| 1842 - 406 pages
...directly opposes her own definition of the true Church, see 1 9th. Art. " The visible Church of Christ 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... | |
| Henry Phillpotts - 1842 - 118 pages
...Christ, 13 the head. " The visible Church " is not a mere multitude . it is the " cceius fidelium " — " a congregation of faithful men in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the acting in his stead, and as his vicegerent dispensing his ang-er or his favour "t... | |
| John Alonzo Clark - 1842 - 274 pages
...take care that / do not embrace error, and that I connect myself with a body of Christians, who are a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things... | |
| Charles James Blomfield (bp. of London.) - 1842 - 92 pages
...the definition of the Church given in our own Articles, as being " a congregation," or rather, " the congregation " of faithful men, in which the pure Word of God " is preached, and the Sacraments be duly mini" stered, according to Christ's ordinance, in all " those... | |
| 1897 - 1044 pages
...ambiguity. As it stands inthe English version of the Articles, it is said : ' The visible Church of Christ is a Congregation of faithful men in which the pure Word of God is preached ; and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's Ordinance, &c.' Whether the... | |
| George Huntston Williams, Frank Forrester Church, Timothy Francis George - 1979 - 458 pages
...priority. In the words of the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England, "the visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men in which the pure Word of God is preached and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance in all those things... | |
| John Wesley - 1964 - 532 pages
...includes a little more than the apostle has expressed): OF THE CHURCH The visible Cburch of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly administered." 4. Cf. Vergil, Aeneid, Bk. VI, I. 716-17. Wesley... | |
| John H. Leith - 1982 - 760 pages
...the place of forgiveness to such as truly repent. XIII. Of the Church. The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments duly administered, according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things... | |
| David B. Parke - 1957 - 180 pages
...word Church will appear from the 19th of those Articles, which declares "The visible Church of Christ is a Congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly ministered, according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things... | |
| 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... | |
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