 | Margo Todd - History - 1995 - 300 pages
...the true church. The Thirty-nine Articles, which on this point follow Calvin exactly, set out that the visible church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's... | |
 | David Cressy, Lori Anne Ferrell - History - 1996 - 228 pages
...expressly declared unto us in the word of God. 18 Of obtaining eternal salvation only by the name of Christ They also are to be had accursed that presume to say,...church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's... | |
 | Ethelbert W. Bullinger - Religion - 1996 - 150 pages
...given building or room, as the Church of England defines it (in the Nineteenth Article of Religion), "a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure...Word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly administered." 4. It is used of the building in which such a congregation meets for worship. 5. It... | |
 | Paul F. M. Zahl - Religion - 1998 - 128 pages
...Holy Scripture doth set out unto us only the Name of Jesus Christ, whereby men must be saved. XIX. Of the Church. The visible Church of Christ is a congregation...Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to... | |
 | Susanna Wesley - Religion - 1997 - 529 pages
...followed by the crossed-out "under." 216. In MS C: "their." 217. See BCP, Articles of Religion, XIX. Of the Church: "The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's... | |
 | Patrick Angier - Christian education of teenagers - 1997 - 132 pages
...confusion, misunderstanding and layered meanings. Traditionally, the Church has been defined as follows: The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's... | |
 | Robert Hannaford - Christianity - 1998 - 386 pages
...congenial, although today the occasional polemical note is to be regretted. According to Article Nineteen, 'The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of...Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered'; this is a definition no doubt deficient in terms of what it omits, for example the theology... | |
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The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same. 
