...church of Rome had erred in matters of faith, as fome other ancient churches have done. , * 20. That the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controverfies of faith ; yet cannot lawfully ordain any thing contrary to God's word, or expound any...

...heartily join in it. It turns ' upon the single point of the XXth article of your church, 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 the...

...present. It has been warmly disputed, whether the first clause of the twentieth article, " the church has power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith," was a part of the article which passed the synod, and was afterwards confirmed by parliament. It is...

...but submit to all her appointments and requirements in awful silence. The first is article XX. " That the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith" The second is, " That every priest in this church, from the highest archbishop to the meanest curate...

...Priestcraft in perfection ; or, a detection of the fraud of inserting and continuing that clause, ' The church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith,' in the twentieth article of the Articles of the Church of England." And, Feb. the year following, another...

...kingdom, the church, — and that therefore for any man or bodies of men, to claim to themselves a power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith* seems to look like an invasion of Christ's throne. That consequently those who claim this power seem...

...Priestcraft in perfection ; or, a detection of the fraud of inserting and continuing that clause, ' The church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith,' in the twentieth article of the Articles of the A Church of England." And, Feb. the year following,...

...other powers, other authority, besides what is contained in the laws of Christ. The a; Hi !<• says, ' the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies ; and authority in matters of forth.' According to this article, it should seem that Jesus Christ has not. left competent...

...confccration of bifhops and miniflers. He could not admit the claim advanced in the aoth article, that the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controvcrfies of faith. He alfo could not agree with the claufe relative to infant baptifm, in the...

...Priestcraft in Perfection, or a detection of the fraud of inserting and continuing this clause, — (The Church hath power to decree Rites and Ceremonies, and authority in controversies of Faith,) in the '20th Article of the Articles of the Church of England." An able defence of the authenticity...