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So too, in forming a constitution, or in enacting rules of procedure, or making canons, the people do not merely passively assent, but actively... →
The Church, during the apostolic age, did not consist of isolated, independent congregations, but was one body, of which the separate churches were... →
That the apostolic office is temporary, is a plain historical fact.
If the Church is a living body united to the same head, governed by the same laws, and pervaded by the same Spirit, it is impossible that one part... →
The Reformers, therefore, as instruments in the hands of God, in delivering the Church from bondage to prelates, did not make it a tumultuous... →
The office of presbyters is a permanent one.
When the great promise of the Spirit was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost, it was fulfilled not in reference to the apostles only.
All Church power is, therefore, properly ministerial and administrative. Everything is to be done in the name of Christ, and in accordance with his... →
All the reasons which require the subjection of a believer to the brethren of a particular church, require his subjection to all his brethren in the... →
As the Church is the aggregate of believers, there is an intimate analogy between the experience of the individual believer, and of the Church as a... →
But to be the Vicar of Christ, to claim to exercise his prerogatives on earth, does involve a claim to his attributes, and therefore our opposition... →
Christ has not only ordained that there shall be such officers in his Church - he has not only specified their duties and prerogatives - but he gives... →
The Church, however, is a self-governing society, distinct from the State, having its officers and laws, and, therefore, an administrative government... →
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