 Unto this catholic visible Church, Christ hath given the ministry, oracles, and ordinances of God, for the gathering and perfecting of the saints, in this life, to the end of the world: and doth by his own presence and Spirit, according to his promise,...  Lectures on ecclesiastical history - Pàgina 54per George Campbell - 1834Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1875 - 808 pàgines
...to the work of the ministry, to the edification of his body ; or as the Confession of Faith says : For the gathering and perfecting of the saints in this life to the end of the world. This is the supreme aim of all preaching ; to bring men to Jesus, to put them in love with the Lord... | |
 | 1876 - 1022 pàgines
...of which there is no ordinary possibility of salvation." It is added, " Unto this visible Church God hath given the ministry, oracles, and ordinances of...saints in this life, to the end of the world, and doth by His own presence and Spirit, according to His promise, make them effectual thereunto." The... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1877 - 944 pàgines
...; Acts ii. 39 ; Ezek. *ri. 20, ' Acts ii. 47. ^ III. Unto this catholic visible Church Christ liath given the ministry, oracles, and ordinances of God,...saints, in this life, to the end of the world : and doth by his own presence and Spirit, according to his promise, make them effectual thereunto.' IV.... | |
 | Assembly of divines confess - 1881 - 198 pàgines
...such a maxim leads to an ccclesiasticism at once formal and exclusive. III. — Unto this catholick visible church Christ hath given the ministry, oracles,...saints in this life, to the end of the world ; and datli by his man presence and Spirit, according to his promise, make them effectual thereunto. This... | |
 | John Aspinwall Hodge - 1882 - 558 pàgines
...purposes, exercising discipline, and blessing the people." For what purposes were these ordinances given ? "Christ hath given the ministry, oracles and ordinances...saints, in this life, to the end of the world : and doth by his own presence and Spirit, according to his promise, make them effectual thereunto." * For... | |
 | 1886 - 508 pàgines
...work of the ministry — to the edification of His body;" or as the Confession of Faith puts it, " for the gathering and perfecting of the saints in this life to the end of the world." This has one possible way of accomplishment and only one — by the truth of God as accompanied by... | |
 | John Aspinwall Hodge - 1884 - 600 pàgines
...exercising discipline, and blessing the people." For what purposes were these ordinances given ? " Christ hath given the ministry, oracles and ordinances...saints, in this life, to the end of the world : and doth by his own presence and Spirit, according to his promise, make them effectual thereunto." * For... | |
 | 1884 - 1122 pàgines
...of " all those throughout the world that profess the true religion, together with their children," "Christ hath given the ministry, oracles, and ordinances...saints in this life, to the end of the world ; and doth by His own presence and spirit, according to His promise, make them effectual thereunto.''1 Evangelistic... | |
 | William Mercer Green - 1885 - 384 pàgines
...precious in the view of every Hear the Confession of Faith of the Presbyterian Church : " Unto this catholic visible Church, Christ hath given the ministry,...saints, in this life, to the end of the world : and doth by His own presence and Spirit, according to His promise, make them effectual thereunto." The... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly - 1886 - 888 pàgines
...Moral Societies to the Church. a. The Church of Jesus Christ is a spiritual body, to which havt been given the ministry, oracles and ordinances of God...of the saints in this life to the end of the world. It is the great instrumentality of the Saviour, through which, by his eternal Spirit, he dispenses... | |
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