...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...

...venial ; nor explain what is meant by falling from grace. So again, whereas it is said in the twentieth Article, the Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith ; ministers may not enquire what is meant by the Church, whether the Church...

..." it is unlawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written ;" yet " the Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith." Indeed, to speak of a Society without its consultations, of a Christian Society...

...point, of which I shall have to say more, perhaps, hereafter. In the twentieth Article it is said, " The Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith : and, yet, it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary...

...the trigger, not wounding his opponent, but knocking himself down. " Of the Authority of the Church. The Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in ' controversies of Faith: and yet it is not lawful for the ' Church to ordain anything that is contrary...

...of dissent avers that the controversy " turns upon the single point of the 20th Article, 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 Dissenters...

...thirty-sixth, "of the consecration of bishops and ministers," and so much of the twentieth as declares " the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith." With these terms Mr. Davies complied, and obtained licenses for no less than...

...where false doctrine is taught, and false worship performed. False doctrine is taught; namely,—That the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith. (Art. 20.)—That the sacraments are not only badges, or tokens of Christian...

...where false doctrine is taught, and false worship performed. False doctrine is taught ; namely,— That the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith. (Art. 20.) — That the sacraments are not only badges, or tokens of Christian...

...rites and doctrines, and it is affirmed the Church has power over the one, but not over the other; " the Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith." Again, in the Canon of 1571, the rule of deciding these controversies is given...