...abused; and to constitute other, making more to seemliness, to order or edification. 78. As the Churches of Jerusalem, Alexandria and Antioch have erred, so also the Church of Rome hath erred, not only in those things which concern matters of practice and point of ceremonies, but also in matters of faith....

...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 that of necessity are requisite to the same."8 In John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, the issue of the distinction of the...

...significantly not identical, terms: 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 administered according to Christ's ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to...

...Westminster and Augsburg Confessions (and most conciliar documents), are largely stated in the negative: #19 As the Church of Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch...erred; so also the Church of Rome hath erred, not only their living and manner of Ceremonies, but also in matters of Faith. #22 The Romish Doctrine concerning...

...Anglicans, as for Lutherans and Reformed, the visible Church is to be recognized where 'the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance' (Article XIX). It is bound to be unsatisfactory if one partner seems to say: 'I do not recognize the...

...Thirty-nine Articles of Religion. "The visible Church of Christ 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." Article XX of the Authority of the Church, The 1562 Thirty-nine Articles of Religion. "The Church hath...

...Articles 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...those things that of necessity are requisite to the same."'72 Although there was an antecedent community of belief among the Jews, the church of Christ...

...visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men [ccetus fidelium], in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered,...those things that of necessity are requisite to the same,"1 It is true, as I have already admitted, that the historical argument appears at first sight...

...the same time aware that all human institutions, even councils and churches, are subject to error. "As the Church of Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch have erred; so also the Church of Rome [and we might add, "of Canterbury, of Wittenberg, of Geneva, of Dallas"] hath erred, not only in their...

...Thirty-nine Articles: 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...those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.4 This definition combines, to some extent, a view of what the Church is with what the Church...