...the Apostles instituted certain inferior degrees of ministry ; yet the truth is, • Letter vp 219. that in the New Testament there is no mention made of any other degree or distinction in orders, but only of Deacons or Ministers, and of Presbyters or Bishops."...

...with a great number of other ecclesiastics, subscribed this proposition, " that in the New Testaincnt there is no mention made of any degrees or distinctions...deacons or ministers, and of priests or bishops." Bat-net, ut supra, p. 324. Cranmer says : " In the New Testament, he that is appointed a bishop or...

...signed by more than 3? civilians and divines, among whom were J3 bishops, Cranmer and others, affirms, .that in the New Testament there is no mention made...distinctions, in orders, but only of deacons or ministers, and priests or bishops. It was also the opinion of archbishop Usher, that bishop and presbyter diHered...

...wherein they followed undoubtedly the Example and Rites used in the Old Testament ; yet the truth is, that in the New Testament there is no mention made...of Deacons or Ministers, and of Priests or Bishops : Nor is there any word spoken of any other Ceremony used in the conferring of this Sacrament, but...

...Archbishops of Canterbury and York, eleven bishops, and many other doctors and civilians, it is asserted, " That in the New " Testament there is no mention made of any degrees or dis" tinctions in orders, but only of deacons or ministers, and of " priests or bishops." The same...

...is asserted, " That in the New " Testament there is no mention made of any degrees or dis" tinctions in orders, but only of deacons or ministers, and of " priests or bishops.'' The same declaration occurs iu the book called " The Erudition of a Christian Man, composed " by the...

...period, which states, that "in the new testament there is no mention of any degree or distinction of orders, but only of deacons or ministers, and of priests or bishops."* This declaration was signed by thirty-seven distinguished civilians and divines, and by thirteen bishops....

...York, nineteen Christian Bishops, eight Archdeacons, and seventeen Doctors of Di- Ma "> folvinity, Canon and Civil Law, that " in the New Testament "...lopped off four supernumerary articles in the Apo" stles' Creed;" because he was charged with affirming, I. That the Apostles composed not the vulgar...

...wherein they followed undoubtedly the example and rites used in the Old Testament ; yet the truth is, that in the New Testament there is no mention made...of Deacons or Ministers, and of Priests or Bishops : nor is there any word spoken of any other ceremony used in the conferring of this Sacrament, but...

...archbishops, Cranmer and Lee, eleven bishops and twenty canonists, in which it is said, " the truth is that in the New Testament there is no mention made...any degrees or distinctions in orders, but only of ministers or deacons, and of priests or bishops." The same thing is said almost in the same words "...