“For the standard of Christian life was to be strained to a higher pitch; more fasting was required, and more careful separation from the manners and enjoyments of the world; celibacy and mar...”
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“For the standard of Christian life was to be strained to a higher pitch; more fasting was required, and more careful separation from the manners and enjoyments of the world; celibacy and mar...”
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“Of course the case of the Christian Church planted among the nations must differ, in various ways, from that of any sect forming in connection with religious awakening in a territory of prof...”
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“The advent of a new religion, making serious and impressive claims to embody a new revelation from on high, is not a frequent occurrence.”
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“And in times and places where there was not much persecution, people could become and continue Christians who neither were nor professed to be very devoted persons.”
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