 THE Church hath power to decree rites or ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith : and yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it...  Our Reformed Church - Page 241843Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Pinkerton - 1808 - 866 pages
...church of Rome had erred in matters of faith, as fome other ancient churches have done. * ao. That the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controvcrfies of faith ; yet cannot lawfully ordain any thing contrary to God's word, or expound any... | |
 | David Bogue, James Bennett - 1808 - 492 pages
...slightest disrespect. I object to the claim in toto which is made in the twentieth article, " that the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority, in matters of faith." The constitution which Christ has formed, is either complete, or it is not. If it... | |
 | 1809 - 674 pages
...of the Church. THE Church hath power to decree rites or ceremonies, and authority in controverfies of faith : And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's word written; neither may it fo expound one place of Scripture,... | |
 | Church of England - 1810 - 466 pages
...matters of Faith. Art. XX. Of the Authority of the Church. The Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and Authority in Controversies of Faith:...And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written ; neither may it so expound one place of Scripture,... | |
 | Church of England homilies - 1811 - 716 pages
...also in matters of faith. XX. Of the Authority of the Church. THE Church hath power to decree rites or ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith...and yet it is not lawful for the church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture,... | |
 | Micaiah Towgood - 1811 - 340 pages
...heartily join in it. It turns ' upon the single point of the XXth article of your church, viz. That the CHURCH hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in matters of faith For, if the CHURCH hath really this authority and power, then all objections of the... | |
 | Daniel Neal, Edward Parsons - 1811 - 664 pages
...present. It has been warmly disputed, whether the first clause of the twentieth article, " the church has power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith," was a part of the article which passed the synod, and was afterwards confirmed by parliament. It is... | |
 | Micaiah Towgood - 1812 - 610 pages
...but submit to all her appointments and requirements in awful silence. The first is article XX. " That the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith" The second is, " That every priest in this church, from the highest archbishop to the meanest curate... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 540 pages
...Priestcraft in perfection ; or, a detection of the fraud of inserting and continuing that clause, ' The church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith,' in the twentieth article of the Articles of the Church of England." And, Feb. the year following, another... | |
 | Micaiah Towgood - 1812 - 684 pages
...kingdom, the church, — and that therefore for any man or bodies of men, to claim to themselves a power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith* seems to look like an invasion of Christ's throne. That consequently those who claim this power seem... | |
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