This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: ... PAKT IV. What is the subject of the fourth division of the Articles? The Church and her ordinances. How many Articles does it comprise? Eighteen, from the 19th to the 36th inclusive. Article XIX. What is the subject of the nineteenth Article? "The Church." Why is the phrase " visible Church" ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: ... PAKT IV. What is the subject of the fourth division of the Articles? The Church and her ordinances. How many Articles does it comprise? Eighteen, from the 19th to the 36th inclusive. Article XIX. What is the subject of the nineteenth Article? "The Church." Why is the phrase " visible Church" introduced? To shew that we are not speaking of those who are departed to their rest, nor of those whom God sees to be the only true members of His Church, but whom man cannot distinguish from the multitude of those who are only outwardly such. What description is here given of the visible Church? It is " a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered, according to Christ's ordinance, in all these things that of necessity are requisite to the same." How is this expressed in the Latin? "Coitus Fidelium" the Body of the Faithful. Do we mean by the visible Church here the whole Church of Christ, or that part of it which is visible in any particular place? The definition will apply to either one or the other. What is meant by faithful men, or the faithful? It means the same as Christians. What is the pure Word of God? The form of teaching that was committed to the Church from the beginning. What things are of necessity requisite to the ministration of the Sacraments? That they be ministered by those who have received authority from Christ to minister them, and that they be ministered according to the form which He ordained. What is requisite to the form of baptism? That it be administered with water, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holv Ghost. . What is requisite to the form of the Lord's Supper? That the elements of bread and wine be consecrated in the appointed...
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