Conformity of the ecclesiastical discipline of the Reformed churches of France with that of the primitive Christians written by M. La Rocque ... ; render'd into English by Jos. Walker.

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Title: Conformity of the ecclesiastical discipline of the Reformed churches of France with that of the primitive Christians written by M. La Rocque ... ; render'd into English by Jos. Walker.
Author: Larroque, Matthieu de, 1619-1684.
Publication: London :: Printed for Tho. Cockbrill ...,; 1691.
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Subject terms: Huguenots -- France.; Church polity -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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VIII.

The Government of the Church shall be regulated according to the Discipline, as it hath been order'd by the National Synods; and no Church nor Province shall make any Law but what in substance shall be conformable to the general Ar∣ticles of the Discipline. To this purpose the Articles of the said Discipline shall be read in the Consistories, at least at the time of celebrating the Lord's Supper; and the Elders and Deacons shall be exhorted to have a Copy thereof each of them, to read and study it at home at leisure.

CONFORMITY.

In the Ancient Church, It was not permitted to a Province, much less to a particular Church, to make any Constitution which was not conformable to the Ca∣nons which were the Discipline of those times; contrary to which, nothing was to be Establish'd, especially after the Canons, which compos'd this Discipline, had been Au∣thoriz'd by any Oecumenical Council, as the Code of the Canons of the Universal Church was by that of Chal∣cedon: This also shall be farther cleared by the remarks I will make on the 2d Article of the following Chap∣ter.