Hannah Adams

Name: A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations — Unitarians
Author: Hannah Adams

A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)

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“A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations — Unitarians”, published in 1817, is a work by Hannah Adams. It explores elements such as Trinitarians, Unitarians and repentance.

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Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)

“ But they consider him as the great instrument in the hands of God of reversing all the effects of the fall; as the object of all the prophecies from Moses to his own time; as the great bond of union to virtuous and good men, who, as Christians, make one body in a peculiar sense; as introduced into the world without a human father ”

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Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)

“ Can it be believed that a mere man could be advanced at once so high as to be above angels, and to be qualified to rule and judge the world ? Do not all things rise gradually, one acquisition laying the foundation for another, and perhaps for higher acquisitions? The power, in particular, which the scriptures teach us Christ possesses, of raising to life all who have died, and all who will die, is equivalent to the power of creating a world. ”

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Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)

“ This denomination maintain that repentance and a good life are of themselves sufficient to recommend us to the divine favour; and that nothing is necessary to make us in all situations the objects of his favour, but such moral conduct as he has made us capable of; that Christ did nothing by his death, or in any other way, to render God merciful to sinners; but that God is, of his own accord, disposed to forgive men their sins, without any other condition than the sinner's repentance. ”

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Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)

“ As a man, as a prophet, though of the highest order, the Jews constantly and uniformly looked for their Messiah. Christ never claimed any honour or respect on his own account, but such as belonged only to a prophet, an extraordinary messenger of God. He in the most decisive terms declares the Lord God to be one God, and the sole object of worship. He always prayed to him as God and Father. He always spoke of himself as receiving his doctrine and power from him, and again and again disclaimed having any power of his own. ”

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Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)

“ The doctrine of Christ's simple humanity, when viewed in connexion with the scripture account of his exaltation, implies an inconsistency and improbability, which falls little short of an impossibility. ”

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Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)

“ In all this the Supreme Deity is to be considered as the first cause; and Christ as his gift to fallen man, and as acting under that eternal and self-existent Being, compared with whom no other being is either great or good ”

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Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)

“ Yates observes, that, "When our opponents call themselves Trinitarians, they do not mean to intimate, that they believe in three Gods; nor when we call ourselves Unitarians do we intend that term to signify that we believe in one God only. The former term was first in use, having been adopted by the Trinitarians themselves to express their belief, that there is a trinity of Persons in the Godhead. The latter was invented as a correlative appellation to designate those who believe, that there is in the Godhead a unity of persons, that is, only one person. ”

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Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)

“ Christ not only declared, but obtained the availableness of repentance to pardon; and became by his interposition, not only the conveyer, but the author and means of our future immortality. [4] This was a service so great, that no meaner agent could be equal to it and in consequence of it offers of full favour are made to all. No human being will be excluded from salvation, except through his own fault; and every truly virtuous man from the beginning to the end of time, let his country or religion be what it will, is made sure of being raised from death, and of being made happy forever. ”

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Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)

“ Of this kind are his introduction into the world by a miraculous conception ; the annunciations from heaven at his baptism and transfiguration, proclaiming him the Son of God, and ordering all to hear him; his giving himself out as come from God to shed his blood for the remission of sins; his perfect innocence, and sinless example; the wisdom by which he spoke as never man spoke; his knowledge of the hearts of men ”

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Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)

“ In asserting Christ to have been more than any human being.—— (2) In asserting that he took upon him human nature for a higher purpose than merely revealing to mankind the will of God, and instructing them in their duty, and in the doctrines of religion. ”

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