...not exist in Wolfe's edition of 1563, nor in the transcript from the records of convocation 1562, " The church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith ; and yet" it is not lawful for the church, &c. The testimonies concerning the authenticity of this...

...1707. ' Priestcraft in Perfection, or a Detection of the Fraud of inserting and continuing that Clause (the Church hath Power to decree Rites and Ceremonies, and Authority in Controversies on Matters of Faith) in the Twentieth Article of the Articles of the Church of England.' 1709. ' Historical...

...feiner Priestcraft in perfection or detection of the fraud of inserting and continuing that Clause -the Church, hath power to decree Rites and Ceremonies and Authority in controversies of Faith in the Twentieth Article of the Church in England. (Ib. 1709. 2)aju Reflections on a late pamphlet...

...declaration of their faith, are the first half of the 6th ; the middle of the 20th, omitting the words, " the Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith,' and all that relates to the Church being a witness and keeper of Holy Writ ; part of the 19th; a few...

...feiner Priestcraft in perfection or detection of the fraud of inserting and continuing that Clause -the Church, hath power to decree Rites and Ceremonies and Authority in controversies of Faith in the Twentieth Article of the Church in England. (Ib. 1709. £aju Reflections on a late pamphlet...

...first draft of the liturgy. Our readers are aware of the controversy's to how the celebrated clause, (" the Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith,") crept into the Twentieth Article of the Church of England, when it occurs neither in the first printed...

..."What are we to understand then by the language of the twentieth of the thirty-nine articles, that " the Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith?" In what sense are we to take the word ' Church ? ' Does it mean the clergy met in convocation ? No....

...the articles of religion. He says, " The doctrine then maintained was THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHURCH : ' The Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and AUTHORITY IN CONTROVERSIES OF FAITH.'^ And accordingly it is afterward said, ' Whosoever, through his private judgment, willingly and purposely...

...that act of parliament which ratified the thirty-nine articles of their faith, one of which affirms, the CHURCH hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controvenies of faith. This clause is said by them to mean, that the "governors of the church have...

...Cartwright's Roplye, pp.71—81. t It is admitted that the twentieth article of the church declares that " the church hath power to decree rites, and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith ;" and Mr. Hooker, defending this power, says, " The spiritual power of the church being such as neither...