 | William Mair - 1911 - 380 pages
...interests of their Lord's kingdom.' Next I came to Church courts. We have professed our faith that Christ as King and Head of the Church hath therein appointed a government. In the courts we are His commissioners to attend on this very thing. In His name we constitute our meetings... | |
 | John Skirving Ewart - Canada - 1912 - 362 pages
...reservation) by all present-day Presbyterian clergymen in Canada: ' ' The Lord Jesus, as king and head of his church, hath therein appointed a government in the...church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate. (o) P. 3. II. To these officers the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed, by virtue whereof... | |
 | Philip Schaff - Creeds - 1919 - 950 pages
...be admitted thereunto.' CHAPTER XXX. Of Church Censures. I. The Lord Jesus, as king and head of his Church, hath therein appointed a government in the...Church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate.' II. To these officers the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed, by virtue whereof they have... | |
 | James Andrew Corcoran, Patrick John Ryan, Edmond Francis Prendergast - Periodicals - 1877 - 866 pages
...United States, the following statement is made: " The Lord Jesus Christ, as Kin™ and head of his Church, hath therein appointed a government in the...Church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate. " To these officers the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed, by virtue whereof they have power... | |
 | David Stow Adam - Christian ethics - 1925 - 424 pages
...admission to, or suspension or exclusion from, membership and office in the Church. For such matters Christ, as King and Head of the Church, hath therein appointed a government in the hands of Church officers distinct from, and in its own sphere not subordinate to, civil government.... | |
 | John H. Leith - Religion - 1982 - 760 pages
...be admitted thereurjfo, CHAPTER XXX. Of Church Censures. I. The Lord Jesus, as king and head of his Church, hath therein appointed a government in the...Church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate. II. To these officers the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed, by virtue whereof they have... | |
 | J. F. Maclear - Church and state - 1995 - 534 pages
...solemnly . . . resolve and agree on the following Claim, Declaration, and Protest: That is to say: — therein appointed a government in the hand of Church officers distinct from the civil magistrate"; which government is ministerial, not lordly, and to be exercised in consonance with the laws of Christ,... | |
 | David Charles Douglas, George Malcolm Young, W. D. Handcock - Great Britain - 1996 - 1050 pages
...preservation of purity, peace, and unity in the Church, yet ' the Lord Jesus, as King and Head of his Church, hath therein appointed a government in the hand of Church officers distinct from the * See pp. 28, 29 of Mr. Newman's letter to Or. Jclf; also the introduction of Dr. Pusey's letter to... | |
 | Gerald Lewis Bray - England - 2004 - 682 pages
...mysteries554 or be admitted thereunto.555 30. Of Church Censures 01. The Lord Jesus as King and Head of His Church hath therein appointed a government in the hand of Church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate.556 02. To these officers the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed, by virtue whereof... | |
 | W. Gary Crampton - Religion - 2004 - 270 pages
...appointed these officers in order to rule His church: "The Lord Jesus, as King and Head of His church, has therein appointed a government, in the hand of church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate." The Westminster divines, under their "Form of Presbyterial Church Government," teach that there are... | |
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The Lord Jesus, as king and head of his Church, hath therein appointed a government in the hand of Church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate. 
