 | John Henry Newman - 1841 - 88 pages
...Marriage of Clergy. ARTICLE XXXII. — " Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, are not commanded by God's law, either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain from marriage." There is literally no subject for controversy in these words, since even the most determined advocates... | |
 | John Keble - 1841 - 290 pages
...Christian men alike." Art. xxx. — Again, " bishops, priests, and deacons, are not commanded by GOD'S law either to vow the estate of single life or to abstain from marriage." Art. xxxii. On the other hand, our Church takes the wider sense of the meaning of the word sacrament... | |
 | George Miller - 1841 - 114 pages
...direction of our article, that ministers should make their choice between marriage and celibacy, ' as they shall judge the same to serve better to godliness.' The words of our Saviour cannot be strained to signify more than this, that continence is a gift, and that... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1842 - 812 pages
...thirty-second of which articles is as follows: " Bishops, priests and deacons, are not commanded by God's law, either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain...shall judge the same to serve better to godliness." Which perhaps may be accounted for from this ; that Queen Elizabeth was always averse from the parliament's... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - 1842 - 726 pages
...dangerous deceit. XXI. Of the Marriage of Ministers. The ministers of Christ are not commanded by God's law either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain...therefore it is lawful for them, as for all other Christians, to marry at their own discretion, as they shall judge the same to serve best to godliness.... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - 1842 - 670 pages
...deceit. XXI. Of the Marriage of Minister». The ministers of Christ are not commanded by God's law either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain...therefore it is lawful for them, as for 'all other Christians, to marry at their own discretion, as they shall judge the same to serve best to godliness.... | |
 | 1842 - 588 pages
...Art. XXXII. Of the Marriage of Priests. Bishops, priests, and deacons, are not commanded by God's law, either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain from marriage: therefore it ia lawful tor them, as for all other Christian men, to marry at their own discretion, as they shall... | |
 | John Hayward - 1842 - 448 pages
...life, or to abstract from marriage ; therefore it is lawful for them, aa for all other Christians, to marry at their own discretion, as they shall judge the same to serve best to godliness. " 22. It is not necessary that rites and ceremonies should in all places be the... | |
 | Michael Hodsoll Miller - 1842 - 54 pages
...ARTICLE XXXII. Marriage of Clergy. "Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, are not commanded by God's law, either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain from marriage." ARTICLE XXXV. The Homilies. " The second Book of Homilies doth contain a godly and wholesome doctrine,... | |
 | Jean François Salvard, Peter Hall - 1842 - 710 pages
...ministers of the Church may enter into the state of matrimony : they being nowhere commanded by God's law, either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain from marriage, as they shall judge the same to serve better to godliness. (65.) The riches and goods of Christians... | |
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BISHOPS, Priests, and Deacons, are not commanded by God's Law, either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain from marriage : therefore it is lawful for them, as for all other Christian men, to marry at their own discretion, as they shall judge... 
