Bible Dictionary: Church: Sister of Christ

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Songs 4:12
A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
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Songs 5:2
I sleep, but my heart wakes: it is the voice of my beloved that knocks, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
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The Church's Beauty in the Eyes of Christ, Cant. 4 1 10 11 7 9 8
... The church's beauty in the eyes of Christ, Cant. ... 5 "My sister, and my spouse," he
cries, "Bound to my ... hold my feet, or force my stay, When Christ invites my ...
/.../watts/hymns and spiritual songs/hymn 0 092361111 the churchs beauty.htm

The Church's Beauty in the Eyes of Christ. Ss 4:1-11.
... SS 4:1-11. LM The church's beauty in the eyes of ChriSongs 4:1-11. ... "My sister
and my spouse," he cries,. ... When Christ invites my soul away. ...
/.../watts/the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/hymn 73 the churchs beauty.htm

To Sister Daniella of Orvieto
... Now to us, dearest daughter and sweet my sister in Christ sweet Jesus ... groaning with
humble continual prayers, over the mystical Body of Holy Church, and over ...
/.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to sister daniella of orvieto 2.htm

Vision Second. Again, of his Neglect in Chastising his Talkative ...
... But you will read the words in this city, along with the presbyters who preside
over the Church.". Footnotes: ... [Your sister in Christ, ie, when converted.]. ...
/.../pastor/the pastor books first second third/vision second again of his.htm

Christian Experience.
... that to become a member of the church my name must be written in heaven; that every
Christian in the world is my brother or sister in Christ; the Lamb's book ...
/.../byrum/the value of a praying mother/chapter xi christian experience.htm

Epistle xx. St. Ambrose Relates to his Sister the Events at Milan ...
... Ambrose relates to his sister the events at Milan ... waggons as dwellings, now make
the Church their waggon ... the world, the abode in Paradise, the grace of Christ. ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/epistle xx st ambrose relates.htm

The Church of Christ
... carriage, but what you can say something for Jesus Christ. ... if there is a shower on
their church, God will ... They are like the sweet sister graces that danced ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/the church of christ.htm

Psalm CXXVIII.
... mother." [5539] "Brother," perhaps, on account of the male sex whom the Church hath:
"sister," on account of the women whom Christ hath here in His members. ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm cxxviii.htm

On the Various Names and Titles
... [Ps.21(22):23(22)]. The sister is the church, the temple, or the soul in Christ;
in the song of songs: my sister, my bride. [Cant.4:9]. ...
/.../eucherius/the formulae of st eucherius of lyons/v on the various names.htm

The Christian Church a Family.
... who shall be your brother; you cannot exclude your mother or your sister; it does ...
a society it is not"a family it is not"a Church of Christ it cannot be ...
/.../robertson/sermons preached at brighton/xv the christian church a.htm