...any part of the catholic church of Christ; and thus I attempt to disprove her claim : — . 1. " The church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men,...word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly administered according to Christ's ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to...

...The visible church of Christ.'f and the church in the realms established as a true branch thereof, ' is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the...word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly administered according to Christ's ordinance, in all things that of necessity are * See the Charge...

...ways, for " there is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death." XIX. OF THE CHURCH. 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...

...I attempt to disprove her claim : — 1. " The church of Christ is a congregation of faithful meu, in the which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly administered according to Christ's ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to...

...this point, cannot be better conveyed than in the inimitable language of the Church of England : — " 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 administered according to Christ's...

...of the world; in accordance to which our nineteenth Article defines the visible Church of Christ " a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure...ministered according to Christ's ordinance in all things that of necessity are requisite to the same.'' The Church at first consisted of our blessed...

...to its definition that " the church is a congregation of faithful men," the further qualification, "in the which the pure word of God is preached, and...duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance." It is curious to observe the recurrence of these closing words in the various confessions. As definitions...

...the clwrch of England : (only the article includes a little more than the apostle has expressed.) " Of the Church. " 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 administered." It may be observed,...

...collectively; if the church, according to my definition of it, and as is stated in these very Articles, "is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments are duly administered ;" if each individual has power over the decrees...

...church," in the nineteenth article ? Where, except in our own branch, do we believe that " the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly ministered, according to Christian ordinance?" What is the exact meaning of the expression — "congregation of faithful men...