"But to be the Vicar of Christ, to……" — Charles Hodge
"But to be the Vicar of Christ, to claim to exercise his prerogatives on earth, does involve a claim to his attributes, and therefore our opposition to Popery is opposition to a man claiming to be God."
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Charles Hodge
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58 Quotes by Charles Hodge
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As we fell in Adam, we are saved in Christ. To deny the principle in the one case, is to…
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In every system of theology, therefore, there is a chapter De libero arbitrio. This is a question which every theologian…
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He [man] knows that when he is not what he ought to be; when he does what he ought not…
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If, unable to solve the mysteries of Providence, we plunge into Atheism, we only increase a thousand fold the darkness…
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Foolish talking and jesting are not the ways in which Christian cheerfulness should express itself, but rather "giving of thanks"…
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To be in Christ is the source of the Christian life; to be like Christ is the sum of his…
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There is no form of conviction more intimate and irresistible than that which arises from the inward teaching of the…
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Our duty, privilege, and security are in believing, not in knowing; in trusting God, and not our own understanding. They…
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Faith is not a blind, irrational conviction. In order to believe, we must know what we believe, and the grounds…
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The Independent or Congregational theory includes two principles; first, that the governing and executive power in the Church is in…
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It is a thoroughly anti-Christian doctrine that the Spirit of God, and therefore the life and governing power of the…
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The Galatians are severely censured for giving heed to false doctrines, and are called to pronounce even an apostle anathema,…
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But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be…
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We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the…
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The One, the Good, the True, and the Beautiful, these are what we call the transcendental attributes of Being, because…
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
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When you're in love you never really know whether your elation comes from the qualities of the one you love,…
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To think straight, it is advisable to expect all qualities and attributes, adjectives, and so on to refer to at…
— Gregory Bateson
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One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship,…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities,…
— Joseph Addison
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I think the key attributes for a good speaker are someone that's articulate and someone that puts a fair amount…
— Jo Brand
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God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the…
— John Calvin
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Moping is an unattractive attribute in a man.
— Graydon Carter
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I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.
— Agatha Christie
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