{"query": "Belgic Art. 1: There is One Only God", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_14f20aaddc9b", "title": "Belgic Art. 1: There is One Only God", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We all believe with the heart and confess with the mouth that there is one only simple and spiritual Being, which we call God — eternal, incomprehensible, invisible, immutable, infinite, almighty, per"}, {"id": "card_n_27586fd6114c", "title": "Pirkei Avot §avot_03_17: Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah said: Where there is no Torah, there is no right con...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah said: Where there is no Torah, there is no right conduct; where there is no right conduct, there is no Torah. Where there is no wisdom, there is no fear of God; where there is"}, {"id": "card_n_1a75580d235c", "title": "Genesis 1", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.\n2. The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.\n3"}, {"id": "card_n_91b5471c94ae", "title": "Belgic Art. 8: God Is One in Essence, Yet Distinguished in Three Persons", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe in one only God, who is one single essence in which are three persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — really, truly, and eternally distinct."}, {"id": "card_n_da84dadb3845", "title": "Psalm 53 — Psalm 53", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "<<For the Chief Musician. To the tune of \"Mahalath.\" A contemplation by David.>> The fool has said in his heart, \"There is no God.\" They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is no one"}, {"id": "card_n_7e927528cb6b", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_01_002: And how shall I call upon my God, my God and Lord, since, when I call for Him...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "And how shall I call upon my God, my God and Lord, since, when I call for Him, I shall be calling Him to myself? and what room is there within me, whither my God can come into me? whither can God come"}, {"id": "card_n_e4a081bb7fed", "title": "Belgic Art. 3: The Written Word of God", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We confess that this Word of God did not come by the will of man, but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. Afterward God, from a special care which he has for us and our salvati"}, {"id": "card_n_1b6fc0a79c10", "title": "Ignatius to the Magnesians VII", "shelf": "patristics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "As therefore the Lord did nothing without the Father, being united to Him, neither by Himself nor by the apostles, so neither do ye anything without the bishop and presbyters. Neither endeavour that a"}, {"id": "card_n_757dd081e2b2", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_59: O Lord, what is my trust which I have in this life, or what is my greatest co...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "O Lord, what is my trust which I have in this life, or what is my greatest comfort of all the things which are seen under Heaven? Is it not Thou, O Lord my God, whose mercies are without number? Where"}, {"id": "card_n_fa1b8a8871c5", "title": "Belgic Art. 23: Wherein Our Justification Before God Consists", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe that our salvation consists in the remission of our sins for Jesus Christ's sake, and that therein our righteousness before God is implied; as David and Paul teach us, declaring this to be "}, {"id": "card_n_e5c0cda9157a", "title": "Belgic Art. 34: Holy Baptism", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe and confess that Jesus Christ, in whom the law is fulfilled, has by his shed blood put an end to every other shedding of blood. Therefore he has instituted in its place the sacrament of bap"}, {"id": "card_n_adbe43d3a6d9", "title": "Aurelius, Meditations §aur_09_vii: Of all unreasonable creatures, there is but one unreasonable soul; and of all...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Of all unreasonable creatures, there is but one unreasonable soul; and of all that are reasonable, but one reasonable soul, divided betwixt them all. As of all earthly things there is but one earth, a"}, {"id": "card_n_9cf408db924a", "title": "Belgic Art. 2: By What Means God Is Made Known", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We know God by two means: first, by the creation, preservation, and government of the universe — which is before our eyes as a beautiful book; second, more clearly and fully by his holy and divine Wor"}, {"id": "card_n_3a55db9110d9", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_22: Thou art miserable wheresoever thou art, and whithersoever thou turnest, unle...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Thou art miserable wheresoever thou art, and whithersoever thou turnest, unless thou turn thee to God. Why art thou disquieted because it happeneth not to thee according to thy wishes and desires? Who"}, {"id": "card_n_cc9fa5350d27", "title": "Belgic Art. 4: Canonical Books of the Holy Scripture", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We confess that the Word of God is contained in the books of the Old and New Testament. The 66 books are the canon."}, {"id": "card_n_1bf8708468bc", "title": "Easton: God", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning to be strong; (2) of ’Eloah_, plural _’Elohim. The singular form"}, {"id": "card_n_1ac5299c16f9", "title": "Belgic Art. 7: The Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe that those Holy Scriptures fully contain the will of God, and that whatsoever man ought to believe unto salvation is sufficiently taught therein. It is unlawful to teach or to receive as bi"}, {"id": "card_n_abb762f65186", "title": "Belgic Art. 27: The Catholic Christian Church", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe and profess one catholic or universal Church, which is a holy congregation of true Christian believers, all expecting their salvation in Jesus Christ, being washed by his blood, sanctified "}, {"id": "card_n_dbdef539e6b0", "title": "Belgic Art. 14: The Creation and Fall of Man, and his Incapacity to Perform What Is Truly Good", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Man being created good was by the instigation of the devil and his own will separated from God, who was his life, having corrupted his whole nature."}, {"id": "card_n_d6ff3d1006a6", "title": "Belgic Art. 21: The Satisfaction of Christ Our Only High Priest, for Us", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe that Jesus Christ is ordained with an oath to be an everlasting High Priest, after the order of Melchisedec; and that he has presented himself in our behalf before the Father, to appease hi"}]}