{"query": "Belgic Art. 7: The Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures", "count": 20, "results": [{"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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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 "}, {"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_13002c646fe4", "title": "Belgic Art. 29: The Marks of the True Church, and Wherein She Differs from the False Church", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe that we ought diligently and circumspectly to discern from the Word of God which is the true Church, since all sects in the world assume to themselves the name. The marks: pure preaching of"}, {"id": "card_n_4994665cec8a", "title": "Belgic Art. 31: The Ministers, Elders, and Deacons", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe that the ministers of God's Word, the elders, and the deacons ought to be chosen to their respective offices by a lawful election of the Church, with calling upon the name of the Lord, and "}, {"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_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_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_a97b8c218d05", "title": "Belgic Art. 22: Our Justification through Faith in Jesus Christ", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe that, to attain the true knowledge of this great mystery, the Holy Ghost kindleth in our hearts an upright faith, which embraces Jesus Christ with all his merits, appropriates him, and seek"}, {"id": "card_c_ed037fd24a8e", "title": "Belgic Art. 3: The Written Word of God references Holy Ghost", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Holy Ghost (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_n_a66872a4a2b2", "title": "Belgic Art. 15: Original Sin", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We believe that, through the disobedience of Adam, original sin is extended to all mankind; which is a corruption of the whole nature."}]}