A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels (2 vols.)

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“It will be observed that the theory given above of the choice of 25th December takes no account of the heathen festival of the sun held on the same day. But it is quite possible that when, in the 4th cent., the Christians began to observe the Nativity as a festival, they seized on the coincidence between the day as calculated by Hippolytus and the heathen feast-day, and Christianizing the latter as the Birth of the true Sun of Righteousness, showed a good example to the pagan world by making the day a true holy day.” (Volume 1, Page 261)

“Paul represents Christ as Head of both creations, the natural and the spiritual, the Cosmos and the Church” (Volume 2, Page 403)

“the kingdom is here thought of as a spiritual principle to be received into the heart.” (Volume 1, Page 933)

“More particularly, self-control means the control of the temperament, the instincts, emotions, and will, both in themselves and against the various appeals that are made to them in daily life, with a view to the accomplishment of some purpose or the maintenance of some phase of character.” (Volume 2, Page 596)

“And the misery of sin is that it hides the face of God. It is the loss of God’s presence; and Christ, as our representative, in bearing our sins, entered into our condition, involving the consciousness of the loss of God’s presence.” (Volume 2, Page 617)