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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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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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online Collections. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A49602.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
Pages
VI.
A Man that's Deaf and Dumb, which by evident Signs, Tokens, and Gestures, shewing his Piety and Religion what he can, may be admitted to the Holy Sacrament, when by a long Experience of the Holiness of his Life, the Church shall perceive he has Faith, and shall be truly taught of God.
CONFORMITY.
The Church never required of Communicants, more than a Holy Mind and Disposition; wherefore if it is found in a Deaf and Dumb Man, and that he gives signs of it, he ought to be admitted to the Sacrament, and when I speak of the Church, I mean that of the Primitive Christians; for in process of time, they impo∣sed on Communicants an Obligation of Auricular Con∣fession;
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especially since the days of Innocent the Third, who made the first Decree for it in his Latteran Coun∣cil in the Year of Christ, 1215.
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