...considered themselves as invested with a " rank and character similar to those of the High " Priest among the Jews, while the Presbyters " represented...through '' ignorance and error, than through artifice or de" sign. The notion, howsver, once introduced, " produced its natural effects ; and these effects...

...character fimilar to thofe of the high-prieft among the Jews, while the prejbyters reprefented the priefts, and the deacons the Levites. It is, indeed, highly probable, that they, who firft introduced this abfurd comparifon of offices, fo entirely diftincl:, did it rather through ignorance...

...the Jewish priesthood, which persuasion was a new source of honour and of profit to the sacred order. Accordingly, the bishops considered themselves as...represented the priests, and the deacons the Levites. The errors to which this notion gave rise were many, and one of its immediate consequences was the...

...the Jewish priesthood, which persuasion was a new source of honour and of profit to the sacred order. Accordingly, the bishops considered themselves as...represented the priests, and the deacons the Levites. The errors to which this notion gave rise were many, and one of its immediate consequences was the...

...reign of Adrian, when the second destruction of Jerusalem had extinguished among the Jews all hopes of seeing their government restored to its former...absurd comparison of offices, so entirely distinct, did CENT. ii. it,,yatb$r.thyougb- ignorance! ,apd error, than through ~^^ artifice or design. The nption,...

...character, rights, and privileges of the Jewish priesthood. Then, indeed, the bishops began to consider themselves as invested with a rank and character similar...represented the priests, and the deacons the Levites. In support of this detail, the author appeals not to one ancient writer; and the consequence is, that...

...character, rights, and privileges of the Jewish priesthood. Then, indeed, the bishops began to consider themselves as invested with a rank and character similar...represented the priests, and the deacons the Levites. In support of this detail, the author appeals not to one ancient writer ; and the consequence is, that...

...bishops considered themselves as invested with a rank and character similar to those of the high priest among the Jews, while the presbyters represented the priests, and the deacons the Levites. This notion, which was first introduced in the reign of Adrian, proved a source of very considerable...

...bishops considered themselves as invested with a rank and character similar to those of the high priest among the Jews, while the presbyters represented the priests, and the deacons the 1 •vites. This notion, which was first introduced in the reign of Adrian, proved a source of very...

...Bishops considered themselves as invested with a rank and " chnracter similar to those of the High Priest among the Jews, " while the Presbyters represented...natural effects ; and these effects were pernicious." But admitting, for a moment, that the Levitical priesthood is a proper model for the Christian Ministry;...