| John Hothersall Pinder - 1837 - 324 Seiten
...Again, in the Preface to the Ordination Services — " It is evident unto all men diligently reading the holy Scripture and ancient authors, that from the Apostles' time, there have been these orders of Mias attested by all history, was upheld, for 1500 years. The first separate bodies of Christians,... | |
| Robert Nelson - 1837 - 632 Seiten
...naturally make us suppose that he instituted some officers for the government of it. " And it is evident to all men diligently reading holy Scripture, and ancient authors, that from the Apostles' time there hath been these orders of ministers in Christ's church, bishops, priests and deacons : which offices... | |
| 1838 - 864 Seiten
...expressly contradicted by the church of England. The preface to the Book of Ordination commences thus — " It is evident unto all men diligently reading holy...in Christ's church, bishops, priests, and deacons." And I have no doubt it is to meet this notion of the Romanists and puritans, that in a subsequent paragraph... | |
| Richard Mant (bp. of Down, Connor and Dromore.) - 1838 - 584 Seiten
...observed in the Preface to our Ordination Services, " It is evident unto all men, diligently reading the holy scripture and ancient authors, that from the...Christ's Church ; bishops, priests, and deacons." This distinction of orders, and the preeminence and superiority of the first, consisting in the power... | |
| Daniel Parsons - 1838 - 412 Seiten
...CHURCH GOVERNMENT. Church of England. It is evident unto all men diligently reading the Holy Scriptures and ancient authors, that from the Apostles' time...Ministers in CHRIST'S Church , Bishops, Priests and Deacons.—Preface to Ordination Services. Receive the HOLY GHOST for the office and work of a Bishop... | |
| Henry Addington Simcoe - 1838 - 302 Seiten
...unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ," Eph. iv. 11—13. 1 And it is evident to all men, diligently reading holy Scripture and ancient...Apostles' time there have been these orders of Ministers IP Christ's Church,—Bishops, Priests, and Deacons; which offices were evermore had in such reverent... | |
| Benjamin Dorr - 1838 - 300 Seiten
...one common service, CHAPTER IV. TESTIMONY OF THE FATHERS. The preface to our ordination service says, "It is evident unto all men, diligently reading holy...authors, that from the apostles' time there have been three orders of ministers in Christ's church,— bishops, priests, and deacons." We have already shown... | |
| 1838 - 860 Seiten
...attestation of the church of England in the preface to the Book of Ordination — ' It is evident to all men. diligently reading holy scripture and ancient...the apostles' time there have been these orders of miuiHters in Christ's church, bishops, priests, and deacons.' The same thing exactly that was said... | |
| John Fuller Russell - 1838 - 384 Seiten
...old Fathers.—" Concerning the Service of the Church," in the " Book of Common Prayer." An appeal to It is evident unto all men, diligently reading holy...ancient authors, that from the Apostles' time, there hath been these Orders of Ministers in CHRIST'S Church, Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.—Preface to... | |
| William Patrick Palmer - 1838 - 628 Seiten
...or degrees of the sacred ministry as of apostolical antiquity. The preface to the Ordinal says : " from the Apostles' time there have been these orders...in Christ's church ; bishops, priests, and deacons ;" and a distinct form of ordination with imposition of hands and prayer is there 1 See Part I. chap.... | |
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