 | 1834 - 566 σελίδες
...the Scriptures, it seems to me to be sufficient, that there should be presbyters and deacons holding that state and office which Christ has imposed on them, since it appears certain that their degrees and orders ' (cardinals, patriarchs, archbishops, and other dignitaries,) ' have their... | |
 | Thomas Smyth - 1843 - 576 σελίδες
...the scriptures, it seems to me to be sufficient, that there should be presbyters and deacons holding that state and office which Christ has imposed on...degrees and orders have their origin in the pride of Csesar. If, indeed, they were necessary to the church, Christ and his apostles would not have been... | |
 | Thomas Smyth - 1844 - 512 σελίδες
...the Scriptures, it seems to mo to bo sufficient, that there should be presbyters and deacons holding that state and office which Christ has imposed on...degrees and orders have their origin in the pride of Csesar. If, indeed, they were necessary to the church, Christ and his apostles would not have been... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1846 - 740 σελίδες
...the Scriptures, it seems to me to be sufficient that there should be presbyters and deacons holding that state and office which Christ has imposed on...degrees and orders have their origin in the pride of Cœsar. If, indeed, they were necessary, to the church, Christ and his apostles would not have been... | |
 | T. Timpson - 1847 - 714 σελίδες
...the Scriptures, it seems to me to be sufficient, that there should be presbyters and deacons, holding that state and office which Christ has imposed on...would not have been silent respecting them ; as those impious pretend, who magnify the papal laws above those of Christ. Every catholic should judge of the... | |
 | Mrs. Hannah O'Brien Chaplin Conant - 1856 - 500 σελίδες
...maintain that in the time of Paul, presbyter and hishop were names of the same office. — All other degrees and orders have their origin in the pride...If indeed they were necessary to the church, Christ would not have been silent respecting them. Every Christian should judge of the office of the clergy... | |
 | Henry Martyn Dexter - 1865 - 352 σελίδες
...I maintain that, in the time of Paul, presbyter and Bishop were names of the same offiee. All other degrees and orders have their origin in the pride of Caesar. If indeed they were neeessary to the Church, Christ would not have been silent respecting them." l JOHN of Goch (AD 1400-1475),... | |
 | James Aitken Wylie - 1899 - 754 σελίδες
...his TriaU>gu«, " it seems to me to be sufficient that there should be presbyters and deacons holding that state and office which Christ has imposed on...orders have their origin in the pride of Caesar." And again he observes, " I boldly assert one thing, namely, that in the primitive Church, or in the... | |
 | John Wycliffe - 1881 - 182 σελίδες
...the Scriptures it seems to me to be sufficient that there should be presbyters and deacons holding that state and office which Christ has imposed on...orders have their origin in the pride of Caesar." He observes again, — " I boldly assert one thing, namely, that in the primitive Church, or in the... | |
 | Hannah Chaplin Conant - 1881 - 318 σελίδες
...and bishops were names of the same office. — All other degrees and orders have their origin in th<; pride of Caesar. If indeed they were necessary to the Church, Christ would not have been silent respecting them. Every .Christian should judge of the office of the clergy... | |
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From the faith of the scriptures, it seems to me to be sufficient, that there should be presbyters and deacons holding that state and office which Christ has imposed on them, since it appears certain, that these degrees and orders have their origin in... 
