Download or read book The Principles of Church Polity Classic Reprint written by George T. Ladd and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Principles of Church Polity If an apology is to be made for the appearance of these Lectures in the form of a book, it is best that this apology should express frankly the motives for such appearance which lie in the authors mind. It seemed to him in some sense due to the Lectureship which he has filled for three years, that it should add something to the general literature of its theme. Lectures written on paper, whatever they may accomplish as lectures, perish with the using; but the printed volume, whether it have many readers or few, at least for a time remains. Moreover, the reading done in preparation for this writing has convinced the author that his treatment of the subject has some small claim to a certain originality and freshness of form. This impression has been confirmed by the testimony of a few friends, among whom, however, may be counted one who was not long since a master of the whole subject here treated in such a fragmentary way. That there is now great need of candid and reasonable discussion of all those principles which enter into the constitution and government of Christian churches, few will doubt. It is certain that such need is manifested among those leaders and churches which bear the Congregational name; nor is this need confined to them alone. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Manual of Congregational Principles written by Robert William Dale and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Church and Its Polity Classic Reprint written by Charles Hodge and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-13 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Church and Its Polity In the meantime, the Rev. William Durant, of Albany, N. Y., an intelligent and enthusiastic pupil of my father, was struck with the vast amount of valuable discussion of Church principles and their practical applications, contained in these articles. He believed that if selections from these discussions were judiciously made and systemati cally grouped, a work of great value might be offered to the ministry, and to those intelligent laymen who are interested in the administration of ecclesiastical affairs. He consequently accomplished this work with the cordial approval of my father. After its completion, at the request of Mr. Durant, I subjected his work to a general review, and have now entire confidence in thus publicly testifying to my conviction that in the selection and arrangement of extracts, the reader of this work will have a fair, and, as far as the circumstances admit, an adequate exposition of my father's views, expressed in his own language, on all the subjects set forth in the table of contents. This table of contents itself discloses the wide range and the thorough analysis embraced in these discussions; and hence the very considerable contribution made in this volume to the elucidation of the subject set forth on its title page. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Manual of Congregational Principles Classic Reprint written by Robert William Dale and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Manual of Congregational Principles AT a time when Christendom is agitated by controversies reaching to the very roots of the Christian Faith, and when all Churches are struggling with practical duties which are beyond their strength, questions of ecclesiastical polity may appear to have no Claim to consideration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Principles of Church Government written by William Henry Perrine and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Principles of Church Government: With Special Application to the Polity of Episcopal Methodism, and a Plan for the Reorganization of the General Conference Into Two Distinct, Separate, and Concurrent Houses Only the most profound reverence for the memory of Dr. Perrine, and the mo t absolute conviction that he was sound in the majority of his views, induced us, in the midst of our multifarious duties, to undertake the task. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Origin Government and Principles of the Christian Church Classic Reprint written by Emmett L. Moffitt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-21 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Origin, Government, and Principles of the Christian Church In matters pertaining to the general interests of the church, the Christian 'convention directs the Confer ences, and the Conferences plan for the churches. Ours is a republican form of government; and in it every man 'has an equal voice, whether he be minister or lay man. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Principles and Government of the Christian Church written by Christian Church General Convention and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Principles and Government of the Christian Church: Also, a Directory for the Worship of God The Declaration of Principles, the Form of Gov ernment, and the Directory for the Worship of God, as here offered to the Church and the public, were de vised and prepared by a committee appointed by the General Convention of the Christian Church, which assembled at Mount Auburn, N. C., in 'may, 1866. The Chairman of this committee was Rev. John N. Manning, who performed the larger portion of the labor in its preparation. It was presented to the body and carefully examined by the whole. A free discussion Was elicited, and the ground occupied by the Church was fully reviewed. The necessity of clearly defining our position as a denomination before the world, heretofore neglected, was apparent; and all agreed that the fundamental principles and usages of the '\church were fairly set forth in the papers presented, *which, being unanimously adopted as a whole, were referred, with instructions, to a special committee, consisting of Rev. W. B. Wellons, Pre sident of the Convention, Rev. John N manning. