Buy Our Bishops; A Sketch of the Origin and Growth of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, as Shown in the Lives of Its Distinguished Leaders
close menu
Bookswagon
search
My Account
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Home > Art, Film & Photography > Our Bishops; A Sketch of the Origin and Growth of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, as Shown in the Lives of Its Distinguished Leaders
Our Bishops; A Sketch of the Origin and Growth of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, as Shown in the Lives of Its Distinguished Leaders

Our Bishops; A Sketch of the Origin and Growth of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, as Shown in the Lives of Its Distinguished Leaders


     0     
5
4
3
2
1



Out of Stock


Notify me when this book is in stock
X
About the Book

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: MARTIN BOEHM Second Bishop of the United Brethren in Christ. SAYS the historian: Before the rise of Luther and Calvin, there lay concealed in all the centers of Europe many persons who adhered tenaciously to the doctrines which the Waldenses and Hussites had maintained, that the kingdom of Christ, or the visible Church which he established upon earth, ought to be inaccessible to the wicked and unrighteous. That the Church might be a holy Church, separate from the world was the unceasing prayer of many good men of that day, as it is the constant prayer of good men to-day. One of the men, who at that day stood for a firm faith and a pure church, and whose name is honored by a goodly following in our own and other lands, was born in Freisland in 1505. He was trained for the office of priest in the Catholic Church; but soon after he began his work a diligent study of the Holy Scriptures produced his spiritual enlightenment and finally his conversion. The martyrdom of some of the Anabaptists about him elicited his sympathy, and no doubt helped to bring him into the light. To leave the Church into which he had been born, and to accept the shame, and obloquy and persecution, which were sure to come upon him, was no easy thing for a sensitive and tenderhearted man to do. Of his conversion he says, I besought my God with sighing and tears, that to me, a troubled sinner, He would grantthe gift of His grace; that He would endue me with wisdom, spirit, frankness, and manly fortitude, so that I might preach His name, and holy word, unadulterated, and proclaim His truth to His praise. At length the great and gracious Lord, perhaps after the course of nine months, extended to me His fatherly spirit, help and mighty hand, so that I freely abandoned at once my character, honor, and fam...


Best Sellers


Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780217026796
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 180
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217026796
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 331 gr


Similar Products

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS      0     
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
Our Bishops; A Sketch of the Origin and Growth of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, as Shown in the Lives of Its Distinguished Leaders
General Books -
Our Bishops; A Sketch of the Origin and Growth of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, as Shown in the Lives of Its Distinguished Leaders
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

Our Bishops; A Sketch of the Origin and Growth of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, as Shown in the Lives of Its Distinguished Leaders

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept


    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!
    Hello, User