 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.  The Eclectic Review - Page 294edited by - 1842Full view - About this book
 | Paul D. L. Avis - 2002 - 422 pages
...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.' In this definition there are several points to note. First, the term 'visible Church' clearly presupposes... | |
 | Howard Astin - 2002 - 180 pages
...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 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... | |
 | John Kitto - 2003 - 416 pages
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 | Peter M. Gunnar - 2003 - 300 pages
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 | Blaine Whipple - 2003 - 196 pages
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 | 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... | |
 | Paul D. L. Avis - 2004 - 164 pages
...Articles of Religion of the Church of England speak in similar, though significantly not identical, terms: The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of...things that of necessity are requisite to the same. Later, Calvin was to write in a more nuanced way (perhaps reflecting his preference for 'Platonic'... | |
 | Richard Whately - 2004 - 164 pages
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 | Gerald Lewis Bray - 2004 - 682 pages
...Of the Church 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 administered,...things that of necessity are requisite to the same. As the Church of Jerusalem, Alexandria and Antioch have erred, so also the Church of Rome hath erred,... | |
 | Mark Dever - 2004 - 292 pages
...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 administered,...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... | |
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