| White Kennett - 1715 - 408 pàgines
...Bijhops, and their Presbyters ; for there may be a Churth where there is no Cbrijtian Magiftrate) bath power to decree Rites and Ceremonies, and Authority in Matters of Faith. —. — By which he makes the Church a Body without any Head or Supreme Governor on-Earth, nay, without... | |
| Micaiah Towgood - 1752 - 296 pàgines
...in it. It turns upon the Jingle Point of the XXth Article of your Church, viz. That THE CHURCH bath Power to decree Rites and Ceremonies, and Authority...CHURCH hath really this Authority and Power, then all Objedions of the Diffenters about Sponfors, the Crofs in Baptifm, kneeling at the Lord's-fupper, and... | |
| Jean Claude - 1779 - 566 pàgines
...mould any iober reafoner force me to come to plain literal truth, I mud at laft acknowledge—that power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in matters of faith, are rtyalfrerogati'vesbelonging to the reigning king or queen, and to no other perfon or perfons, man... | |
| Micaiah Towgood - 1804 - 376 pàgines
...easily be brought to a plain and short issue, if you will heartily join in it. It turns upon the single point of the 'XXth article of your church, viz. That...CHURCH hath really this authority and power, then all objections of the Dissenters, about sponsors, the cross in baptism, kneeling at the Lord's supper,... | |
| Charles Wheatly - 1810 - 570 pàgines
...Bifhops and their Prefbyters j for there may be a church where there is no Chriftian civil magiftrate) hath power to decree rites and ceremonies and authority in matters of faith : and affirms again in the thirtyfeventh article, that where we attribute to the Queen's Ma* jefty... | |
| Micaiah Towgood - 1811 - 340 pàgines
...Letter III. p. 59. To come then to the point.—The Church, you say, and you have solemnly subscribed, hath power to decree rites, and ceremonies, and authority in matters of faith. This is the grand hinge upon which the whole controversy turns. Now here, Sir, let me ask you,— f... | |
| 1814 - 760 pàgines
...to him, and to inquire what he means by the term Church! Does he not maintain that ' the Church has power to decree rites, and ceremonies, and authority in matters of faith ?'* What then is thisChurch '• ' A congregation of faithful men* has no such power. The ministers... | |
| 1829 - 828 pàgines
...you will heartily join in it. It turns upon the single point of the XXth Article of your Church, w'z. That the Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies,...Church hath really this authority and power, then all objections of the Dissenters), about sponsors, the cross in baptism, kneeling at the Lord's supper,... | |
| 1824 - 542 pàgines
...singular position. It is thus stated : " Your Church, in the twentieth Article, pretends to have ' power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in matters of faith.' This we think rank Popery; for no one can have such power who is not infallible, which no oue but the... | |
| 1837 - 504 pàgines
...(Vol. ii, b. i, p. 219, col. 55.) The controverted clause in the 20th article, that the church has power to decree rites and ceremonies- and authority in matters of faith, is not in King Edward's articles, nor does it appear how it came into Elizabeth's. Indeed, it appears... | |
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