 | Mrs. Loudon (Margracia) - 1835 - 400 pages
...the Church had never read the nineteenth article of their own faith, which would have informed them, that " The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men." The congregation, therefore, not the clergy, constitute the Church; while, who are the " faithful,"... | |
 | 1835 - 604 pages
...set out unto us only the name of JESUS CHRIST, whereby men must be saved. ART. XIX. Of the Church. The visible Church of CHRIST is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure word of GOD is preached, and the sacraments be duly ministered according to CHRIST'S... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1835 - 406 pages
...doth set out unto us only the name of JESUS CHRIST whereby men must be saved. ART. XIX Of the Church. The visible Church of CHRIST is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure word of GOD is preached, and tile sacraments be duly ministered according to CHRIST'S... | |
 | John Wesley - 1836 - 582 pages
...England : (only the article includes a little more than the apostle has expressed.) " Of the Church. " The visible church of Christ is a congregation of...word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly administered." It may be observed, that at the same time our thirty-nine articles were compiled and... | |
 | 394 pages
...Articles is very close to that found in Calvin's Institutes. The visihle Church of Christ" is defined as "a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments he duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance in all those things... | |
 | J. R. Broome - 1988 - 62 pages
...of the Thirty Nine Articles faithfully describes the New Testament view, "The visible Church of God is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure...duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance...." Authority Finally as regards authority in the Church ARCIC I says, "In a reunited Church there should... | |
 | Richard Thomas Hughes - 1988 - 280 pages
...Articles (itself derived from Article VIII of the Augsburg Confession) was suitably ecumenical: "XIII. The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments administered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that... | |
 | Albert Charles Hamilton - 1997 - 884 pages
...Confession of Faith (1530) in Article 19 of his Articles of Religion (1552) by defining the church as 'a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure...duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance.' Pope Pius IV would have agreed, and would have joined Calvin in concurring that justification is by... | |
 | W. J. Torrance Kirby - 1990 - 158 pages
...sacramenta". Cp. Article IX of the Articles of Religion, "De Ecclesia": "The visible Church ofChrist is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure...word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly administered according to Christ's ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to... | |
 | Stephen Ward Angell - 1992 - 356 pages
...church beliefs in his theology. He defined the church as Luther and Calvin would have defined it, as "a congregation of faithful men in which the pure word of God is preached and the sacraments duly administered."74 Preaching was more important than the sacraments... | |
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THE visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same. 
