 | Thomas Smyth - 1844 - 512 pages
...prelatists, ' diligently reading holy Scripture, and ancient authors, that from the apostles' time there have been these orders of ministers in Christ's church, bishops, priests, 1 Oxford Tracts, No. 7, and Whateley's Kingdom of Christ, as above. Mr. Goode, in his Divine Rule of... | |
 | Samuel Wilberforce - 1844 - 484 pages
...of New Jersey, in a sermon preached at Philadelphia, September 25, 1833. 2 Preface to the ordinal. been these orders of ministers in Christ's Church, bishops, priests, and deacons,' by what warrant can we withhold from any portion of the Saviour's family the chiefest of the three... | |
 | George Capel (B.A.) - 1845 - 488 pages
...unto all men diligently reading the holy Scripture and ancient authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these orders of ministers in CHRIST'S...tried, examined, and known to have such qualities aa are requisite for the same ; and also by public prayer, with imposition of hands, were approved... | |
 | Rowland Smith - 1845 - 48 pages
...unto all men diligently reading the holy Scripture and ancient authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these orders of Ministers in Christ's Church ; Bishops, Priests, and Deacons."— Pref. to Ordinal. Q. Can a man take any of these offices upon himself ? A. No ; for the Preface goes... | |
 | 1891 - 964 pages
...Uniformity. In the second Prayer Book of Edward VI. it is set forth that, " From the Apostles' time there have been these orders of ministers in Christ's Church, bishops, priests, and deacons." In the Liturgies of Edward VI. for the consecration of a bishop ; in the preface for morning and evening... | |
 | 1919 - 654 pages
...onto all men diligently reading the holy Scripture and ancient Authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's...might presume to execute any of them, except he were ... by public Prayer, with Imposition of Hands, approved and admitted by lawful Authority. It will... | |
 | 1897 - 478 pages
...evident unto all men, diligently reading Holy Scripture and ancient Authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church — Bishops, Priests, and Deacons." This three-fold Ministry was universal until Reformation days. Perhaps there was a type of it in (1)the... | |
 | Marion J. Hatchett - 1995 - 694 pages
...men, diligently reading Holy Scripture, and ancient authors, that from the apostles' time there hath been these orders of ministers in Christ's church:...and deacons, which offices were evermore had in such reverent estimation that no man by his own private authority might presume to execute any of them except... | |
 | Ninian Smart, John Clayton, Patrick Sherry, Steven T. Katz - 1988 - 372 pages
...unto all men diligently reading the Holy Scriptures and ancient Authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church; Bishops, Priests, and Deacons . . .' Thus the Preface to the ordination services. Other doctrines that might be extracted from the... | |
 | Church of England. Archbishops' Group on the Episcopate - 1990 - 380 pages
...apparent 'unto all men diligently reading the Holy Scripture and ancient Authors, from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church: Bishops, Priests and Deacons'. But we can say confidently that a ministry of personal oversight clearly emerged as the young Church... | |
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It is evident unto all men, diligently reading Holy Scripture and Ancient Authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church — Bishops, Priests and Deacons... 
