...the church is infallible. The 20th article " of the authority of the church," declaring tbit she " hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith ;" but confines that authority to the decreeing of such things only as are consonant with the Scriptures....

...is infallible. The 20th article speaks " of the authority of the church," declaring that sJw " bath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith ;" but confines that authority to the decreeing of such things only as are consonant with the Scriptures....

...where false 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...

...point, of which I 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...

...where false 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...

...the trigger, not 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,...

...thirty-sixth, "of the 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...

...church is infallible. The 20th article speaks " of the authority of the church," declaring that she " hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith ;" but confines that authority to the decreeing of such things only as are consonant with the Scriptures....

...champions of dissent avers that the controversy " turns upon the single point of the 20th Article, viz. That the church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in matters of faith. For if the church hath really this authority and power, then all objections of Dissenters...

...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....