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" The Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith : and yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it... "
The Canons of the Holy Apostles: The Greek Text as Orginally Printed in 1540 ... - Page 12
1675 - 40 pages
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The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine

1835 - 1024 pages
...hierarchical." The twentieth Article, which treats of the " Authority of the Church," explicitly declares, " The Church hath power to decree rites or ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith." Is this power despotic f Or is it exercised by the episcopal hierarchy in a despotic way, in the sense...
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The Gospel Advocate, Volume 2

1822 - 412 pages
...proved by most certain warrantsof holy scripture." Art. viii. So again in the twentieth article. " It is not lawful for the church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's words written, neither may it so expound one place of scripture, that it be repugnant to another....
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The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine

1840 - 1122 pages
...believed as an article of the faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation." (Art. vi.) " It is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another....
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A course of lectures on subjects connected with the corruption, revival, and ...

William Johnson Fox - 1822 - 344 pages
...surreptitiously obtained. The evidence relative to the spuriousness of the commencement of Article xx, " The Church hath power to decree rites or ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith," is as follows : ] . This clause does not exist in the MS. copy of the Articles in Latin, presented...
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Historical Memoirs of the English, Irish, and Scottish Catholics: Since the ...

Charles Butler - 1822 - 544 pages
...except the thirty-fourth, thirtyfifth, and thirty-sixth, and these words of the twentieth articles, — (the church hath power to decree rites or ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith}, — were exempted from certain penalties in the act for restraining non-conformists from inhabiting...
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A Summary of Christian Faith and Practice Confirmed by References to the ...

Edward John Burrow - 1822 - 594 pages
...erred ; not only in their Jiving and manner of ceremonies, but also in matters of faith. ARTICLE XX, Of the Authority of the Church. The church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith : and yet it is not lawful for the church to...
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Historical Memoirs of the English, Irish, and Scottish Catholics: Since the ...

Charles Butler - 1822 - 538 pages
...the thirty-fourth, thirtyfifth, and thirty-sixth, and these words of the twentieth articles,—(the church hath power to decree rites or ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith),—were exempted from certain penalties in the act for restraining non-conformists from inhabiting...
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The Freethinking Christians' quarterly register, Volume 1

1823 - 430 pages
...purpose, we proceed to a consideration of the important powers which it claims in giving to the church power to " decree rites or ceremonies and authority in " controversies of faith," It is an unquestionable fact, says Mr. Robinson, of Cambridge, " that the ceremonies ." and holy days...
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A View of All Religions: And the Religious Ceremonies of All Nations at the ...

1824 - 484 pages
...hath erred, not only in their living and manner of ceremonies, but also in matters of faith. Art. XX. Of the Authority of the Church. The church hath power...the church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written : neither may it so expound one place of scripture, that it be repugnant to another....
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A View of All Religions: And the Religious Ceremonies of All ..., Parts 1-4

Thomas Robbins - 1824 - 494 pages
...hath erred, not only in their living and manner of ceremonies, but also in matters of faith. Art. XX. Of the Authority of the Church. The church hath power...the church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written : neither may it so expound one place of scripture, that it be repugnant to another....
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