An obedient heart.Yet, it’s not just about the intimacy; it’s also about the heart of obedience in the one who criesAbba. In the immediately preceding verses—Romans 8:12–13—we see that our cry of “Abba, Father” is an act of submission of our will: “Therefore, brothers, we ...
They were Mystics, according to Montesquieu's definition, "Les devots qui out le coeur tendre." The mediaeval mysticism, in its gradual progress from a mere poetical sentiment to a speculative system, and thence to a living, practical power, led men steadily forward towards the Reformation. ...
⇒Definition of messiah 1. First or Patriarchal Period. (1.) In the primeval promise (Ge 3:15) lies the germ of a universal blessing. The tempter came to the woman in the guise of a serpent, and the curse thus pronounced has a reference both to the serpent which was the instrument...
The definition of marriage given by Modestinus, the Roman lawyer and scholar of Ulpian, is as follows: "Nuptiae sunt conjunctio maris et feminae et consortium omnis vitse, divini et humani juris communicatio" (Digest, 18:2, 1). In the Institutes of Justinian we have "nuptiae sive ...
⇒Definition of baptist2. Great Britain.— Whether and to what extent Baptist principles were held in Great Britain before the sixteenth century is still a matter of historic controversy. In 1535 Henry VIII ordered sixteen Dutchmen to be put to death for being Anabaptists, and in 1539, 30...