A Continuation of Letters Concerning the Constitution and Order of the Christian Ministry: Addressed to the Members of the Presbyterian Churches in the City of New-York : Being an Examination of the Strictures of the Rev. Drs. Bowden and Kemp, and the Rev. Mr. How, on the Former Series |
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Page 49
... apostolic age , and contravene the will of God . But , while this class of Presbyterians zealously maintain the principles which have been stated , they , at the same time , explicitly grant , that there may be deviations from this ...
... apostolic age , and contravene the will of God . But , while this class of Presbyterians zealously maintain the principles which have been stated , they , at the same time , explicitly grant , that there may be deviations from this ...
Page 75
... apostolic age downwards , he begins with the Fathers of the fourth century ; reasons backward ; assumes the corrupt principles and lan- guage of that age as genuine , and then employs them to interpret the primitive writers ; and thus ...
... apostolic age downwards , he begins with the Fathers of the fourth century ; reasons backward ; assumes the corrupt principles and lan- guage of that age as genuine , and then employs them to interpret the primitive writers ; and thus ...
Page 76
... apostolic age , it can never " be admitted that any thing in the New Testament " militates against this fact . " Letters , 1. p . 240 . The plain English of this declaration is , " The " controversy is to be decided by the Fathers ...
... apostolic age , it can never " be admitted that any thing in the New Testament " militates against this fact . " Letters , 1. p . 240 . The plain English of this declaration is , " The " controversy is to be decided by the Fathers ...
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... apostolic age . This is a mistake . Blondel says no such thing . After investigating this subject perhaps as profoundly as any man ever did , he tells us , that during the apostolic age , and for a consi- derable time after , Bishop and ...
... apostolic age . This is a mistake . Blondel says no such thing . After investigating this subject perhaps as profoundly as any man ever did , he tells us , that during the apostolic age , and for a consi- derable time after , Bishop and ...
Page 141
... age immediately fol- lowing that of Luther , bears decided testimony to the Apostolic institution of Ruling Elders . " The " title of Bishop , " says he , " takes its name from a Greek word , which signifies an Overseer . " This title ...
... age immediately fol- lowing that of Luther , bears decided testimony to the Apostolic institution of Ruling Elders . " The " title of Bishop , " says he , " takes its name from a Greek word , which signifies an Overseer . " This title ...
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