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The church is called 'the pillar and ground of the truth' (1 Tim. 3:15) not because she supports and gives authority to the truth (since the truth is rather the foundation upon which the church is built, Eph. 2:20), but…
It is not always necessary that a thing should be proved by something else. For there are some things which are self-evident accordingto the philosophers (as the highest categories of things, and ultimate differences and…
The passage of Augustine, 'I would not believe the gospel if the authority of the church did not move me' (Against the Epistle of Manichaeus Called Fundamental 5 [NPNF1, 4:131; PL 42.176]) does not favor the papists. Fir…
The passage of Augustine, 'I would not believe the gospel if the authority of the church did not move me'does not favor the papists. First, Augustine speaks of himself as still a Manichean and not yet a Christian. What h…
Although all things are not written severally (kata meros) as to words and deeds (since there is neither a number nor science of singulars, of which Jn. 20:30 treats), yet they are written as to form (kat'eidos), as to t…
Although all things are not written severally as to words and deeds (since there is neither a number nor science of singulars, of which Jn. 20:30 treats), yet they are written as to form (kat'eidos), as to the substance…
It is not always necessary that a thing should be proved by something else. For there are some things which are self-evident accordingto the philosophers (as the highest categories of things, and ultimate differences and…
For some [Papists] (gymne te kephale, without wish of concealment) altogether deny the authenticity (authentian) of Scripture in itself without the testimony of the church and think it worthy of no more belief (I shudder…
Was it necessary for the word of God to be committed to writing? We affirm... Three things particularly prove the necessity of the Scripture: (1) the preservation of the word; (2) its vindication; (3) its propagation. It…
The oral (agraphous) traditions of the papists, for they speak diversely of them. Sometimes tradition is used by them for the 'act of tradition'by which the sacred books were preserved by the church in an uninterrupted s…
The 'seat of Moses' (Mt. 23:2) is not the succession in the place and office of Moses or the external court of a supreme judge to whom the authority in question belongs (for the seat of Moses was not in existence nor was…
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The church is called 'the pillar and ground of the truth' (1 Tim. 3:15) not because she supports and gives authority to the truth (since the truth is rather the foundation upon which the church is built, Eph. 2:20), but…
It is not always necessary that a thing should be proved by something else. For there are some things which are self-evident accordingto the philosophers (as the highest categories of things, and ultimate differences and…
The passage of Augustine, 'I would not believe the gospel if the authority of the church did not move me' (Against the Epistle of Manichaeus Called Fundamental 5 [NPNF1, 4:131; PL 42.176]) does not favor the papists. Fir…
The passage of Augustine, 'I would not believe the gospel if the authority of the church did not move me'does not favor the papists. First, Augustine speaks of himself as still a Manichean and not yet a Christian. What h…
Although all things are not written severally (kata meros) as to words and deeds (since there is neither a number nor science of singulars, of which Jn. 20:30 treats), yet they are written as to form (kat'eidos), as to t…
Although all things are not written severally as to words and deeds (since there is neither a number nor science of singulars, of which Jn. 20:30 treats), yet they are written as to form (kat'eidos), as to the substance…
It is not always necessary that a thing should be proved by something else. For there are some things which are self-evident accordingto the philosophers (as the highest categories of things, and ultimate differences and…
For some [Papists] (gymne te kephale, without wish of concealment) altogether deny the authenticity (authentian) of Scripture in itself without the testimony of the church and think it worthy of no more belief (I shudder…
Was it necessary for the word of God to be committed to writing? We affirm... Three things particularly prove the necessity of the Scripture: (1) the preservation of the word; (2) its vindication; (3) its propagation. It…
The oral (agraphous) traditions of the papists, for they speak diversely of them. Sometimes tradition is used by them for the 'act of tradition'by which the sacred books were preserved by the church in an uninterrupted s…
The 'seat of Moses' (Mt. 23:2) is not the succession in the place and office of Moses or the external court of a supreme judge to whom the authority in question belongs (for the seat of Moses was not in existence nor was…