...hath erred, not only in their living and manner of Ceremonies, but also in matters pf faith. ART. XX. Of the Authority of the Church. The Church hath power...Ceremonies, and Authority in controversies of Faith: And vet it is not lawful" for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written; iu-ither...

...Churches, she maintains, that " the Church hath power to " decree rites and ceremonies, and autho" rity in controversies of faith; and yet it " is not lawful...the Church to ordain " any thing that is contrary to God's word " written; neither may it so expound one " place of Scripture, that it be repugnant " to...

...word, resort to a similar subterfuge : for they quote only a few words of the Twentieth Article, — " Of the authority of the Church." " The Church hath...ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith." This is all of this article which dissenting writers set before their readers : and the proposition,...

...humility, she claims not infallibility, as I will show you by reading the twentieth of her Articles,'On the Authority of the Church.'—' The Church hath...ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith. And it is not lawful for the Church to ordain anything that is contrary to God's written Word ; neither...

...believed for necessity of salvation." The genuineness is disputed of the first clause of this Article : " The Church hath power to decree rites or ceremonies,...and authority in controversies of faith, and yet" — ilndof the corresponding words in the Latin editions : " Habct Ecclesia ritus "statuendi jus, et...

...of Rome hath erred, not only in living and nuui' ner of ceremonies, but also in matters of faith.' ' It is not ' lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to 1 God's word written.' ' It ought not to decree any thing * against Holy Writ, and ought not to enforce...

...done. One alteration of more importance was made in the year 1571. Those words of the 20th Article, The Church hath power to decree rites or ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith, were left out both in the manuscripts, and in the printed editions, but were afterwards restored according...

...that authority within the hounds of Scripture. " It is not lawful," — these are her words, — " it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it he repugnant to another."...

...they are minutely instructed what they must believe. Nay, it is broadly asserted, (Art. xx.,) that " the Church hath power to decree rites or ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith." This assumption may be apparently limited by the declaration which follows, that it must not be contrary...

...authorised copies. " Habet Ecclesia Ritus statuendi jus, et in fidei controversiis auctoritatem." " The Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies and Authority in Matters of Faith." I shall now proceed to state what I consider to be the real history of this clause....