 | Martin Luther - Lutheran Church - 1883 - 378 pages
...in kind as those of the clergy. All Christian men are admitted to the privilege of priesthood, and are "worthy to appear before God to pray for others,...one another mutually the things which are of God." In case of necessity, as is universally recognized, Baptism can be validly administered by lay hands,... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - Education - 1889 - 304 pages
...treatise " On Christian Liberty," Luther presents this truth very forcibly: "Nor are we only kings and the freest of all men, but also priests forever,...God. For these are the duties of priests, and they can not possibly be permitted to any unbeliever. Christ has obtained for us this favor, if we believe... | |
 | James William Richard - Augsburg Confession - 1909 - 666 pages
...the subject of love. For all is done by faith, "which makes us not only kings and the freest of all, but also priests forever, a dignity far higher than...appear before God, to pray for others and to teach each other mutually the things which are of God." In A Prelude on the Babylonish Captivity of the Church,... | |
 | Niccolò Machiavelli - Church and state - 1910 - 416 pages
...liberty of Christians. Nor are we only kings and the freest of all men, but also priests for ever, a dignity far higher than kingship, because by that...to any unbeliever. Christ has obtained for us this favour, if we believe in Him : that just as we are His brethren and co-heirs and fellow-kings with... | |
 | Henry Wace - Reformation - 1910 - 270 pages
...in kind to those of the clergy. All Christian men are admitted to the privilege of priesthood, and are " worthy to appear before God to pray for others,...one another mutually the things which are of God. " In case of necessity, as is universally recognised, Baptism can be validly administered by lay hands... | |
 | Niccolò Machiavelli - Church and state - 1910 - 396 pages
...but also priests for ever, a dignity far .higher than V'jghipj h<v~a'"!f> by itbat -KJC^i. '' jiood we are worthy to appear before God, to pray for others,...and To teach one another mutually the things which are._fljLCJQdi _For tHese are the duties ofjpriests, and tfiey can^ot^ftsjsjbl^^e^ermitted^ to any... | |
 | Arthur Cushman McGiffert - Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564 - Theology - 1911 - 288 pages
...alone prevails with God. ' We are not only kings and the freest of all men, but also priests for ever, a dignity far higher than kingship, because by that...one another mutually the things which are of God.' 1 It is clear enough from such passages as these that it was not a hierarchical interest which led... | |
 | Henry Clay Vedder - Reformation - 1914 - 574 pages
...communicated to every believer — we are kings and the freest of all men, but also priests forever, worthy to appear before God, to pray for others and to teach one another mutually the things that are of God. But the man justified and made free by faith still remains in this mortal life upon... | |
 | James Bishop Thomas - Clergy - 1918 - 328 pages
...Reformation," Ed. Horace Wall, p. 114. have a dignity far higher, "because that by that priesthood Christians are worthy to appear before God, to pray for others,...one another mutually the things which are of God." l As all believers are kings and priests, those appointed to office and administration in the Church,... | |
 | Albert Hyma - 1928 - 106 pages
...him who fulfills the first, the task of fulfilling all the rest is easy. . . . Nor are we only kings and the freest of all men, but also priests forever,...pray for others, and to teach one another mutually things which are of God. For these are the duties of the priests, and they cannot possibly be permitted... | |
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Nor are we only kings and the freest of all men, but also priests for ever, a dignity far higher than kingship, because by that priesthood we are worthy to appear before God, to pray for others, and to teach one another mutually the things which are of... 
