Word: sects
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Baptism was not instituted by Christ, but recognized by Him as the common means of entering into a new sect. He used the word "Baptism" always in its spiritual significance,--"I have a baptism to be baptized with." "Can ye be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" But He sanctioned its use before His ascension, emphasizing the point that it was to be in the three-fold name, and to be accompanied with Christian instruction. It is the sacrament of incorporation, of cleansing and of a new birth, which must issue in new and cleanly surroundings, outward...
...first place, goodness and holiness are recognized as practically synonymous by all great thinkers, irrespective of sect or creed. Not Christ alone, but such philosophers as Spinoza have spoken of love as the supreme quality in man, and the thought has been repeated by those of later times. Now, this is quite as true in ethics as in religion; and certain religious postulates are essential to completeness in the purely ethical field...