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
| Horace Smith - 1836 - 224 pages
...Although it condemns the same assumption in the Pope, our Church in its twentieth article, claims " power to decree rites or ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith." It has been affirmed that this article has neither the sanction of parliament nor convocation; but... | |
| Samuel Wilton Rix - 1837 - 278 pages
...revealed in the Scriptures, and there stands as a directory both of faith and manners. We deny that the ' church hath power to decree rites or ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith,' most heartily adhering to this description, that' the visible church of Christ is a congregation of... | |
| Thomas Fuller - 1837 - 564 pages
...whole Article according to the common edition thereof: * — XX. OF THE AUTHORITY OF THK 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 ; neither... | |
| Daniel Neal - 1837 - 648 pages
...late queen Elizabethf , except the 34th, 35th, and 36th, and these words of the 20th article, viz. " the church hath power to decree rites or ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith ;" nor yet, shall be liable to any of the pains or penalties mentioned in an act made in the seventeenth... | |
| Edward Curtis Kemp - 1837 - 448 pages
...private judgment." Now, what is this article which thus scandalizes the dissenter? It is as follows :—" 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;... | |
| Thomas Fuller - 1837 - 562 pages
...whole Article according to the common edition thereof: * — . 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 ; neither... | |
| Edward Curtis Kemp - 1837 - 448 pages
...judgment." Now, what is this article which thus scandalizes the dissenter? It is as follows : — " The church hath power to decree rites or ceremonies and authority in controversies of faith, and yet it is hot lawful for the church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's word written... | |
| Gilbert Burnet (bp. of Salisbury.) - 1837 - 642 pages
...men in the which the pure Word. Pr. congregation of faithful men in which the pure Word. Art. 20. MS. the church hath power to decree rites or ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith. And yet. A •'. 21. MS. and when they be gathered together (forasmuch. These words are not in the... | |
| Samuel Wilton RIX - 1837 - 280 pages
...revealed in the Scriptures, and there stands as a directory both of faith and manners. We deny that the ' church hath power to decree rites or ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith,' most heartily adhering to this description, that ' the visible church of Christ is a congregation of... | |
| John Henry Browne - 1838 - 204 pages
...of Holy Scripture.' Let us see again how our Church speaks of the matter in hand, Article Twenty. ' 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;... | |
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