...by citing but its first clause ? You must allow me to remedy this defect. The Article runs thus ; ' 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 to God's word written.' It will...

...Thirty-nine Articles—" except the .'54th, 35th and 3(ith Articles, and these words of the 20th Article, viz., The Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith." All VOL. vi. 2т persons that would subscribe all the Thirty-nine Articles, with those exceptions,...

...the two first lines in the twentieth Article, concerning the power of the Church ; in these words, " The Church hath power to decree Rites and Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith;" which words are left out in divers printed copies of the Articles, and are not in the one and twentieth...

...the author's remarks on this subject we select a few sentences. ' We knew that it had been said, ' the Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith.' We know that it had been said, 'Whosoever, through his private judgment, willingly and purposely doth...

...enjoined. This doctrine is strictly maintained in the Church of England, when she declares that she " hath power to decree rites and ceremonies and authority in controversies of faith." If this be the case, if the Church in which Your Grace holds so high a rank and station is really invested...

...independent of any congregation of believers. Article XX. teaches that, with expressed qualifications, " the Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies i ,f faith." I believe not in the Church's possession of this power and authority, even within the...

...teaching and influence Nothing but heresy or defect of title was ever admitted as a plea for dissidence. "The Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies ; and authority in controversies of faith."* Authority implies submission : and submission has always been demanded under penalty. The penalty may...

...the word '• authority " did occur in the Articles. There was a clause in the twentieth which said, "The Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith." The clause was taken from the Lutheran Confession of Wurtemberg, so that there is no doubt of what...

...and the doctrine of the sacraments :" in the same spirit, a portion of the twentieth Article— (" The Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith")*— was omitted in a new edition of the Thirty-nine Articles prepared by Bishop Jewel, but probably not...

...the Church Catholic, for the word is without any limitation which might restrict it to the National Church, " hath power to decree rites and ceremonies and authority in controversies of faith." Yet it appears that by the authority of a secular court, which, as far as I see, will uot even consider...