 | Lois G. Schwoerer - 2001 - 412 pages
...which read, "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," Care argued that Dissenters were the "true visible particular Churches of Christ and consequently part... | |
 | Kate Aughterson - 2002 - 628 pages
...a congregation of iaithful men, in the which the pure word of God is preached and the sacraments he duly ministered, according to Christ's ordinance in...things that of necessity are requisite to the same . . . 20. Of the authority of the Church The Church hath jiower to decree rites or ceremonies, and... | |
 | Larissa Taylor - 2001 - 422 pages
...beliefs of the English church, described the visible church as "a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly ministered." 44 42 Formularies of Faith, ed. Charles Lloyd (Oxford: The University Press, 1856), p. 101. The priorities... | |
 | John Robert Wright - 2001 - 352 pages
...19) puts it: "The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the Word of God is preached and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance." A congregation, of men, women, and children! We are the body of Christ and members of one another.... | |
 | Church of England. House of Bishops - 2001 - 44 pages
...oversight (episkope). For Anglicans, the visible Church of Christ is found wherever the 'pure Word of God is preached and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance' (Article XIX). This is the sense in which the BCP uses the expressions 'Catholic Church' (in the prayer... | |
 | Paul D. L. Avis - 2002 - 422 pages
...32.ff.). 'The visible Church of Christ', the article states, 'is a congregation of faithful men in the which the pure Word of God is preached and the...things that of necessity are requisite to the same.' In this definition there are several points to note. First, the term 'visible Church' clearly presupposes... | |
 | Howard Astin - 2002 - 180 pages
...Church says, '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.' Article 25 goes on to say that the sacraments of baptism and Holy Communion are to be celebrated within... | |
 | Robert Newton Flew - 2002 - 160 pages
...erred, even in things pertaining unto God."). Great offence has been given in the East by Article XIX ("As the Church of Jerusalem, Alexandria and Antioch have erred, so also the Church of Rome . . ."). The plain intention of Articles XIX and XXI is to repudiate the doctrine of Infallibility,... | |
 | Jaroslav Pelikan - 2005 - 678 pages
...10. 106. Lamb Quad 4. 107. 39 Art 36. general requirement that preaching and the sacraments conform "to Christ's ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same,"108 without specifying what "those things" are or whether ordination by a bishop standing in... | |
 | J. Philip Wogaman - 2004 - 226 pages
...of Religion: "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." Where, exactly, is such a congregation to be found? What is "pure" word of God? Of what importance... | |
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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. 
