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English churchmen have long gazed with love on the primitive church as the ideal of Christian perfection, the Eden wherein the first fathers of their faith walked blameless before God and passionless towards each other.
— Sabine Baring-Gould
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Sabine Baring-Gould
Anglican priest, writer, novelist, folklorist, translator
🔗 Read on Wikipedia1834  – 1924
Sabine Baring-Gould of Lew Trenchard in Devon, England, was an Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist, folk song collector and eclectic scholar.
All Quotes by Sabine Baring-Gould
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In the primitive church, it was customary for the Holy Eucharist to be celebrated on the anniversary of the death of a martyr - if possible, on his tomb.
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Happiness is only attained by the free will agreeing in its freedom to accord with the will of God.
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Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war, forward into battle see his banners go!
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Jesus, give the wearyMay our eyelids close.
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In the beginning, before the creation of Heaven and Earth, God made the angels; free intelligences and free wills; out of His love He made them, that they might be eternally happy. And that their happiness might be complete, He gave them the perfection of a created nature; that is, He gave them freedom.
— Sabine Baring-Gould
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I went to Iceland in 1861 and went over nearly every bit of the ground made famous by the adventures of Grettir.
— Sabine Baring-Gould
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In the beginning, before the creation of Heaven and Earth, God made the angels; free intelligences and free wills; out of His love He made them, that they might be eternally happy. And that their happiness might be complete, He gave them the perfection of a created nature; that is, He gave them freedom.
— Sabine Baring-Gould