Prayer is the converse of the soul with God. Therein we manifest or express to Him our reverence, and love for His… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
Christ has not only ordained that there shall be such officers in his Church - he has not only specified their duties… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
Our second remark is, that the office is of divine appointment, not merely in the sense in which the civil powers are… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
So too, in forming a constitution, or in enacting rules of procedure, or making canons, the people do not merely passively assent,… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
The Church, during the apostolic age, did not consist of isolated, independent congregations, but was one body, of which the separate churches… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
If the Church is a living body united to the same head, governed by the same laws, and pervaded by the same Spirit, it… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
As we fell in Adam, we are saved in Christ. To deny the principle in the one case, is to deny it in the… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
Christian humility does not consist in denying what there is of good in us; but in an abiding sense of ill-desert, and in the… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
Every man, therefore, who expects justification by works, must see to it, not that he is better than other men, or that he is… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
“Κατὰ τὴν δύναμιν τὴν ἐνεργουμένην ἐν ἡμῖν, according to the power that worketh in us. The infinite power of God from which so much… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
True zeal is connected with a holy life. It is remarkable how often the greatest zealots for God, the Church, and sound doctrine (as… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
The sin of Adam did not make the condemnation of all men merely possible; it was the ground of their actual condemnation. So the… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
The Independent or Congregational theory includes two principles; first, that the governing and executive power in the Church is in the brotherhood; and secondly,… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
As the Church is the aggregate of believers, there is an intimate analogy between the experience of the individual believer, and of the Church… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
Faith is not a blind, irrational conviction. In order to believe, we must know what we believe, and the grounds on which our faith… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
A Christian is one who recognizes Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God, as God manifested in the flesh, loving us… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
Prayer is the converse of the soul with God. Therein we manifest or express to Him our reverence, and love for His divine perfection,… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
