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Page vii
Of one thing , however , the reader may be sure , that where opinions are
expressed , they are the opinions of the author . The work has not been done in
haste ; nor has it been done at leisure . Its difficulties , great in any case , have
been ...
Of one thing , however , the reader may be sure , that where opinions are
expressed , they are the opinions of the author . The work has not been done in
haste ; nor has it been done at leisure . Its difficulties , great in any case , have
been ...
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Ceillier's observations on these passages of Jerome's are extremely naïve : " To
understand rightly this opinion of Saint Jerome's , it is necessary to remember
that his only object in speaking so honourably of priests was to repress the pride
of ...
Ceillier's observations on these passages of Jerome's are extremely naïve : " To
understand rightly this opinion of Saint Jerome's , it is necessary to remember
that his only object in speaking so honourably of priests was to repress the pride
of ...
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They , likewise , wore a particular dress of a coarse stuff and dark colour ,
occupied themselves with handicrafts and works of charity , and earned the good
opinion of the public by a usefulness like that of the Beguines . ” 5 The men living
in ...
They , likewise , wore a particular dress of a coarse stuff and dark colour ,
occupied themselves with handicrafts and works of charity , and earned the good
opinion of the public by a usefulness like that of the Beguines . ” 5 The men living
in ...
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Must not unlearned men depend for the settlement of these questions on the
authority of scholars ? What is to be done if the opinions of scholars vary ? And
may not the tyranny of scholars be as grave an interference with Christian liberty
as ...
Must not unlearned men depend for the settlement of these questions on the
authority of scholars ? What is to be done if the opinions of scholars vary ? And
may not the tyranny of scholars be as grave an interference with Christian liberty
as ...
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A Council was held at Oxford to inquire into their opinions . ? Gerhard said that
they were Christians and that the doctrine of the apostles was their rule of faith .
On being pressed with questions about the details of their belief , it appeared that
...
A Council was held at Oxford to inquire into their opinions . ? Gerhard said that
they were Christians and that the doctrine of the apostles was their rule of faith .
On being pressed with questions about the details of their belief , it appeared that
...
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Page 467 - 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 468 - 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 385 - 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 468 - The church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith...
Page 393 - 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 185 - ... which only concern the confession of the true Christian faith and the doctrine of the sacraments...
Page 299 - The Lord Jesus, as King and Head of his Church, hath therein appointed a government, in the hand of Church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate.
Page 415 - 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 414 - ... 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...
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| Title | History of English Congregationalism Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Religion, Society, Spirituality, and Reform |
| Author | R. W. Dale |
| Editor | Sir Alfred William Winterslow Dale |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Hodder and Stoughton, 1907 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 787 pages |
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