...doctrine is taught, and false worship performed. False doctrine is taught; namely,—That the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith. (Art. 20.)—That the sacraments are not only badges, or tokens of Christian men's profession ; but...

...shall have to say more, perhaps, hereafter. In the twentieth Article it is said, " The Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith : and, yet, it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's word written...

...consecration of bishops and ministers," and so much of the twentieth as declares " the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith." With these terms Mr. Davies complied, and obtained licenses for no less than four meeting-houses, to...

...wounding his opponent, but knocking himself down. " Of the Authority of the Church. The Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in ' controversies of Faith: and yet it is not lawful for the ' Church to ordain anything that is contrary to God's Word ' u.ritten,...

...Churchmen. While we reject all claims to ecclesiastical infallibility, we still concede to our Church " the power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith." * Without this authority, no religious society can preserve unity and discipline among its members....

...Churchmen. While we reject all claims to ecclesiastical infallibility, we still concede to our Church " the power to decree rites and ceremo-nies, and authority in controversies of faith." * Without this authority, no religious society can preserve unity and discipline among its members....

...is taught, and false worship performed. False doctrine is taught ; namely,— That the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith. (Art. 20.) — That the sacraments are not only badges, or tokens of Christian men's profession ; but...

...20th article, that the ' church has power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in matters of faith, is not in King Edward's articles, nor does it appear how it came into Elizabeth's. Indeed, it appears to be an interpolation. And -as to the title of the articles, which...

...Christ, the only lawgiver of the Christian church : or, whether the chnrch, as by law established, has power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith," '* The controversy may easily be brought to a plain and short issue. It turns upon the single point...

...under queen Maryf. It is probable that the controverted clause of the twentieth article, " the church has power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith," was not among the articles nf 1 •;»>;>, as lias been shewn under that year; though it might be (according...