 | Episcopal Church - 1843 - 826 Seiten
...Church, in General Convention, in the month, of September, AD ' THE PREFACE. JT is evident unto all men, diligently reading holy Scripture and ancient authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church, — Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. Which offices... | |
 | William James E. Bennett - 1843 - 420 Seiten
...diligently reading the holy Scripture and ancient authors, that from the Apostles' time, there have been these orders of ministers in Christ's Church, — bishops, priests, and deacons." From these remarks, and many other incidental observations scattered throughout the book, you will... | |
 | Charles Jobson Lyon - 1843 - 462 Seiten
...diligently reading the Holy Scrip lures And ancient authors, that from the apostles' time, there have been these orders of ministers in Christ's Church, bishops, priests, and deacons." The preface then goes on to say, that episcopacy being thus divinely instituted, " No man shall be... | |
 | 1891 - 964 Seiten
...In the second Prayer Book of Edward VI. it is set forth that, " From the Apostles' time there have been these orders of ministers in Christ's Church, bishops, priests, and deacons." In the Liturgies of Edward VI. for the consecration of a bishop ; in the preface for morning and evening... | |
 | 1919 - 654 Seiten
...diligently reading the holy Scripture and ancient Authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church...and Deacons. Which Offices were evermore had in such reverend Estimation, that no man might presume to execute any of them, except he were ... by public... | |
 | 1897 - 478 Seiten
...the Ordinal in the Prayer Book (p. 5o9) opens with these weighty words: "It is evident unto all men, diligently reading Holy Scripture and ancient Authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church — Bishops, Priests, and Deacons." This three-fold... | |
 | Willem Nijenhuis - 1980 - 434 Seiten
...evident unto all men, diligently reading Holy Scripture, and ancient authors, that from the Apostle's time there hath been these orders of ministers in Christ's church: bishops, priests, and deacons". Before being qualified to fulfill these offices a man had to be "called, tried, examined and known... | |
 | Ninian Smart, John Clayton, Patrick Sherry, Steven T. Katz - 1988 - 372 Seiten
...diligently reading the Holy Scriptures and ancient Authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church; Bishops, Priests, and Deacons . . .' Thus the Preface to the ordination services. Other doctrines that might be extracted from the... | |
 | Church of England. Archbishops' Group on the Episcopate - 1990 - 380 Seiten
...all men diligently reading the Holy Scripture and ancient Authors, from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church: Bishops, Priests and Deacons'. But we can say confidently that a ministry of personal oversight clearly emerged as the young Church... | |
 | Michael Watts - 1993 - 212 Seiten
...the Catholic tradition is plainly affirmed in the Preface to the Ordinal: It is evident unto all men diligently reading Holy Scripture and ancient Authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church: Bishops, Priests and Deacons . . . And therefore,... | |
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It is evident unto all men, diligently reading Holy Scripture and ancient Authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church, — Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. 
