 The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered, according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.  The Quarterly Review - Page 5291876Full view - About this book
 | William Stephen Gilly - 1831 - 636 pages
...question, I am prepared to give a direct reply, without any circumlocution. Is the Waldensian Church " a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered, and in which there is the confession of ' One Christ, very God and very man, who truly... | |
 | 1831 - 524 pages
...the one catholic church — or, as our Twentieth Article expresses it, each " visible church — is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly administered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things... | |
 | Richard Burgess - 1832 - 356 pages
...men ; and agreeably to all these things, our reformers defined the visible Church of Christ to be " a congregation of faithful men in which the pure word of God is preached,"—viz. the apostles' doctrine and fellowship we have explained, "and the sacraments be duly... | |
 | 1833 - 548 pages
...is, as we know from various parts, and especially from the epistles to the seven churches in Asia, " a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered, according to Christ's ordinance in all things that of necessity are requisite to the... | |
 | Joseph Bingham - 1834 - 640 pages
...asserted." But what is that description of the visible Church, which they dislike ? Why, " That it is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the sacraments are duly administered, according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things... | |
 | Robert Meek - 1834 - 436 pages
...of all churches." — Trent. Profest. Art. xi. Church of England. " The visible church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly administered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things... | |
 | 1835 - 434 pages
...for religious purposes. This coincides with the language of the Nineteenth Article — " A church is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the Sacraments are duly administered according to Christ's ordinance in all things that... | |
 | William Osburn - 1835 - 374 pages
...conveyed than in the inimitable language of the Church of England : — " The visible church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly administered according to Christ's ordination,"100 and, therefore,... | |
 | Thomas Pigot - 1835 - 162 pages
...man, but the end thereof are the ways of death." XIX. OF THE CHURCH. The visible church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things... | |
 | George Holden - 1836 - 428 pages
...discriminating marks and characters1 ? 1 According to the 19th Article, " The visible church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached," &c. ; where the word " congregation" is used as equivalent to " society ;" for 1st, the... | |
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