"For Christ, both God and man, must lay hold on us in order that there may be a union between Him and us."

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"For Christ, both God and man, must lay hold on us in order that there may be a union between Him and us."

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"Some had the custom of receiving the Eucharist daily, some twice a week, some on the Lord's day, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, some only on the Lord's Day."

Custom

"This doctrine of Christ and of the apostles, from which the true faith of the primitive church was received, the apostles at first delivered orally, without writing, but later, not by any human counsel but by the will of God, they handed it on in the Scriptures."

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Difference

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"Thus first of all in His own person He sanctified, restored, and blessed human nature."

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Love

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