Catechesis, or Christian Instruction Preparatory to Confirmation and First Communion
by Charles Wordsworth (9781150338793)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1849 Original Publisher: Rivington Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. OF RENOUNCING. Let every one thatnameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. 2 Tim. ii. 19. The foundation .... vfRfpentancefrom dead works. Hcb. vi. 1. I. Or the twofold end and object of ConfirMation, which is the part that You have to perform ? See above, Chap. II. xii. II. Of how many heads, or leading portions, does that vow consist ? 1. Renouncing. 2. Believing. 3. Obeying. III. What is the meaning of Renunciaton ? Renuntio. (airttirtiv.) See 2 Cor. iv. 2. (vjreryt biriata fwv.) Luke iv. 8. IV. What are the things which you have vowed to renounce ? 1. The Devil, i. e. The Evil One. 2. The Word, i. e. The evil of others. 3. The Flesh, i. e. The evil of Self. For meaning of " the world," see below, ix. In the ancient Church it was the custom for Catechumens to turn towards the west, as the place of darkness, while they solemnly renounced the prince of darkness. See Eph. vi. 12. Comp. Eph. v. 11. Rom. xiii. 12. (" Works of darkness.") Luke xxii. 53. (" Power of darkness.") Rev. xvi. 10. And then they were turned about to the east, i. e. "from darkness to light, andfrom the power of Satan unto God," (Acts xxvi. 18.) while they made solemn confession of their faith in Christ, as " the true light," (John i. 9.) " the Sun of righteousness." (Mai. iv. 2.) See Col. i. 12, 13. 1 Pet. ii. 9. 1 Thess. v. 11. 2 Cor. vi. 14. V. Would not the renunciation of any one of these imply a renouncing of all things sinful and displeasing to God? Prove this -- of renouncing 1. The Devil. See 1 John iii. 8. 2. The World. See 1 John ii. 15, 16. 3. The...

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