On authority in the institution of ordinances and the minor arrangements of the Christian ChurchBlackwood & Sons, 1878 - 22 pages |
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... individuals and possessed of laws , which necessarily requires office - bearers to rule over the one and to administer the other . Although it be the case that the Church of Christ is a society in the world , and therefore entitled to ...
... individuals and possessed of laws , which necessarily requires office - bearers to rule over the one and to administer the other . Although it be the case that the Church of Christ is a society in the world , and therefore entitled to ...
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... individual Christian may have as to the harmony of any particu- lar dogma with the Word of God . Then again , in regard to discipline , it is an authority to be exercised , not in the spirit of anger , malice , or revenge , but with ...
... individual Christian may have as to the harmony of any particu- lar dogma with the Word of God . Then again , in regard to discipline , it is an authority to be exercised , not in the spirit of anger , malice , or revenge , but with ...
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... individual Chris- tian possesses , especially in all Protestant Churches , some one may not be quite satisfied with the propriety of some of these minor details , yet , recognising the au- thority which the office - bearers of the ...
... individual Chris- tian possesses , especially in all Protestant Churches , some one may not be quite satisfied with the propriety of some of these minor details , yet , recognising the au- thority which the office - bearers of the ...
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... individual into a state of bondage — a bondage of reverence and superstition for mere symbols , which is wholly inconsistent with true worship and Christian liberty . This has been the case , alas in the sad experience of millions in ...
... individual into a state of bondage — a bondage of reverence and superstition for mere symbols , which is wholly inconsistent with true worship and Christian liberty . This has been the case , alas in the sad experience of millions in ...
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... individuals , families , and nations that go to make up and represent the living Christianity of the world . But whilst it is possible for Church rulers to err in the imposition of rites and ceremonies , it is no less possible for ...
... individuals , families , and nations that go to make up and represent the living Christianity of the world . But whilst it is possible for Church rulers to err in the imposition of rites and ceremonies , it is no less possible for ...
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Page 6 - Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation : 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever.
Page 5 - And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake.
Page 5 - And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them; Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them, and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Page 6 - For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly.
Page 5 - Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Page 5 - Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost...
Page 16 - Suffer it to be so now, for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness
Page 5 - And to show that a descending authority was recognised by the apostles, after the ascension of Christ and the descent of the Holy Spirit, Paul writes thus in his Epistles : " And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you,
Page 12 - Pharisees who have so long been engaged in tithing mint, anise, and cumin, while neglecting the weightier matters of the law, — judgment, mercy, and faith.