 General Councils may not be gathered together without the commandment and will of Princes. And when they be gathered together, (forasmuch as they be an assembly of men, whereof all be not governed with the Spirit and Word of God,) they may err, and sometimes...  The Ecclesiastical Law - Page 396de Richard Burn - 1824Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1916 - 880 pages
...by Elizabeth. So much for the evidential value of Article XXXVII. Article XXI., which states that " General Councils may not be gathered together without the commandment and will of Princes," is worthy of notice. The words quoted certainly cannot be explained away as being a mere statement... | |
 | Wilson Waters - 1917 - 1020 pages
...prohibited from organizing and acting as a united body. Article XXI of the Church of England says: "General Councils may not be gathered together without the commandment and will of Princes." So the Synod or convention of all the clergy called for by the General Court at the instance of Cotton... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1919 - 950 pages
...necessity of salvation. 76. General councils may not be gathered together without the comniaiidment and will of princes; and when they be gathered together (forasmuch as they be an assembly of men not always governed with the Spirit and Word of God) they may err, and sometimes have erred, even in... | |
 | Arthur Cayley Headlam, Herbert Maynard Smith - 1924 - 320 pages
...and manner of Ceremonies, but also in matters of Faith." And this applies even to General Councils: " And when they be gathered together (forasmuch as they...with the Spirit and Word of God), they may err, and sometimes have erred, even in things pertaining unto God." And then as to the Creeds; here again the... | |
 | Leighton Parks - 1924 - 188 pages
...English Church (a fine example of the "irresistible force of understatement"), "General Councils . . . (forasmuch as they be an assembly of men whereof all be not governed by the Spirit and Word of God) may err and sometimes have erred," we shall not be justified in ascribing... | |
 | Eldred Cornelius Vanderlaan - 1925 - 502 pages
...the same standards that our church deliberately set up, say distinctly that "General Councils . . . (forasmuch as they be an assembly of men, whereof...be not governed with the Spirit and Word of God), may err and sometimes have erred." In other words, the English church not only absolutely refused to... | |
 | James Ward, Olwen Ward Campbell - 1927 - 420 pages
...had 1 And according to the Articles of Religion of our Established Church, it is still enacted that "General Councils may not be gathered together without the commandment and will of Princes," Art. xxi. arisen, the Novatian and Donatist, for instance : in this connexion Tertullian's question,... | |
 | 394 pages
...helieved for necessity of Salvation. XXI. OF THE AUTHORITY OF THE COUNCILS General Councils may not he gathered together without the commandment and will of Princes. And when they he gathered together, (forasmuch as they he an assemhly of men, whereof all he not governed with the... | |
 | J. R. Broome - 1988 - 62 pages
...Old and New Testament, of whose authority there never was any doubt in the Church." Article 21 says, "General Councils may not be gathered together without...will of Princes. And when they be gathered together (for as much as they be an assembly of men, whereof all be not governed with the Spirit and Word of... | |
 | Church of England. Archbishops' Group on the Episcopate - 1990 - 380 pages
...the Thirty-Nine Articles speaks only of General Councils. Its preoccupation is with their summoning ('General Councils may not be gathered together without the commandment and will of Princes'), with their potential for error ('they may err') and with their authority ('things ordained by them... | |
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