...of the Church of England. " Forasmuch as they be an assembly of men, whereof all be not governed by the Spirit and Word of God, they may err, and sometimes...declared that they be taken out of Holy Scripture." On this question little need be said. It will be enough to observe, that there being no promise given...

...sometimes have erred, even in things pertaining unto God." " Wherefore," as our Article expresses it, " things ordained by them as necessary to salvation...declared that they be taken out of Holy Scripture."* Nice, 325. f—Ephesus, 431.J— Constance, 1414.§— Trent, 1515 to 1563; but suspended from 1552...

...that " though the Church " be a witness and a keeper of Holy Writ, things " ordained by its councils, as necessary to salvation, " have neither strength...it may " be declared that they be taken out of Holy Scrip" ture ? And as respects the guidance of the Spirit, we would say — Was the hand of God no where...

...sometimes have erred ; and that " things ordained by them as necessary to salvation," have therefore " neither strength nor authority, unless it may be declared that they be taken out of Holy Scripture." Yet, it has been represented as " the peculiar genius of the Anglo-Catholic church," in distinction...

...together, .(forasmuch as they be an assembly of men, whereof all be not governed with the Spirit arid Word of God,) they may err, and sometimes have erred,...authority, unless it may be declared that they be taken outof Holy Scripture.— Art. XXI. Every particular and national Church hath authority to ordain, change,...

...— those of Nice, of Constantinople, of Ephesus, and of Chalcedon. But whilst she protests that " things ordained by them as necessary to salvation...declared that they be taken out of Holy Scripture,! " so she receives them only upon the ground of their ordinances being of scriptural origin. Thus in...

...and that, therefore, " things ' Nicene Creed. 2 Art. xix. 3 Art. xx. 1 Ibid. 5 Art. vi. 6 Art. xx. ordained by them, as necessary to salvation, have...declared that they be taken out of Holy Scripture '." From these declarations taken together, it is plain that the Tradition, which our Church regards...

...difference of opinion between men who have " ex animo" subscribed the proposition that "general councils may err, and sometimes have erred, even in things...declared that they be taken out of Holy Scripture." — Art. xxi. by an overwhelming superstitious or heretical majority.8 After all, the great question,...

...liability to error, and still more from error actually committed, " in things pertaining unto God," that " things ordained by them as necessary to salvation...declared that they be taken out of holy scripture." The meaning of these latter words surely cannot be that a council, to give authority to its decrees,...

...sometimes have erred, even in things pertaining unto God, and therefore that things ordained by them have neither strength nor authority, unless it may be declared that they may be taken out of the Holy Scriptures."1 She avails herself, and wisely, of ancient formularies of...