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Thought for the Day 19th November 2008

Categorised as Thought of the Day and published Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
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It is the manner of Scripture to imply that all Saints make up but one body, Christ being the Head, and no real distinction existing between dead and living; as if the Church’s territory were a vast field, only with a veil stretched across it, hiding part from us.

From the Anglican sermon ‘The Intermediate State’ (1835). Click here for the full text (leaves site)