 | W. A. Jarrel - Religion - 2001 - 522 pages
...until the Second Coming of Christ, Let us first settle what is the church. The ME Discipline defines the church: "The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered according to Christ's ordinance in all things that are... | |
 | John Gill - Religion - 2001 - 380 pages
...Christ Jesus, or believers in him : so in the article of the church of England, a church is defined, " A congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered." For only faithful men, or believers in Christ, can... | |
 | John Robert Wright - History - 2001 - 352 pages
...year), as I get to know this flock. As the Prayer Book in the Articles of Religion (number 19) puts it: "The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the Word of God is preached and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance."... | |
 | Howard Astin - Church group work - 2002 - 180 pages
...also that each cell is a church. Article 19 of the 39 Articles of Faith of the Anglican Church says, 'The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of...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... | |
 | William McLoughlin, Jill Pinnock - Interdenominational cooperation - 2002 - 412 pages
...by the continental Reformers. In consequence it concentrates attention on the local, limited aspect of the Church: The visible Church of Christ is a congregation...of faithful men, in which the pure Word of God is preached and the Sacraments duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance . . .' In Catholicism,... | |
 | Paul D. L. Avis - Religion - 2002 - 422 pages
...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.' In this definition there are several points to note. First, the term 'visible Church' clearly presupposes... | |
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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. 
