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... apostolic practice , which is approved by the common sense of mankind in parallel instances ; and which the spread of christianity at once demands , and insensibly introduces . A main intention then of the present volume is to point out ...
... apostolic practice , which is approved by the common sense of mankind in parallel instances ; and which the spread of christianity at once demands , and insensibly introduces . A main intention then of the present volume is to point out ...
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... apostolic practice might be gathered , are slight and indistinct , and not seldom ambiguous . Our inference is plain . - Facts so obscurely conveyed must not be taken as if propounded to us autho- ritatively . It is not in any such form ...
... apostolic practice might be gathered , are slight and indistinct , and not seldom ambiguous . Our inference is plain . - Facts so obscurely conveyed must not be taken as if propounded to us autho- ritatively . It is not in any such form ...
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... apostolic churches , on the contrary , admission was easy , but the terms of continued fellowship difficult ; or difficult to pretenders . The door of the primitive church stood open , but the church itself was kept clean . It is an ...
... apostolic churches , on the contrary , admission was easy , but the terms of continued fellowship difficult ; or difficult to pretenders . The door of the primitive church stood open , but the church itself was kept clean . It is an ...
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... apostolic and early model of eccle- siastical combination than the former . Existing controversies hinge , in a great degree , upon this very point ; and we may be bold to add that , when the christian scheme , in its benign and ...
... apostolic and early model of eccle- siastical combination than the former . Existing controversies hinge , in a great degree , upon this very point ; and we may be bold to add that , when the christian scheme , in its benign and ...
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... take it as a matter of history , not " * See Neander's History of the Christian Religion and Church , ' passim . needing formal proof , that apostolic practice and precept established RUDIMENTS OF CHURCH POLITY . 133.
... take it as a matter of history , not " * See Neander's History of the Christian Religion and Church , ' passim . needing formal proof , that apostolic practice and precept established RUDIMENTS OF CHURCH POLITY . 133.
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Page 458 - ... superest, ut de hac ipsa re singuli, quid sentiamus, proferamus neminem iudicantes aut a iure communicationis aliquem, si diversum senserit, amoventes. neque enim quisquam nostrum episcopum se episcoporum constituit aut tyrannico terrore ad obsequendi necessitatem collegas suos adigit, quando habeat omnis episcopus pro licentia libertatis et potestatis suae arbitrium proprium, tamquam iudicari ab alio non possit, quam nee ipse possit alterum iudicare.
Page 348 - ... subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword; out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, and turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Page 497 - What thou hast received commit to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
Page 473 - ... quae sunt pontificalis auctoritas et regalis potestas. Porro sicut luna lumen suum a sole sortitur, quae re vera minor est illo quantitate simul et qualitate, situ pariter et effectu, sic regalis potestas ab auctoritate pontificali suae sortitur dignitatis splendorem, cuius conspectui quanto magis inhaeret, tanto maiori lumine decoratur et quo plus ab eius elongatur aspectu, eo plus proficit in splendore ...» (Mirbt, Quellen zur Geschichte d.
Page 479 - Uterque ergo est in potestate Ecclesiae, spiritualis scilicet gladius et materialis. Sed is quidem pro Ecclesia, ille vero ab Ecclesia exercendus. Ille sacerdotis, is manu regum et militum, sed ad nutum et patientiam sacerdotis. Oportet autem gladium esse sub gladio, et temporalem auctoritatem spiritual! subjici potestati. Nam cum dicat Apostolus, ' Non est potestas nisi a Deo, quse autem sunt a Deo ordinata sunt.
Page 485 - Qui autem inventi fuerint sola suspicione notabiles, nisi juxta considerationes[-m] suspicionis qualitatemque personae propriam innocentiam congrua purgatione monstraverint, anathematis gladio feriantur et usque ad satisfactionem condignam ab omnibus evitentur; ita quod, si per annum in excommunicatione perstiterint, extunc velut haeretici condemnentur.
Page 460 - Apostolis perseveraverit, habuerit auctorem et antecessorem. Hoc enim modo] Ecclesiae Apostolicae [census suos deferunt : sic]ut Smyrnaeorum [ecclesia Polycarpum ab Joanne conlocatum refert : sicut Romanorum, Clementem a Petro ordinatum it idem (edit)] : proinde utique et ceterae exhibent quos ab Apostolis in episcopatum constitutos [Apostolici seminis traduces habeant.
Page 473 - Ecclesiae, quae coeli nomine nuncupatur, duas magnas instituit dignitates, majorem, quae quasi diebus animabus praeesset, et minorem, quae quasi noctibus praeesset corporibus: quae sunt pontificalis auctoritas, et regalis potestas. Porro sicut luna lumen suum a sole sortitur, quae re vera minor est illo quantitate simul et qualitate, situ pariter et effectu; sic regalis potestas ab auctoritate pontifical!
Page 360 - it is not lawful so to expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another.
Page 479 - Dracones, inquis, me mones pascere et scorpiones, non oves ; propter hoc, inquam magis aggredere eos ; sed verbo, non ferro.