{"query": "Belgic Art. 4: Canonical Books of the Holy Scripture", "count": 20, "results": [{"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_048bd5e3c62d", "title": "Easton: Samuel, Books of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The LXX. translators regarded the books of Samuel and of Kings as forming one continuous history, which they divided into four books, which they called “Books of the Kingdom.” The Vulgate version foll"}, {"id": "card_n_50ed97c85320", "title": "Belgic Art. 5: Whence the Holy Scriptures Derive Their Dignity and Authority", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We receive all these books, and these only, as holy and canonical for the regulation, foundation, and confirmation of our faith. The authority does not rest on the church, but on the testimony of the "}, {"id": "card_n_6931a5b4db98", "title": "Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty", "shelf": "hymns", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!\nEarly in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;\nHoly, Holy, Holy! Merciful and Mighty,\nGod in three Persons, blessed Trinity!\n\nHoly, Holy, Holy! All the saints a"}, {"id": "card_n_3f25971a39e2", "title": "Easton: Chronicles, Books of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., “Acts of the Days.” This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version “Chronicon,” and hence "}, {"id": "card_n_d80fbe8b0d63", "title": "Easton: Apocrypha", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Hidden, spurious, the name given to certain ancient books which found a place in the LXX. and Latin Vulgate versions of the Old Testament, and were appended to all the great translations made from the"}, {"id": "card_n_5a42ae2a80a8", "title": "Belgic Art. 9: The Proof of the Foregoing Article of the Trinity from the Testimonies of Holy Scripture", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "All this we know from the testimonies of Holy Writ as well as from the operations of the Persons. Old Testament passages name the three; New Testament passages confirm the three; baptism is administer"}, {"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_2e39054b9b10", "title": "Easton: Canon", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This word is derived from a Hebrew and Greek word denoting a reed or cane. Hence it means something straight, or something to keep straight; and hence also a rule, or something ruled or measured. It c"}, {"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_b5ad3d476485", "title": "Easton: Writing", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The art of writing must have been known in the time of the early Pharaohs. Moses is commanded “to write for a memorial in a book” (Ex. 17:14) a record of the attack of Amalek. Frequent mention is afte"}, {"id": "card_n_8d4a34825837", "title": "Easton: Pentateuch", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The five-fold volume, consisting of the first five books of the Old Testament. This word does not occur in Scripture, nor is it certainly known when the roll was thus divided into five portions Genesi"}, {"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_9e88feeb505a", "title": "Easton: Temple", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "First used of the tabernacle, which is called “the temple of the Lord” (1 Sam. 1:9). In the New Testament the word is used figuratively of Christ’s human body (John 2:19, 21). Believers are called “th"}, {"id": "card_n_23ddfa0652b0", "title": "Easton: Acts of the Apostles", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The title now given to the fifth and last of the historical books of the New Testament. The author styles it a “treatise” (1:1). It was early called “The Acts,” “The Gospel of the Holy Ghost,” and “Th"}, {"id": "card_n_3e0feabde3ae", "title": "Belgic Art. 35: The Holy Supper of Our Lord Jesus Christ", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe and confess that our Saviour Jesus Christ did ordain and institute the sacrament of the Holy Supper to nourish and support those whom he has already regenerated and incorporated into his fa"}, {"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_d598a2d34ecb", "title": "Belgic Art. 24: Man's Sanctification and Good Works", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe that this true faith, being wrought in man by the hearing of the Word of God and the operation of the Holy Ghost, regenerates and makes him a new man, causing him to live a new life and fre"}, {"id": "card_n_d064b0d2110e", "title": "Easton: Shushan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A lily, the Susa of Greek and Roman writers, once the capital of Elam. It lay in the uplands of Susiana, on the east of the Tigris, about 150 miles to the north of the head of the Persian Gulf. It is "}, {"id": "card_n_26d6b024cac1", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_50: O Lord, Holy Father, be Thou blessed now and evermore; because as Thou wilt s...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "O Lord, Holy Father, be Thou blessed now and evermore; because as Thou wilt so it is done, and what Thou doest is good. Let Thy servant rejoice in Thee, not in himself, nor in any other; because Thou "}]}