 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...  Confirmation and first communion - Page 173de Henry Garrett Newland - 1853Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Patrick V. Reid - 1987 - 395 pages
...their living and manner of Ceremonies, hut 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,... | |
 | Leo F. Solt - 1990 - 288 pages
...Elizabeth had inserted in the twentieth article immediately after the Convocation of 1563, declared, "The Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and Authority in controversies of Faith." The Commons petition stated that the statute of 1571 "did confirm the Articles that were set out in a printed... | |
 | Donald K. McKim, David F. Wright - 1992 - 414 pages
...but only subject to the condition "that nothing be ordained against God's Word" (art. 34). Likewise, "the Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith," but "it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written" (art.... | |
 | S. M. Waddams - 1992 - 370 pages
...scriptures. Article XX, 'Of the Authority of The Church', is similarly not very helpful. It reads: 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 anything that is contrary to God's Word written,... | |
 | Frederick Houk Borsch - 1999 - 224 pages
...will, and the Word of God clearly does not extend beyond the text of scripture itself. Article XX: 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,... | |
 | Allen C. Guelzo - 2010
...the Holy Spirit. Although the new Articles retained most of the old declaration of Article II that "The Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies and authority in Controversies of Faith," that affirmation was effectively voided by the wording of the new Article XXIII, "Of the Authority... | |
 | J. F. Maclear - 1995 - 510 pages
...except the thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth, and thirty-sixth and these Words of the twentieth Article, viz. "the Church hath Power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and Authority in Controversies of Faith, and yet," shall be liable to any of the Pains or Penalties mentioned in an Act made in the seventeenth... | |
 | Robert Hannaford - 1996 - 155 pages
...1978), pp. 90-91. 47. Newman, Via Media of the Anglican Church, op. cit., p. 266. 48. Article XX reads: '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,... | |
 | Paul F. M. Zahl - 1998 - 124 pages
...living and manner of Ceremonies, but 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,... | |
 | Donald K. McKim - 2001 - 243 pages
...but only subject to the condition "that nothing be ordained against God's Word" (art. 34). Likewise, "the Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith," but "it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written" (art.... | |
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