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Observations on the Doctrines of Christianity, in Reference to Arianism; And on the Athanasian Creed
Observations on the Doctrines of Christianity in Reference to Arianism And on the Athanasian Creed Author:George Miller General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1825 Notes: 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 book... more »s for free. Excerpt: Christ has asserted the power of forgiving sins in the presence of men, who held that it was an attribute of God alone ; and he assured his followers of his personal presence, not restrained by those limits of time and space, which control the agency of the most exalted creatures. The latter consideration is of itself decisive. God alone can be at the same moment present every where, to assist the devotions of all assembled in the name of their Redeemer. In the apostolic epistles also there are passages so directly bearing upon this question, that they must be cited in this place, in disregard of the principle, by which doctor Bruce would exclude from consideration that large and important portion of the writings comprehended in the New Testament. The first of these which shall be mentioned is the fifth verse of the ninth chapter of the epistle to the Romans ; "whose are the fathers, and of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever." This passage was however too decisive of the divine character of Christ, to be permitted to remain, without some efforts to embarrass the obvious interpretation. In contradiction to all authority it has been contended, that the word God is not authentic. This position being not tenable, it has been proposed to separate the Archbishop Magee on Atonement and Sacrifice, vol. 2. part 2, p. 114, etc. concluding words, " God blessed for ever," from those which preceded, and to understand them as a distinct ejaculation of gratitude to God for the mission of Jesus Christ. This also has been abandoned, and a third attempt has been made to...« less