William B. Orvis
Published: 2018-01-23
Total Pages: 384
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Excerpt from Ritualism Dethroned and the True Church Found, or the Divine Life in All the Christian Ages Most Revealed in Those Churches and "Martyrs of Jesus" That Have Witnessed Against a Ceremonial and Sacramental Law: A Plea for Christian Liberty, Christian Union, and the Higher Christian Life It is written specially in the hope that a day will dawn when the pretentious claims of a ceremonial law will cease, and the long-enduring custom of building sects upon conformities or non-conformities in orders and rites will have come to an end. That the Millennial peace, and glory oion will not be marred by rivalries and contentions about baptisms and other external rites and ceremonies of the churches, is the inmost conviction of nearly all who love Christ and desire the complete triumph of His cause. That ordinances, so-called, will not hold as high a place in the esteem of Christ's spiri tual flock as they do now, is, the concession of many who in Sist that they are now filling, by divine appointment, a need ful place in the economy of the Church. They concede that when that which is perfect is come, that which is but symbolic, and not intrinsic, or essentially life-giving, may pass away. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.