 | Edward Bishop Elliott - 1847 - 638 páginas
...Dr. Hook himself can do so. " There is not a minister in all Christendom," says Archbishop Whately, " who is able to trace up, with any approach to certainty, his own spiritual pedigree." Kingdom of Christ, p. 176. The Archbishop refers to many irregularities of consecration, which, especially... | |
 | Abel Stevens - 1848 - 222 páginas
...reason, attain; and the more he reflects and inquires, the more cause for hesitation will he find. There is not a minister in Christendom who is able...approach to certainty, his own spiritual pedigree." " If a bishop has not been duly consecrated . . . his ordinations are null; and so are the ministrations... | |
 | Leonard Woods - 1851 - 620 páginas
...reason, attain ; and the more he reflects and inquires, the more cause for hesitation will he find. There is not a minister in Christendom, who is able...approach to certainty, his own spiritual pedigree." " If a bishop has not been duly consecrated — his ordinations are null ; and so are the ministrations... | |
 | John Waugh (of - ?) - 1849 - 120 páginas
...contradictory, subversive of our own, and every church's claims." * * * " There is not a mihistcr in aU Christendom who is able to trace up, with any approach to certainty his own spiritual pedigree." BISHOP OF HEREFORD. "Ynu will exceed all just bounds, if yn i are constantly insisting upon tho necessity... | |
 | 1849 - 588 páginas
...path. Archbishop Whately says : — ' There is not a Minister in Christendom (on the assumed theory) who is able to trace up, with any approach to certainty, his own spiritual pedigree.' The attempt strikes us as resembling the folly of Indians who pretend to trace the fire in their pipes,... | |
 | Leonard Woods - 1851 - 620 páginas
...reason, attain ; and the more he reflects and inquires, the more cause for hesitation will he find. There is not a minister in Christendom, who is able...approach to certainty, his own spiritual pedigree." " If a bishop has not been duly consecrated — his ordinations are null ; and so are the ministrations... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 páginas
...he reflects and inquires, the more cause for hesitation he will find. There is not a minister in all Christendom who is able to trace up with any approach to certainty his own spiritual pedigree. The sacramental virtue (for such it is, that is implied — whether the term be used or not in the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 páginas
...he reflects and inquires, the more cause for hesitation he will find. There is not a minister in all Christendom who is able to trace up with any approach to certainty his own spiritual pedigrce. The sacramental virtue (for such it is, that is implied — whether the term be used or not... | |
 | 1852 - 588 páginas
...Whately has well said, and also Thomas B. Macaulay to the same purpose : " THERE is NOT A MINISTER IN ALL CHRISTENDOM, WHO is ABLE TO TRACE UP, WITH ANY APPROACH TO CERTAINTY, HIS OWN SPIRITUAL PEDIGREE."* And of course, he of New York, Baltimore, or Wheeling, is minus one drop of apostolic blood, or one patch... | |
 | sir George Sinclair (2nd bart.) - 1852 - 818 páginas
...following important admissions, or, I would rather say, facts: — 1. "THERE is NOT A MINISTER IN ALL CHRISTENDOM, WHO is ABLE TO TRACE UP, WITH ANY APPROACH TO CERTAINTY, HIS OWN SPIRITUAL PEDIGREE." " We read of bishops consecrated when mere children — of men officiating, who barely knew their letters... | |
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There is not a Minister in all Christendom who is able to trace up with any approach to certainty his own spiritual pedigree. 
