Word: creed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...sect the Hindoo belongs to he does not say that his is the only right belief, and that all others must be wrong. He believes that there are many ways of coming to God; that a man who is truly religious rises above the petty quarrels of sect or creed. In India if a man believes that he is a spirit, a soul, and not a body, then he is said to have religion and not till then...
...Hale first gave numerous examples of the respective powers of the ecclesiastic and civil courts in deciding upon the guilt of accused members of religious bodies. He said that civil authority had enacted special commandments in relation to the holding of property for the support of some divine creed and that in all cases where appeal was made to the civil court, the civil court never held the previous decisions of the ecclesiastical court to be valid, as these bodies had organized themselves, and whatever power they exercised came only from themselves and could have no legal force...
...church is defined as a voluntary association of people united by a common creed to honor the Christian religion. It is a corporation to be kept distinctly separate from the congregation. Church societies are frequently found which perform the financial duties of the church, thus acting in unison with it. These societies are seldom incorporated, because of the religious seruples of their members against such action...
...enjoyed by the people of fifty years ago. And all these changes are effected by the force of the spirit of Christ. This does not mean the increase of churches alone, for a man may have in him the spirit of Christ without being able to repeat a creed. It means rather the spirit that is bringing help to the poor, deliverance to the captives, and "preaching the acceptable year of the Lord" Let us be thankful that the spirit of Christ is not confined to the church alone, but is in every man who loves his fellow...
...would attain what is highest and best in life, we must study historical religion. The broadening, which is the result of this study, should develope into a sweet reasonableness which will make us interpret every creed at its best...