...liturgy. Our readers arc aware of the controversy "as to how the celebrated clause, (" the Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith,") crept into the Twentieth Article of the Church of England, when it occurs neither in the first printed...

...pp.71—81. t It is admitted that the twentieth article of the church declares that " the church hath power to decree rites, and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith ;" and Mr. Hooker, defending this power, says, " The spiritual power of the church being such as neither...

...statuendi jus, et In fldei controversiis authoritatem ; quamvis" ecclesia non habet, &c. " The Church hath power to decree rites and' ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith ; and yet" it is not lawful for, &c. This clause was not in the Latin manuscript signed by the Convocation...

...she here also submit herself to the standard of the sanctuary. Mark her own words, " 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...

...that we pay deference to the 7 On Article XX. decisions of the Church ; and when the Church claims power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith, it is but assuming that which was assigned to her by her Divine Author. It is indeed for all Christians...

...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 ;" which is called " one of the most...

...obedience. It is in the former sense that it is used in our 20th Article ; which speaks of the Church having power to decree rites and ceremonies, and " authority" in controversies of Faith. Many instances may be found in which writers have unconsciously slid from one sense of the word to...

...Nonconformists. I quote the language of one such established church : it is this, " 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." But,...

...of England are of another spirit. Of that Church this is one of the Articles : J " The Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith." "There is a question (saith Mr. Selden)§ about that article, concerning the power of the Church, whether...

...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 soon after, Reflections on...