Utrum horum, or, The nine and thirty articles of the Church of England, at large recited, and compared with the doctrines of those commonly called Presbyterians on the one side, and the tenets of the Church of Rome on the other both faithfully quoted from their own most approved authors / by Hen. Care.
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Utrum horum, or, The nine and thirty articles of the Church of England, at large recited, and compared with the doctrines of those commonly called Presbyterians on the one side, and the tenets of the Church of Rome on the other both faithfully quoted from their own most approved authors / by Hen. Care.
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Care, Henry, 1646-1688.
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London :: Printed for R. Janeway ...,
1682.
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Church of England. -- Thirty-nine Articles.
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The one and twentieth Article of the Church of England.
Of the Authority of general Councils.
GEneral Councils ought not to be gathered together without the Commande∣ment and Will of Princes, * 1.1 and when they be gathered to∣gether (forasmuch as they be an Assembly of Men, where of all be not governed with the Spirit & Word of God) they may err, & sometime have erred even in things pertaining to God, wherefore things ordained by them as necessary to Salva∣tion, have neither Strength, nor Authority, unless it may
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be declared, that they be taken out of Holy Scripture.
The Presbyterians.
For the better Government and further Edification of the Church there ought to be such Assemblies as are com∣monly call'd Synods or Councils.
As Magistrates may lawfully call a Synod of Ministers, and other fit Per∣sons, to consult and advise with about matters of Religion; so if Magistrates be * 1.2open Enemies to the Church, the Ministers of Christ of themselves by vertue of their Office, or they with other fit Persons upon Delegation from their Churches, may meet together in such Assemblies.
All Synods or Councils since the A∣postles times, whether general or par∣ticular may err, and many have erred. Therefore they are not to be made the Rule of Faith or Practice, but to be u∣sed as an help in both.
Synods and Councils are to handle or conclude nothing, but that which is Ecclesiastical, and are not to inter∣meddle
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with Civil Affairs, which con∣cern the Common-Wealth, unless by way of humble Petition in cases extra∣ordinary, or by way of advice for sa∣tisfaction of Conscience, if they be thereunto required by the Civil Magi∣strate.
The Papists.
To the Popes it belongs to Appoint and▪ direct general Councils: Bulla Julii 3. Resumptionis Conc. Trid.
* 1.3A Diocesan Council is to be called by the Bishop; a Provincial by the Arch∣bishop; a National one by a Patriarch or Primate, but a general one the Pope can only call, not the Emperour, or any without the Popes Consent and approbati∣on.
* 1.4The Popes of Rome (and not Christian Princes) have the Authority and Power of making Laws Ecclesiastical, and of calling Councils.
* 1.5General Councils confirm'd by the Pope cannot err.
Notes
* 1.1
That is when the Princes, where they are Assembled are Christians, else this Article will condemn the First and most Holy Council that ever was in the World, Acts 15.