 | 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... | |
 | Steve Harper - Religion - 2009 - 162 pages
...description was harmonious with the nineteenth article of religion in the Anglican Church, which states, "The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of...word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly administered."137 Wesley recognized that to be this kind of body placed weighty responsibilities on... | |
 | Jaroslav Pelikan - Religion - 2005 - 678 pages
...Quad 4. 107. 39 Art 36. general requirement that preaching and the sacraments conform "to Christ's ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same,"108 without specifying what "those things" are or whether ordination by a bishop standing in... | |
 | Gerald Lewis Bray - England - 2004 - 682 pages
...such things as they teach, although the same be most evidently repugnant to the Holy Scripture. 20. (19) Of the Church The visible Church of Christ is...Word of God is preached and the sacraments be duly administered, according to Christ's ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to... | |
 | J. Philip Wogaman - Religion - 2004 - 226 pages
...is only partially abated by the definition of the church in the old Anglican Articles of Religion: "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... | |
 | Mark Dever - Religion - 2004 - 292 pages
...English Reformer concerning the church. Article 19 read (as it still does in the Thirty-nine Articles): "The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of...word of God is preached and the sacraments be duly administered, according to Christ's ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to... | |
 | James Leo Garrett - Religion - 2004 - 94 pages
...impossible to please" God (Hebrews 11:6). The Church of England, in her Articles, defines a gospel church as "a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure...Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered."126 Of such "faithful men" or believers in Christ was the first church at Jerusalem composed... | |
 | Paul D. L. Avis - Religion - 2004 - 164 pages
...Articles of Religion of the Church of England speak in similar, though significantly not identical, terms: 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 administered according to Christ's... | |
 | Baptism - 2005 - 164 pages
...Reformation' 1 by defining the basic characteristics of a particular, visible, apostolic church as follows: 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 and... | |
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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. 
