...Prieftcraft in Perfection; or, a Detection of the Fraud of inferting and continuing that Claufe, ' The Church hath Power to decree Rites and Ceremonies, and Authority in Controverfies of Faith,' in the twentieth Article of the Articles of the Church of England." And February,...

...the thirty- fourth, thirty-fifth, and thirty" fixth, and thefe words, in the twentieth article, viz. the church " hath power to decree rites and ceremonies and authority in u controverfies of faith, &c. fhould be liable to any of the pains " or penalties mentioned in an act...

...Priedcraft in perfection ; or, a detection of the fraud of inferring and continuing that claufe, * The church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controverses of faith,' in the twentieth article of the Articles of the Church of Kngland. And, Feb....

...entitled, " Priestcraft hv Perfection, or a Detection of the Fraud of inserting, and continuing that Clause (The church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith J, in the XXth Article of the Articles of the Church of England» &c. ;" and in the following year...

...heartily join in it. It turns upon the single point of the 'XXth article of your church, viz. That the CHURCH hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in matters of faith. For, if the CHURCH hath really this authority and power, then all objections of the...

...;' while to the Church, as thus constituted and ruled, infallibility is broadly ascribed in the 20th Article — ' the Church hath power to decree rites...ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith.' It is, perhaps, superfluous to expose the fatuity of the notion that this attribution of infallibility...

...church of Rome had erred in matters of faith, as fome other ancient churches have done. , * 20. That the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controverfies of faith ; yet cannot lawfully ordain any thing contrary to God's word, or expound any...

...slightest disrespect. I object to the claim in toto which is made in the twentieth article, " that the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority, in matters of faith." The constitution which Christ has formed, is either complete, or it is not. If it...

...church of Rome had erred in matters of faith, as fome other ancient churches have done. * ao. That the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controvcrfies of faith ; yet cannot lawfully ordain any thing contrary to God's word, or expound any...

...present. It has been warmly disputed, whether the first clause of the twentieth article, " the church has power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith," was a part of the article which passed the synod, and was afterwards confirmed by parliament. It is...