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... officers , to " try the spirits , " to prove all things , " and to " hold fast that which is good . " The qualifications for official service in the Church were given by the Spirit of God , but the whole Church determined on whom these ...
... officers , to " try the spirits , " to prove all things , " and to " hold fast that which is good . " The qualifications for official service in the Church were given by the Spirit of God , but the whole Church determined on whom these ...
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... officers mentioned in this ancient fragment of Christian litera- ture are bishops and deacons . " 66 It is very possible , indeed , that it had been customary in Rome , in Corinth , and in Philippi , long before the close of the first ...
... officers mentioned in this ancient fragment of Christian litera- ture are bishops and deacons . " 66 It is very possible , indeed , that it had been customary in Rome , in Corinth , and in Philippi , long before the close of the first ...
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... officers which existed in the apostolic Churches - bishops and deacons , or presbyters and deacons - there were three - bishops , presbyters , and deacons . It seems probable that this innovation began in the Church at Antioch ; it may ...
... officers which existed in the apostolic Churches - bishops and deacons , or presbyters and deacons - there were three - bishops , presbyters , and deacons . It seems probable that this innovation began in the Church at Antioch ; it may ...
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... officers , and in other matters affecting the well - being of the community , yet he only makes the concession to nullify it immediately . He pleads a direct official inspiration , which enables him to dispense with ecclesiastical ...
... officers , and in other matters affecting the well - being of the community , yet he only makes the concession to nullify it immediately . He pleads a direct official inspiration , which enables him to dispense with ecclesiastical ...
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... officers of the Church , and to restrict within narrower limits the power of the people , was a policy likely to commend itself to the judgment of the wisest and most devout members of the community . It must have seemed not only ...
... officers of the Church , and to restrict within narrower limits the power of the people , was a policy likely to commend itself to the judgment of the wisest and most devout members of the community . It must have seemed not only ...
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History of English Congregationalism Alfred William Winterslow Dale,R W 1829-1895 Dale No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 465 - I, AB, do swear, That I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, That princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Page 466 - That no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm: So help me God.
Page 383 - The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the word and sacraments, or the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven : yet he hath authority, and it is his duty, to take order that unity and peace be preserved in the Church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly SETTLED, administered, and observed.
Page 466 - The church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith...
Page 185 - ... which only concern the confession of the true Christian faith and the doctrine of the sacraments...
Page 413 - God ; and in Public Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments I will use the Form in ' the said Book prescribed, and none other, except so far as shall be ordered by lawful
Page 391 - a liberty to tender consciences, and that no man should be disquieted or called in question for differences of opinion in matters of religion, which do not disturb the peace of the kingdom...
Page 412 - ... unfeigned assent and consent to the use of all things in the said book contained and prescribed, in these words and no other : IV. I, AB, do here declare my unfeigned assent and consent to all and everything contained and prescribed in and by the book, entitled, 'The Book of Common Prayer...
Page 260 - And the better to effect the intended reformation, we desire there may be a general synod of the most grave, pious, learned, and judicious divines of this island, assisted with some from foreign parts professing the same religion with us ; who may consider of all things necessary for the peace and good government of the Church...
Page 366 - I, AB, do in the Presence of Almighty God promise, vow and protest, To maintain and defend as far as lawfully I may, with my life, power and estate, the True Reformed Protestant Religion, expressed in the Doctrine of the Church of England...