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Title: The World's Parliament of Religions : an illustrated and popular story of the World's First Parliament of Religions, held in Chicago in connection with the Columbian exposition of 1893
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Barrows, John Henry, 1847-1902
Subjects: World's Parliament of Religions, Chicago, 1893 Religions
Publisher: Chicago : Parliament Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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f the Truth. (i Tim. iii. 15)- THE VULGATE. The Holy Scriptures have been translated into every language, butamong these almost innumerable versions one only, which is called the Vul-gate, is authorized and declared to be authentic by the church. Thebelief of the faithful being that the doctrinal authority of the church extendsto positive truths and dogmatic facts, which although not revealed, arenecessary for the exposition or defense of revelation, they accept withouthesitancy the decree of the Council of Trent which is as follows : Con-sidering that no small utility may accrue to the Church of God, if it be madeknown which out of all the Latin editions, now in circulation, of the sacredbooks, is to be held as authentic, (the Synod) ordains and declares, that thesaid old and vulgate edition, which, by the lengthened use of so many cen-turies, has been approved of in the church, be, in public lectures, disputa-tions, sermons, and expositions, held as authentic ; and that no one is tg
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