| John Parker Lawson - 1829 - 638 páginas
...generally those which are ill-digested. The 20th Article, then, contains three propositions : — " The Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in matters of faith. And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's... | |
| Church of England, Thomas Newland - 1829 - 696 páginas
...Reply to the Bishop of London, c. I. p. 25. Loud. 1611. ARTICLE XX. OF THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHURCH. THE CHURCH HATH POWER TO DECREE RITES AND CEREMONIES, AND AUTHORITY IN MATTERS OF FAITH. AND YET IT IS NOT LAWFUL FOR THE CHURCH TO ORDAIN ANY THING THAT IS CONTRARY TO GOD'S... | |
| Edmund Calamy - 1829 - 534 páginas
...to believe that which he does not really believe, (we may here take for instance that one celebrated article, " the Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in matters of faith,")* his submission is, unwarrantable, and he may separate without being a schismatic.... | |
| 1830 - 456 páginas
...and consciences of men; and both assert and put in execution the assertion, that " the Church bath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith." Now, this is an assumption, we conceive, which cannot be allowed, without a total abandonment of our... | |
| John Bainbridge Smith - 1830 - 540 páginas
...those whose faith shall or shall not save them. SECT. II.—ART. XX. OF THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHURCH. The Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in matters of Faith. And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordai any thing that is contrary to God's... | |
| 1830 - 590 páginas
...is, that the Church of England, in that unhappy relic of Popery, the XXth Article, maintains, that the Church ' hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, ' and authority in matters of faith.' But it will scarcely be contended, that the Sabbath falls under this power, as ranking... | |
| Thomas Vowler Short - 1832 - 548 páginas
...auctoritatem ; quam" vis" Ecclesiae non licet, &c. " The church hath power to decree rites and cere" monies, and authority in controversies of faith : " and yet" it is not lawful for the church, &c. The testimonies concerning the authenticity of this clause are as follows : It is not found, 1.... | |
| William Turner - 1832 - 168 páginas
...the Church of England. In the twentieth of her well known Thirty-nine Articles, it is declared that "the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in matters of faith." Who gave the church this authority ? Not Christ or his apostles, but the Parliament... | |
| 1833 - 984 páginas
...Hales of Eton ;f and a book of great ingenuity, was written by Mr. Collins to prove that the passsge in the twentieth article, " The Church hath power...ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith," was not to be found in any copy of the Latin articles, till it was introduced by Laud.J We cannot enter... | |
| James Abbott - 1833 - 398 páginas
...that Act of Parliament which ratified the thirty-nine articles of their faith, one of which affirms, " the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith." This clause is said by them to mean, that the " governors of the church have power to determine what... | |
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