...titlepage, neither is it in accordance even with the nineteenth article of that same Church, which says, " The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of...faithful men,' in the which the pure word of .God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered, &c." Will he venture to say, there calt be no congregation...

...of London (1562) uniformly regard the church as a visible society; as in the following passages : " The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure word of God is preached, and the Sacraments u Owen's True nature of a purity in its ministry by virtue of Gospel Church,...

...does absurdly. ChurcJt is very properly defined in the 19th article of the Church of England, to he " a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly ministered, according to Christ's ordinance." 1 have received from...

..."Articles of Religion" presents an accurate and comprehensive definition of the term Church. — " The visible church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's...

...idolatrous rites of Bramah, is in its own nature invidious, though there may be a loophole for escape. "The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly ministered according to E DR. HOOK'S...

...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...