 God, which power ecclesiastical (in the words of the Second Book of Discipline) flows immediately from God and the Mediator, Jesus Christ, and is spiritual, not having a temporal head on earth but only Christ, the only spiritual King and Governor of His...  The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Fra to Har - Page 311910Full view - About this book
 | Hugh Chisholm - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1910 - 988 pages
...claimed an independent and exclusive jurisdiction or power in all matters ecclesiastical, " which flaws directly from God and the Mediator Jesus Christ, and...spiritual, not having a temporal head on earth, but onîy Christ, the only king and governor of his church "; and this claim, though directly negatived... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1910 - 994 pages
...the words of the Second Book of Discipline) " flows immediately from God and the Mediator the Lord Jesus Christ, and is spiritual, not having a temporal head on earth, but only Christ, the only spiritual King and Governor of His Kirk." And it was resolved to assert, and at all hazards defend,... | |
 | David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - English literature - 1904 - 586 pages
...God, " which power ecclesiastical" (in the words of the second Book of Discipline), "flows immediately from God, and the Mediator, Jesus Christ, and is spiritual,...temporal head on earth, but only Christ, the only Spiritual King and Governor of His Kirk," and they do further resolve, that this spiritual jurisdiction,... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1843 - 846 pages
...her beginning. Thus, in the Second Book of Discipline, ' This power ecclesiastical flows immediately from God and the Mediator, Jesus Christ, and is spiritual,...temporal head on earth ; but only Christ, the only spiritual King and Governor of his church. 't 1*11118, also, in the Confession of Faith, ' The Lord... | |
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