 | Gillian Rosemary Evans, G. R. Evans - 2002 - 352 pages
...the Church of England: 'The visible Church 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 which are requisite to the same' (XIX). Very similar statements can be found in the Confessions of... | |
 | Margo Todd - 1995 - 300 pages
...follow Calvin exactly, set out that the visible church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure word of God is preached, and the...those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.43 For those who followed Calvin, so long as they could find these two things in their church,... | |
 | Brian John Fraser - 1995 - 300 pages
...congregations of the faithful, "in which the word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered, according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are required to the same." Caven expressed sympathy for evangelical union among the various branches of... | |
 | Susanna Wesley - 1997 - 528 pages
...Article of the Church of England. "The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the...those things that of necessity are requisite to the same."39 [119. A vow: the necessaries of life in return for worship.] Morn[ing], October 17, 1715,... | |
 | Patrick Angier - 1997 - 132 pages
...Church has been defined as follows: The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure word of God is preached, and the...in all those things that of necessity are requisite of the same." We may have moved away from the idea of the Church as the building that we go to just... | |
 | David L. Larsen - 1998 - 418 pages
...ENGLISH REFORMERS 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. — Nineteenth Article of the Thirty-nine Articles By the preaching of God's Word the glory of God... | |
 | John E. Booty, Stephen Sykes, Jonathan Knight - 1998 - 542 pages
...of the nation. In a reformed church, this meant that bishops were to see to it that 'the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance' (Article XIX); for the defining mark of a true church was fidelity to Scripture in preaching, teaching... | |
 | Victor Shea, William Whitla - 2000 - 1092 pages
...Church") states: "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...things that of necessity are requisite to the same" (BCP). While many Broad Church liberals tended to stress the invisible church rather than the conditions... | |
 | Nicholas Sagovsky - 2000 - 221 pages
...necessarily in unbroken historic succes22 For Anglicans, it is 'a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the...be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance' (The Book of Common Prayer, 1662, Article of Religion xix). For Lutherans, it is 'The assembly of all... | |
 | Geoffrey Parrinder - 2000 - 389 pages
...Augustine of Canterbury (601) 6 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. Book of Common Prayer, Articles of Religion XIX 7 Grounded upon the doctrine of the prophets and apostles,... | |
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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. 
