 | 1815 - 876 pages
...church hath power to decree rites or ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith: 'and yet it b 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 be repugnant to another. Wherefore, although the church be... | |
 | Daniel Neal - 1817 - 506 pages
...and comfort at his hands, Of the Authority of the Church, general Councils, and Bislwp of Rome. 75. It is not lawful for the church to ordain any thing that is contrary to (Mill's word ; neither may it so expound one place of scripture, that it be repugnant to another. Wherefore,... | |
 | Daniel Neal - 1816 - 586 pages
...under Queen Mary.^ It is probable that the controverted clause of the 20th article, the church has power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith, was not among the articles of 1562, as has been shewn under that year ; though jt might be (according... | |
 | Daniel Neal - 1816 - 586 pages
...the doctrine.f It has been warmly disputed, whether the first clause of the 20th art. The church has power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith, was a part of the article which passed the synod, and'was afterwards confirmed by parliament in the... | |
 | 1817 - 702 pages
...thought requisite or necessary to salvation." — Eighth Article. And again in the Twentieth Article: ' the Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies,...Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's written v,(,rd; neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another.'... | |
 | Legh Richmond - 1817 - 726 pages
...erred, not only in their living, but also in matters of faith. 2i. Of the Authority of the Church. It is not lawful for the church to ordain any thing...is contrary to God's word written, neither may it so expound one plac* of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another : wherefore, although tbe church... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1790 - 620 pages
...all things," and then " hold fast that which is good." Your twentieth article says, that, though " the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith,* — yet it is not lawful for the church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's word written,"... | |
 | 1817 - 264 pages
...that it expressly and strenuously renounces such admission. The 20th article indeed asserts, that ' the church hath power to ' decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in con* troversies of faith ;' that is, that its conclusions have weight cozteris paribus, which is no... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1818 - 538 pages
...Bible : but it is expressly declared to be limited and confined and hedged in by Holy,Scripture. " It is not lawful " for the Church to ordain any thing...is contrary " to God's word written: neither may it so expound " one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to " another." Accordingly, in strict agreement... | |
 | George Tomline - 1818 - 608 pages
...and to point out to the unlearned part of the community, the snares which may be laid in their paths. AND YET IT IS NOT LAWFUL FOR THE CHURCH TO ORDAIN ANY THING THAT IS CONTRARY TO GOD'S WORD WRITTEN. The written word of God is the rule of our faith and practice, and no consideration whatever can justify... | |
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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... 
