Second series of Dr. Bowden's letters to Dr. Miller; Dr. Cooke's Essay on the invalidity of Presbyterian ordination; and Episcopacy tested by Scripture, by the Right Reverend Henry U. OnderdonkProtestant Episcopal Press, 1831 - Episcopacy |
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Page v
... Irenæus ' mis- take about the age of CHRIST , and the dispute about the time of keeping Easter , do not militate in the least against the testimony of the fathers to the divine origin of episcopacy - no reason can be assigned why ...
... Irenæus ' mis- take about the age of CHRIST , and the dispute about the time of keeping Easter , do not militate in the least against the testimony of the fathers to the divine origin of episcopacy - no reason can be assigned why ...
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... Irenæus , give a list of Bishops up to the time of the Apostles , and give no hint that congregational episcopacy prevailed in the apostolic age , and diocesan in any subsequent age- No such change could have taken place in the second ...
... Irenæus , give a list of Bishops up to the time of the Apostles , and give no hint that congregational episcopacy prevailed in the apostolic age , and diocesan in any subsequent age- No such change could have taken place in the second ...
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... Irenæus declares it to have been both taught and practised by our SAVIOUR himself . Lib . iv . cap . 57. Čy- prian also asserts that the same thing was enjoined by tradition from the LORD , and made a part of the original institution ...
... Irenæus declares it to have been both taught and practised by our SAVIOUR himself . Lib . iv . cap . 57. Čy- prian also asserts that the same thing was enjoined by tradition from the LORD , and made a part of the original institution ...
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... Irenæus , had lived with the other Apostles ; many years above a hundred . Irenæus himself did but just recollect St. John , whom , in his youth , he had seen . But he does not say that St. John had told him so ; or that Polycarp , the ...
... Irenæus , had lived with the other Apostles ; many years above a hundred . Irenæus himself did but just recollect St. John , whom , in his youth , he had seen . But he does not say that St. John had told him so ; or that Polycarp , the ...
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... Irenæus was so much contemporary with Polycarp , and with Pothinus ( his own immediate predecessor ) in the episcopal chair of Lyons , that he not only might , but did actually learn from them what form of government the Apostles ...
... Irenæus was so much contemporary with Polycarp , and with Pothinus ( his own immediate predecessor ) in the episcopal chair of Lyons , that he not only might , but did actually learn from them what form of government the Apostles ...
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Page 205 - And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying, in the Hebrew tongue, '• Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me ? It is hard for thee to kick against the goads." And I said,
Page 227 - But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Page 205 - But rise, and stand upon thy feet : for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee...
Page 206 - Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them and brought the prices of the things that were sold, And laid them down at the apostles...
Page 222 - Christ; that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive, but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ...
Page 121 - I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil : and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars : and hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Page 206 - Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the Church which was in Jerusalem, and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch ; who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord...
Page 223 - I send thee, to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Page 247 - Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Page 210 - And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.