...their subscription. Surely, according to the twentieth Article, which states that ' the Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith,' it is quite competent for any clergyman to state strongly his conviction, that a Church, without even...

...Wolfe's edition of 1563, nor in the transcript from the records of convocation 1562, " The church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith ; and yet" it is not lawful for the church, &c. The testimonies concerning the authenticity of this...

...Articles distinctly declare this when speaking of the authority of the Church ; as, ' 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 contrary to God's Word written, neither...

...under Queen Mary.f It is probable that the controverted clause of the twentieth article, " The Church has power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith," was not among the articles of 1562, as has been shown under that year; though it might be (according...

...religion. He says, " The doctrine then maintained was THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHURCH : ' The Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and AUTHORITY IN CONTROVERSIES OF FAITH.'^ And accordingly it is afterward said, ' Whosoever, through his private judgment, willingly and purposely...

...Priestcraft in perfection or 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 Church in England. (Ib. 1709. 2)aju Reflections on a late pamphlet...

...understand then by the language of the twentieth of the thirty-nine articles, that " the Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith?" In what sense are we to take the word ' Church ? ' Does it mean the clergy met in convocation ? No....

...Article upon which most that is popish in the liturgy rests. I mean the twentieth. "The church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies and authority in controversies of faith !" Now, where has Christ given her this authority ? Has he not asserted, "that One is our Master (teacher)...

...Priestcraft in perfection or 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 Church in England. (Ib. 1709. £aju Reflections on a late pamphlet...

...faith, are the first half of the 6th ; the middle of the 20th, omitting the words, " the Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith,' and all that relates to the Church being a witness and keeper of Holy Writ ; part of the 19th; a few...