...present, we go to the latter, and take our notion of a church from the description which it gives : — " The visible church of Christ is a congregation of...word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly administered, according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite...

...CHURCH, and its ministry, and also what is the opinion of the Church itself. They were as follows : — The visible Church of CHRIST is a congregation of...word of GOD is preached, and the sacraments be duly ministePed, according to CHRIST'S ordinance; that by the ordinance of CHRIST, no man may take upon...

...asserting this high prerogative, and excommunicating all other communions, our church only says, that " The visible church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure word of God is preached, [which the Altitudinariaus account irrelevant words ;] and the sacraments duly administered...

...human mind. But where was the Church of Christ all the while — that Church which is composed of " a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure...word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly administered according to Christ's ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to...

...certainly do not in the creed profess our belief in such an invisible society, but in that visible "congregation of faithful men in the which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered." So far from this word "catholic" signifying that every...

...life. The church is not salvation, but the channel through which salvation runs. The church — " the congregation of faithful men in the which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments are duly ministered throughout the world :"* — this church of Christ...

...long as they live here; or deny the place of forgiveness to such a* truly repent. XIII. Of the Church. The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered according to Christ's...

...find all that is given in the Articles of that church, as a definition of the church in these words, " The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of...word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly administered according to Christ's ordinance in all those tilings that of necessity are requisite to...

...if we take her 1 9th Article in its obvious meaning, holds spiritual succession. The words are : " The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of...word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly administered according to Christ's ordinance, in all things that of necessity are requisite to the...

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