CONFORMITY.
Upon the least knowledge of Ecclesiastical Antiquity, it is
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.
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- Larroque, Matthieu de, 1619-1684.
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- London :: Printed for Tho. Cockbrill ...,
- 1691.
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- Huguenots -- France.
- Church polity -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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apparent that the Conducters of Christian Churches has on several occasions done what our Discipline tolerates in this last Article, and after the manner it prescribes; thence it is that when there was any question made of a point of Discipline which regarded the Churches of the Roman Empire all in general, it was only an Oecu∣menical Council could determine it, as I have made appear on the second Article of the 6th. chap. to which I referr the Reader, moreover it were easy to produce sundry examples of changes made at several times, in the Ancient Discipline; but as 'tis a truth own'd by all the world, I will only touch at the matter of pennance the practice whereof has been various according to the diversity of times, Councils having therein made se∣veral changes as occasion has required, as appeares by Reading the Ancient Cannons; see what I have writ on the 19th. Article of the 5th. chap. which is that of Consistories. However Ecclesiastical Discipline should allways be conformable to the genious of the Gospel, and to the mind of Jesus Christ, and have for its foundation this maxim of St. Paul, That all things should be done decently and in order in the Church of God: * 1.1 This being so, the Chrch has allways had power to change what it thinks fit in matter of Discipline, see∣ing that according to St. Austins remark, the last O∣ecumenical Councils have often corrected the former, its true he saith it ought to be done without arrogancy, or pride, without strife or contention, wirh o•• spirit of love and charity. For the Rule of faith remaining entire, saith Tertullian, the rest which relates to Disci∣pline; admits the novelty of Correction by means of the grace of God, which operates and makes farth∣er progress in us to the end,
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••ib. 2. de Bapt. c. 3. Tom. 7. p. 40.