...signed by Cranmer and a large number of Bishops and Divines, and contains the following passage : " In the New Testament there is no mention made of any...of Deacons or Ministers, and of Priests or Bishops. "§ * Bur. vol. I. p. 372. t Bur. vol. I. Par. 1, pp. 372-374. t Hist. vol. I. Par. 2, Add. No. 1 and...

...they did elect, call, and admit thereunto by their prayers and imposition of hands." " The truth is, that in the New Testament there is no mention made of any degrees or distinctiona in orders, but only of deacons or ministers, and of priests or bishops.' Thirteen bishops,...

...opinion of the original and essential identity of the office of bishop and that of presbyter. He held that " in the New Testament there is no mention made...deacons or ministers, and of priests or bishops." Thirteen bishops, with a great number of other ecclesiastics, subscribed to this proposition. (See...

...quotes from a document signed by archbishops, bishops, doctors of divinity, &c., " that in the Now Testament there is no mention made of any degrees...deacons or ministers, and of priests or bishops." Archbishop USHEE, on being asked for his judgment on " the validity of presbyters' ordination," is...

...prepared by Cranmer, Latimer, and eight other bishops, at the command of the King, it is affirmed, that in the New Testament, there is no mention made of any degrees or orders, but only of deacons and of priests, or bishops." This was the prevailing doctrine, then, but...

...prepared by Cranmer, Latimer, and eight other bishops, at the command of the King, it is affirmed, that in the New Testament, there is no mention made of any degrees or orders, but only of deacons and of priests, or bishops." This was the prevailing doctrine, then, but...

...by the bishop, it observes, when noticing the various orders in the Church of Rome : ' The truth is, that in the New Testament there is no mention made...deacons or ministers, and of priests or bishops.' And throughout, when speaking of the jurisdiction and other privileges belonging to the ministry, it...

...opinion oE the original and essential identity of the office of bishop and that of presbyter. He held that " in the New Testament there is no mention made...deacons or ministers, and of priests or bishops." Thirteen bishops, with a great cumber of other ecclesiastics, subscribed to this proposition. See Burnet's...

...beginning of Christ's religion." Thirteen bishops, with a great number of divines, signed a declaration that "in the New Testament there is no mention made...of any degrees or distinctions in orders, but only deacons or ministers, presbyters or bishops." Bishop Hooper, under date 8th February, 1550, in a letter...

...1» Id. p. 122. professors of the civil and ecclesiastical laws. It closed with the statement that110 In the New Testament there is no mention made of any...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...