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Star Book on Baptist Church Polity Classic Reprint written by Edward Thurston Hiscox and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-16 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Star Book on Baptist Church Polity Many of the churches have prepared for themselves brief manuals, embracing articles of faith, covenant, rules of order, with various statements of principles. But the greater part of them are very imperfect, and not a few are very erroneous, and misguiding in some of their positions and principles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Principles of Church Polity written by George Trumbull Ladd and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-10 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Download or read book The Ministry and Polity of the Christian Church written by Alfred Barrett and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Ministry and Polity of the Christian Church: Viewed in Their Scriptural and Theological Aspects and in Relation to Principles Professed by the Wesleyan Methodists These pages are not written with any desire to place the subject of Wesleyan economy obtrusively before the public. The writer would gladly have spent his spare and treasured moments in thinking on subjects more congenial to his taste; just as the people of his own communion, in general and at all times, would rather occupy themselves in fulfilling the higher claims of their Christian calling, than. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Church and Its Polity written by Charles Hodge and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ...if Christ has given his Church the power of self-government, what the Church does in the exercise of that power, if consistent with his revealed will, has as much his sanction as it well could have under any theory of Church government. If Paul says the civil powers are ordained of God, so that they who resist, resist the ordinance of God, although God has not revealed even a general system of civil polity, we see not why the same is not much more true with respect to the Church. That this is the true doctrine on this subject is evident, in the first place, from the absence of any express command binding the Church in all ages to conform her mode of government in every respect to the example of the apostolic churches. If Christ and his apostles had intended to make such conformity a matter of perpetual obligation, it is fair to presume they would have said so. As they have nowhere given or intimated such a command, no man has now the right to bind the conscience of God's people in this matter. Again, that the apostles never meant to make their example in all points of this kind, a perpetual law for the Church, is plain from the fact that they did not themselves pursue, in all particulars, the same plan in all places. There are some general principles to which they seem to have adhered, but it is far from being certain, or even probable, that all the apostolic churches were organized exactly after the same model. This indeed was hardly possible in that day of inspiration and miraculous gifts, which the Spirit distributed to every man, according to his own will; so that some were apostles, some prophets, some teachers; after that miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. According to another enumeration, ..
Download or read book Church Polity written by A. Fleming and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Church Polity: Its Spiritual Grounds and Congregational Superstructure Even were there no other and higher principle to Operate in the case than the mere instincts of our social nature, these of themselves would nat urally draw together, and combine into one sacred community or communities, all those who had experienced the same great inward change. By social sympathy they would live and act together as circumstances might permit; mutually bless ing and being blessed in their fellowship. And thus, in point of fact, sanctified social affections are the inward organs of spiritual church life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Principles of Church Reform Classic Reprint written by Thomas Arnold and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Principles of Church Reform Being of the nation; that the existence of Dissent impairs the usefulness of an Establishment always, and now, from peculiar circumstances, threatens its destruction and that to extinguish Dissent by persecution being both wicked and impossible, there remains the true, but hitherto untried way, to extinguish it by comprehension; that different tribes should act together as it were in one army, and under one command, yet should each retain the arms and manner of fighting with which habit has made them most familiar. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Church Its Polity written by Charles Hodge and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Church Polity written by J. L. Reynolds and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-25 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Church Polity: Or the Kingdom of Christ, in Its Internal and External Development Church polity has become the absorbing topic of the Christian world. In common with all thinking men, I have devoted considerable time to its examination; and have made some progress in the preparation of a vol ume with the design of exhibiting the polity of the New Testament, and tracing the gradual departures from it in the churches which succeeded those planted by the apostles. The completion of the work, on the plan pro posed, will require several years, even under circum stances the most favorable to the prosecution of my labors. Perhaps I may not complete it at all. I have, therefore, yielded the more readily to the suggestion of my worthy friend, the editor of the Periodical Lib rary, to prepare a smaller work, which is now sub mitted to the public. May the great Shepherd and Bishop of souls bless it to the instruction of the flock, for which he labored and died. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Manual of Church Polity Classic Reprint written by Samuel Miles Hopkins and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-05 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Manual of Church Polity "And, therefore, it is good we return unto the ancient bonds of unity in the Church of God, which was one faith, one baptism, and not one hierarchy, one discipline; and that we observe the league of Christians, as it is penned by our Savior, which is, in substance of doctrine, this: He that is not with us, is against us; but in things indifferent, and only of circumstance, this: He that is not against us, is with us. In these things, so as the general rules be observed, that Christ's flock be fed, that there be a succession in bishops and ministers, which are the prophets of the New Testament, that those that preach the Gospel, live of the Gospel, that all things tend to edification, that all things be done in order and decency, and the like; the rest is left to the holy wisdom and spiritual discretion of the master builders and inferior builders in Christ's Church, as it is excellently alluded by that Father who noted that Christ's garment was without seam, and yet the church's garment was of diverse colors; and, thereupon, setteth down for a rule, in veste varietas sit, scissura non sit." Lord Bacon, on the Pacification of the Church. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
