...asserted to rest upon the authority of the Church (Article Six), that the Church is asserted to have the power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith (Article Twenty), that Article Twenty-eight is carefully altered so as no longer to oppose the doctrine...

...functions in the parish to which he has been appointed. (3) That the Church (not the State), " having power to decree rites and ceremonies and authority in controversies of Faith," this Union submits itself absolutely to the Synods of the Church ; and, in regard to matters now under...

...offend the Eoman party by words which appeared to deny the Eeal Presence. She also prefixed to the 20th Article, " The Church hath power to decree rites and...ceremonies and authority in controversies of faith." This addition was directed against the Puritan position, that no rites or ceremonies must be decreed...

...(Of Consecration of Bishops and Ministers), and the words of the twentieth article affirming that " the Church hath power to decree Rites and Ceremonies and authority in Controversies of Faith " — are exempted from the pains and penalties of the Five Mile Act, and from the fine of £100 inflicted...

...Unitarians.55 » Ibid., § 17. " Ibid., § 8. The Articles excepted were 34, 35, 36, and part of 20 : viz. " The Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith." Exemptions were allowed also to Baptists and Quakers in respect of infant baptism (27), and the taking...

...thus, in the true spirit of Evangelical Churchmen, act on the principle of our Articles that our own Church " hath power to decree rites and ceremonies and authority in controversies of faith "; and if, in the present divided state of Christendom, the sole responsibility for the exercise of that power...

...are equally binding upon all "faithful Catholics?' because they are enacted by " the Church ;" and " the Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in matters of faith." " Transubstantiation" they conceal under that artful and deceptive phrase, " the...

...on our obedience. It is in these two senses that the Church of England in Article XX. claims to have power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith. It is also hi the sense of potestas that she requires from her members (so long as they choose to remain...

...Prayer" of the "Established Church" of England, in the "Thirty-nine Articles," occurs the following: " The Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in contro versies of faith." .... Art. xx. " The power of the civil magistrate extendeth to all men, as...

...ordinances and rites of the Church. The 20th article of the Church of England declares that the " Church has power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith," but that she may " ordain nothing that is contrary to the written word of God." That is undoubtedly...