...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...

...Unitarians.65 " Ibid., § 17. 53 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...

...Christ is a congregation of faithful men in which the pure Word of God is preached.' Article XX : ' 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 to God's word written, neither...

...feature of the Articles is furnished by the twentieth of the series, on 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 to God's written word, neither...

...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...

...to recognize a Suspension issued by such a Court. 3.— That " the Church" (not the State) having " power to decree Rites and Ceremonies and authority in controversies of Faith," this Union submits itself to the duly constituted Synods of the Church ; and, in regard to the legality...