#church

The Popish theory, which assumes that Christ, the Apostles and believers, constituted the Church while our Saviour was on earth, and this organization was designed to be perpetual. ↗

— Charles Hodge

#assumes #believers #christ #church #constituted

The Reformers, therefore, as instruments in the hands of God, in delivering the Church from bondage to prelates, did not make it a tumultuous multitude, in which every man was a law to himself, free to believe, and free to do what he pleased. ↗

— Charles Hodge

#bondage #church #delivering #did #every

The right of the people to a substantive part in the government of the Church is recognized and sanctioned by the apostles in almost every conceivable way. ↗

— Charles Hodge

#apostles #church #conceivable #every #government

There can, therefore, be no doubt that Presbyterians do carry out the principle that Church power vests in the Church itself, and that the people have a right to a substantive part in its discipline and government. ↗

— Charles Hodge

#church #church power #discipline #doubt #government

But I'll tell you what, there was a lot of farmland between Falls Church and Washington. ↗

— Jim Fowler

#church #falls #farmland #i #lot

Men who hold a theory of the Church which excludes from communion those whom they admit to have the Spirit of Christ simply proclaim that their theory is in flat contradiction to the spiritual fact. ↗

— Roland Allen

#christ #church #communion #contradiction #excludes

The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make - not just on your wedding day, but over and over again - and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife. ↗

— Barbara de Angelis

#act #again #ballroom #choice #church

Vatican II declares the Church... as necessary for salvation. ↗

— Francis Arinze

#declares #ii #necessary #salvation #vatican

There's good things about going to church. ↗

— Ryan Gosling

#church #going #good #good things #things

Both my parents are Methodist preachers, I grew up in a church. ↗

— Wes Bentley

#church #grew #i #methodist #parents