The relation of the Church to the State

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Page 18 - ... to visit, repress, redress, reform, order, correct, restrain, and amend all such errors, heresies, abuses, offences, contempts, and enormities, whatsoever they be, which by any manner spiritual authority or jurisdiction ought or may lawfully be reformed...
Page 12 - ... yea, rather, for that they are not done as God hath willed and commanded them to be done, we doubt not but they have the nature of sin...
Page 10 - And further be it enacted by the queen's highness, with the assent of the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled...
Page 20 - And call no man your father upon the earth : for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
Page 19 - OUR Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his Church to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him, of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences : And by his authority committed to me, I absolve thee from all thy sins, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Page 12 - Works done before the grace of Christ, and the Inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ, neither do they make men meet to receive grace, or (as the...
Page 18 - ... spiritual authority, or jurisdiction, ought or may lawfully be reformed, repressed, ordered, redressed, corrected, restrained, or amended, most to the pleasure of Almighty God. the increase of virtue in Christ's religion, and for the conservation of the peace, unity, and tranquillity of this realm, "any usage, custom, foreign laws, foreign authority, prescription, or any other thing or things to the contrary hereof notwithstanding.
Page 19 - An Act concerning the King's Highness to be Supreme Head of the Church of England and to have authority to reform and redress all errors, heresies, and abuses in the same...
Page 10 - Be it enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by the advice and with the consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and of the Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same...
Page 14 - ... there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither bond nor free, for all are one in Christ Jesus.

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