 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 that of necessity are requisite to the same.  The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Page 4191807Full view - About this book
 | 1835 - 434 pages
...together 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... | |
 | 1835 - 604 pages
...set out unto us only the name of JESUS CHRIST, whereby men must be saved. ART. XIX. Of the Church. The visible Church of CHRIST is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure word of GOD is preached, and the sacraments be duly ministered according to CHRIST'S... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1835 - 636 pages
...set out unto us only the name of JESUS CHRIST, whereby men must be saved. ART. XIX. Of the Church. The visible Church of CHRIST is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure word of GOD is preached, and the sacraments be duly ministered according to CHRIST'S... | |
 | Mrs. Loudon (Margracia) - 1835 - 400 pages
...the Church had never read the nineteenth article of their own faith, which would have informed them, that " The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men." The congregation, therefore, not the clergy, constitute the Church; while, who are the " faithful,"... | |
 | Nicholas Snethen - 1835 - 390 pages
...church, it has somewhat of a disagreeable effect. In looking over our "articles of religion," we find that "the visible church of Christ" is a " congregation of faithful men ;" and that "every particular church may ordain, change, or abolish, rites and ceremonies, &c." The... | |
 | 394 pages
...Articles is very close to that found in Calvin's Institutes. The visihle Church of Christ" is defined as "a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments he duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance in all those things... | |
 | Richard Thomas Hughes - 1988 - 280 pages
...Articles (itself derived from Article VIII of the Augsburg Confession) was suitably ecumenical: "XIII. The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments administered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that... | |
 | J. R. Broome - 1988 - 62 pages
...of the Thirty Nine Articles faithfully describes the New Testament view, "The visible Church of God 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...." Authority Finally... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - 1964 - 324 pages
...of this church's creed there is the following definition of the Church which is truly scriptural— "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... | |
 | Charles Wesley - 1989 - 529 pages
...According to the Twentieth Article, the visible Church of England is the congregation of English believers, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered. (But the word "Church" is sometimes taken, in a looser sense, for "a congregation professing... | |
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