...which says that it is apparent 'unto all men diligently reading the Holy Scripture and ancient Authors, from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church: Bishops, Priests and Deacons'. But we can say confidently that a ministry of personal...

...the Church of England's attitude towards the foundations of the sacred ministry: It is evident unto all men diligently reading Holy Scripture and ancient Authors, that from the Apostle's time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church; Bishops, Priests, and...

...being conferred. 512 The ordinal of 1550 was printed with a preface which read: It is evident unto all men, diligently reading Holy Scripture, and ancient authors, that from the apostles' time there hath been these orders of ministers in Christ's church: hishops, priests, and deacons, which offices...

...asserts, in the Preface to the Ordinal attached to the Book of Common Prayer, that 'it is evident unto all men diligently reading holy Scripture and ancient...time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church: Bishops, Priests, and Deacons', while in Article XXV it includes Orders as one of...

...from the Book of Common Prayer: It is evident to all men diligently reading Holy Scripture and the ancient authors, that from the apostles' time there have been these orders of Ministers in Christ's Church: Bishops, Priests and Deacons. Which offices were evermore had in such reverent estimation...

...l662' (para. 5, p. l00) is not given. 39. The assertion of the l662 Ordinal that it is 'evident unto all men diligently reading holy Scripture and ancient...from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders in Christ's Church; Bishops, Priests, and Deacons' (he. cit.) is certainly false as stated, but does...

...theory raised real doubts about the affirma-tion in the Preface to the Ordinal that 'it is evident unto all men, diligently reading holy scripture, and ancient authors, that from the Apostles' time there hath been these orders of ministers in Christ's Church: Bishops, Priests, and Deacons'. Since the last...

...has a theological pedigree in the established church as the Ordinal makes clear: It is evident unto all men, diligently reading Holy Scripture, and ancient authors, that from the Apostles' time there hath been these orders of ministers in Christ's church: Bishops, Priests, and Deacons . . . therefore...

...Preface to the forms of ordination reads: 'It is evident unto all men dihgently reading holy Scripmre and ancient Authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministry in Christ's Church: Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.'" Perhaps we can see here the great difficulty...

...been to confirm the statement in the Ordinal that the evidence of Scripture and antiquity indicated "that from the Apostles' time there have been these orders of Ministers in Christ's Church, Bishops, Priests, and Deacons". 39 Lightfoot insisted the tradition was against the...