The Result of an Ex-parte Council Convened in Providence, June 19, 1832: By Letters Missive from Aggrieved Members of the Richmond-Street Church, with a Brief History of the Origin and Progress of the Difficulties which Led to the Convocation of Said CouncilH.H. Brown, 1832 - 24 páginas |
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10th of April 15th article 9th of March A. T. HOPKINS adopted aggrieved brethren aggrieved members April 14 believe binds breach of covenant charges Christian Church Member's Guide Church of Christ communication Congregational or independent Congregational principles considered containing controversy copy Coun course of dealing covenant and articles decision deemed denied dismission and recommendation document evidence Ex-Parte Council expulsion fact faith and practice gational George Richards Gospel gregational Church HARVARD COLLEGE independent government individual Infant Baptism Jonathan Weldon Joseph Yates letter missive letters of dismission liberty LYMAN BEECHER matter Messrs Moderator motion mutual Council ordinance of infant paper Pastor and Clerk peculiar treatment present principles of Congregational privileges proceedings Providence reasons regular standing request letters respect respectfully Richards and Jonathan Richmond-St Richmond-Street Church Richmond-Street Congregational Church rules of discipline Samuel Billings Street Church submitted subscribers tional Church undersigned unscriptural vidual vote Waterman
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Página 11 - God alone is Lord of the conscience, and hath left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are in any thing contrary to his Word, or beside it in matters of faith or worship.
Página 11 - Thus saith the Lord, stand ye in the way and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.
Página 11 - Word or beside it in matters of faith or worship so that to believe such doctrines or to obey such commands out of conscience is to betray true liberty of conscience and the requiring of an implicit faith and an absolute and blind obedience is to destroy liberty of conscience and reason also 3.
Página 11 - Jesus and to other churches, as bewraying too much want of mercy and faithfulness, not to seek to bind up the breaches and wounds of the church and brethren : and therefore the state of such a church calleth aloud upon other churches, to exercise a fuller act of brotherly communion, to wit, by way of admonition. 3. A...
Página 12 - Such is the truly liberal and catholic spirit, which characterizes the principles of Congregationalism, that if the millennium were to commence tomorrow, there would be no need of modifying or changing any one of those principles. It sets up no exclusive terms of communion; it insists upon no outward forms, or unessential rights as conditions of Christian fellowship. It receives all, whom there is evi dence to believe Christ has received.
Página 11 - To seek and accept help from, and give help unto each other : 1 . In case of divisions and contentions, whereby the peace of any church is disturbed, Acts xv.
Página 12 - Independents" is not appropriate to Congregationalists. The Cambridge Platform expressly disowns the name. " The term independent we approve not." Chap. 11, 5. Dr. Samuel Mather says, " The churches of New England are nominally and professedly Congregational; they do not approve the name of Independent...
Página 21 - ... by an ex-parte one. As the object, therefore, is to maintain every person in his just rights, and as it does not readily appear in what other way it can be secured; the necessity of the power of assembling ex-parte councils corresponds to the greatness and urgency of the end had in view.
Página 11 - Church, when a person cannot remain in it without sin: as sin is the violation of our obligations to God, which are paramount to all obligations, which partake so much of a merely conventional nature as Church covenants. An obligation, which binds us to a particular church, is necessarily dissolved when it contravenes that higher obligation which binds us to our Creator.
Página 13 - ... the root whence arose the whole system of papal tyranny ; which, springing up like a poison tree in the garden of the Lord, withered by its shadow, and blighted by its influence, almost every plant and flower of genuine Christianity. It is matter of no regret, therefore, nor of surprise, if a ceaseless jealousy should be maintained by those who understand the principles of religious liberty, against the encroachments of pastoral authority. Priestly dominion, as it appears in the Vatican, is the...