An Essay on Apostolical Succession: Being a Defence of a Genuine Protestant Ministry, Against the Exclusive and Intolerant Schemes of Papists and High Churchmen, and Supplying a General Antidote to Popery : Also, a Critique on the Apology for Apostolical SuccessionG. Lane, 1846 - 354 pages |
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... arrangement for a class of ministers whom they choose to call bishops , without excluding the presbyters of other churches from their Scriptural power and authority to per- form all the duties necessary for the being and well being of ...
... arrangement for a class of ministers whom they choose to call bishops , without excluding the presbyters of other churches from their Scriptural power and authority to per- form all the duties necessary for the being and well being of ...
Page 81
... arrangement . And , while nothing is done contrary to the letter or the spirit of the New Testament , nor any human arrangement urged as a matter of faith , every church is at liberty to make such prudential arrangements as they may ...
... arrangement . And , while nothing is done contrary to the letter or the spirit of the New Testament , nor any human arrangement urged as a matter of faith , every church is at liberty to make such prudential arrangements as they may ...
Page 91
... arrangement . It is not denied by these divines that there were OTHER classes of persons in the primitive church besides bishops and presbyters ; THESE CLASSES are also called ORDERS , offices , or degrees , by the ancients . So , for ...
... arrangement . It is not denied by these divines that there were OTHER classes of persons in the primitive church besides bishops and presbyters ; THESE CLASSES are also called ORDERS , offices , or degrees , by the ancients . So , for ...
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... arrangement , made for the honour of the bishop and the concord of the church , only it be used with humility , and not with pride . Among the canons and decrees of the British and Anglo- Saxon churches , are found the canons of Elfric ...
... arrangement , made for the honour of the bishop and the concord of the church , only it be used with humility , and not with pride . Among the canons and decrees of the British and Anglo- Saxon churches , are found the canons of Elfric ...
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... arrangements . The use of these words alone , then , as applied to any distinction , in their day , be- tween bishops and presbyters , will never prove more than a human or ecclesiastical custom or arrangement . Nay , even the VERY FACT ...
... arrangements . The use of these words alone , then , as applied to any distinction , in their day , be- tween bishops and presbyters , will never prove more than a human or ecclesiastical custom or arrangement . Nay , even the VERY FACT ...
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Page 55 - Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
Page 68 - While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. And they of the circumcision, which believed, were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Page 70 - Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
Page 77 - For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver, and an antichrist.
Page 308 - So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness ; and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Page 28 - But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them ; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you ; but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister : and whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all. For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Page 78 - And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying ; Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird...
Page 290 - Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God which He hath purchased with His own blood.
Page 28 - But be not ye called Rabbi : for One is your Master, even Christ ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth : for One is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters : for One is your Master, even Christ.
Page 307 - For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body ; is it therefore not of the body ? And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body...