The Creed of Andover Theological Seminary

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Cupples, Upham, 1887 - 36 pages
 

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Page 22 - The souls of believers are at their death made perfect in holiness, and do immediately pass into glory ; and their bodies, being still united to Christ, do rest in their graves till the resurrection.
Page 7 - The word of God which is contained in the scriptures of the old and new testament is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify God and enjoy him.
Page 19 - The only Redeemer of God's elect is the Lord Jesus Christ, who, being the eternal Son of God, became man, and so was, and continueth to be God and man, in two distinct natures, and one person for ever.
Page 8 - There are three persons in the Godhead ; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost ; and these three are one God, - the same in substance, equal in power and glory.
Page 8 - God, having out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life, did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer.
Page 17 - God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.
Page 10 - I will consult the good of this Institution and the peace of the Churches of our Lord Jesus Christ on all occasions ; and that I will religiously conform to the Constitution and Laws of this Seminary, and to the Statutes of this Foundation.
Page 17 - The word of God, which is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him.
Page 2 - And, whereas many of the students in this Seminary may be devoted to the sacred work of the Gospel Ministry ; that the true and fundamental principles of the Christian religion may be cultivated, established, and perpetuated in the Christian church, so far as this Institution may have influence, it shall be the duty of the Master, as the age and capacities of the scholars will admit, not only to instruct and establish them in the truth of Christianity, but also early and diligently to inculcate...
Page 9 - God's decrees perfectly consist with human liberty, God's universal agency with the agency of man, and man's dependence with his accountability ; that man has understanding and corporeal strength to do all that God requires of him, so that nothing, but the sinner's aversion to holiness, prevents his salvation ; that it is the prerogative of God to bring good out of evil, and that he will cause the wrath and rage of wicked men and devils to praise him ; and that all the evil, which has existed, and...

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