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Page 17
In the party of Novatian there were large numbers of men who had endured cruel
losses and sufferings through their fidelity to Christ . To them it seemed that the
time of trouble had separated the chaff from the wheat . What the relaxed ...
In the party of Novatian there were large numbers of men who had endured cruel
losses and sufferings through their fidelity to Christ . To them it seemed that the
time of trouble had separated the chaff from the wheat . What the relaxed ...
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On the other hand , among those who had stood firm there were doubtless some ,
at least , whose steadfastness was due rather to the native stubbornness of their
temper and to the vehemence of their party spirit than to the energy of their ...
On the other hand , among those who had stood firm there were doubtless some ,
at least , whose steadfastness was due rather to the native stubbornness of their
temper and to the vehemence of their party spirit than to the energy of their ...
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Cęcilian refused to submit , and both parties appealed to the Emperor to decide
the quarrel . ... Majorinus died A.D. 315 ; he had for his successor Donatus , who
became the head of the party opposed to Cęcilian and gave his name to it .
Cęcilian refused to submit , and both parties appealed to the Emperor to decide
the quarrel . ... Majorinus died A.D. 315 ; he had for his successor Donatus , who
became the head of the party opposed to Cęcilian and gave his name to it .
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Where party feeling ran high indeed , the matter was sometimes settled by a
compromise . ... Sometimes both parties knelt together at the same altar - rails ,
the one to receive hosts consecrated by the priests at home after the old usage ,
the ...
Where party feeling ran high indeed , the matter was sometimes settled by a
compromise . ... Sometimes both parties knelt together at the same altar - rails ,
the one to receive hosts consecrated by the priests at home after the old usage ,
the ...
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But the Puritans vehemently denied that they were priests ; and they refused to
be parties to the policy which was intended to make them appear priests . They
maintained that whoever claimed to be a priest , and whoever permitted himself
to ...
But the Puritans vehemently denied that they were priests ; and they refused to
be parties to the policy which was intended to make them appear priests . They
maintained that whoever claimed to be a priest , and whoever permitted himself
to ...
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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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