 | Arthur Philip Perceval - 1841 - 288 Seiten
...middle of the sixteenth century. " It is evident unto all men diligently reading the Holy Scriptures, and ancient authors, that from the Apostles' time...and Deacons. Which offices were evermore had in such reverent estimation, that no man might presume to execute any of them, except he were first called,... | |
 | William Holland Wilmer - 1841 - 334 Seiten
...promises." ' The preface to the ordinal in our Book of Common Prayer, has the following declaration :—" It is evident unto all men, diligently reading Holy...there have been these orders of ministers in Christ's church—Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. Which offices were evermore had in such reverend estimation,... | |
 | Frederick George Mastin, Thomas Sweet Escott, William Calverley Curteis - 1841 - 312 Seiten
...purpose. The Ordination Service states that " It is evident unto all men, diligently " reading the Holy Scripture and ancient authors, that from the...Church— bishops, priests, and deacons: which offices" (that is, the actual office and character of a bishop, &c.) " were " evermore had in such reverend... | |
 | 1897 - 478 Seiten
...the MINISTRY. The preface to the Ordinal in the Prayer Book (p. 5o9) opens with these weighty words: "It is evident unto all men, diligently reading Holy...Christ's Church — Bishops, Priests, and Deacons." This three-fold Ministry was universal until Reformation days. Perhaps there was a type of it in (1)the... | |
 | Willem Nijenhuis - 1980 - 434 Seiten
...that these principles were lacking. Among other references we read in the Foreword to the Ordinal: "It is evident unto all men, diligently reading Holy Scripture, and ancient authors, that from the Apostle's time there hath been these orders of ministers in Christ's church: bishops, priests, and... | |
 | Marion J. Hatchett - 1995 - 694 Seiten
...Preface to the Ordination Rites (p. 510) The ordinal of 1550 was printed with a preface which read: 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, which offices... | |
 | Ninian Smart, John Clayton, Patrick Sherry, Steven T. Katz - 1988 - 372 Seiten
...dig the doctrines of Catholicism. 'It is evident unto all men diligently reading the Holy Scriptures and ancient Authors, that from the Apostles' time...in Christ's Church; Bishops, Priests, and Deacons . . .' Thus the Preface to the ordination services. Other doctrines that might be extracted from the... | |
 | Church of England. Archbishops' Group on the Episcopate - 1990 - 380 Seiten
...which says that it is apparent 'unto all men diligently reading the Holy Scripture and ancient Authors, from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders...in Christ's Church: Bishops, Priests and Deacons'. But we can say confidently that a ministry of personal oversight clearly emerged as the young Church... | |
 | Michael Watts - 1993 - 212 Seiten
...following explanation of the Church of England's attitude towards the foundations of the sacred ministry: It is evident unto all men diligently reading Holy Scripture and ancient Authors, that from the Apostle's time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church; Bishops, Priests, and... | |
 | P. E. Satterthwaite, David F. Wright - 1994 - 358 Seiten
...orders of ministry as given by the Lord to his church, or with the Anglican Ordinal to which it was 'evident unto all men diligently reading holy Scripture and ancient Authors' that the orders of bishop, priest and deacon existed from the apostles' time, but most would acknowledge... | |
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It is evident unto all men, diligently reading holy Scripture and ancient authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church, — Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. 
