A Harmony of Anglican Doctrine With the Doctrine of the Catholic and Apostolic Church of the East
A Harmony of Anglican Doctrine With the Doctrine of the Catholic and Apostolic Church of the East Author:Orthodox Eastern Church Subtitle: Being the Longer Russian Catechism : With an Appendix Consisting of Notes and Extracts From Scottish and Anglican Authorities General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1846 Original Publisher: A. Brown Subjects: Anglican Communion Religion / Christianity / Anglican Religion / Christianity / Orthodox Not... more »es: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: THE COMPOSITION OF THE CATECHISM. Q. What may be a good order for setting forth a Catechetical instruction in religion ? A. For this we may follow the book of the Orthodox Confession, approved by the Eastern Patriarchs, and take as our basis the saying of the Apostle Paul, that the whole energies of a Christia during this present life, consist in these three; faith, hope, charity. And now abideth faith, hope, charity; these three. I Cor. xiii. 13. And so the Christian needs; First, Doctrine on faith in God, and on the Sacraments which He reveals; Secondly, Doctrine on hope towards God, and on the means of being grounded in it; Thirdly, Doctrine on love to God, and all that He commands us to love. Q. What does the Church use as her instrument to introduce us to the doctrine of faith ? A. The Creed4. Q. What may we take as a guide for the doctrine of hope ? A. Our Lord's Beatitudes, and the Lord's Prayer. Q,. Where may we find the elements of the doctrine of charity ? A. In the ten Commandments of the Law of God. INTROD. THE FIRST PART OF THE ORTHODOX CATECHISM. ON FAITH. ON THE CREED GENERALLY, AND ON ITS ORIGIN. First Q. What is the Creed ? PART. A. The Creed is an exposition, in few but precise words, of that doctrine which all Christians are bound to believe. Q. What are the words of this exposition ? A. They are as...« less