...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....

...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...

...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...

...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,...

...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...

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

...doctrines, and it is affirmed the Church has power over the one, but not over the other; " the Church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith." Again, in the Canon of 1571, the rule of deciding these controversies is given : " Preachers shall...

...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 of 1562, as has been shewn under that year ; though it might be (according...

...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...

...doctrinef. It has been warmly disputed, whether the first clause of ihe twentieth article, " The church has power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith," was a part of the article which passed the synod, and was afterwards confirmed by parliament in the...