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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV. The views of the Reformers on the subject of the Eldership, and on the application to it of the terra Presbyter. We deem it altogether unnecessary to adduce any proof that the reformed churches generally adopted the principle that the laity had a right to participate in the government of the church; and that as generally they carried out this belief by the appointment of delegated representatives, chosen by the people, and most commonly called seniors, elders, assistants, commissioners, or by some similar and analogous name. Dr. Miller has left every one without excuse who doubts either of these positions.1 And the fact that the laity were so represented in the ancient British churches, in the Waldensian churches, and also in the Syrian churches in the distant East, where lay representatives of the people continue to exist to the present day, is very strong presumption of its apostolic origin and practice. From these ancient churches, Calvin and the other reformers adopted their principles of ecclesiastical polity and discipline. Now besides ministers of the word and sacraments, the Wal- denses always had, and held to be necessary, a certain college of men, to use the words of Bucer concerning them, excelling in prudence and gravity of spirit, whose office it is to admonish and correct offending brethren. In their ancient discipline, which dates back to the twelfth century, after treating of ministers or pastors, it goes on to say, that God has given to his people to choose from themselves guides (or pastors) of thepeople, and ancients in their charges according to the diversity of the work in the unity of Christ.1 In the Confession of Faith now in use among them, these officers are called les anciens, that is, ancients, seniors, or elders:2 se...


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217122351
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 88
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217122353
  • Publisher Date: 01 Apr 2013
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 172 gr


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