Observations On Patronage And Calls By A Minister Of The Church Of Scotland

Author : James Bridges
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332973876
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Patronage in the Church of Scotland written by James Bridges and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-10 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Patronage in the Church of Scotland: Considered Forrester. The people's right to call their ministers is rationally, and in divine right, pleaded from that near and marriage-like relation which is between the pastor and flock. Gerhard orchard (a Saxon divine) says, Pastors are to be called with the consent of the Church; neither is any to be obtruded upon the Church against her will and he adds, this is proved by express Scripture testimony, and the constant practice of the primitive Church. Gillespie. The tenet of Protestants which Bellarmine undertook to confute is, that without the consent and suffrage of the people no man is to be esteemed lawfully elected or called to the ministry; and though our wri ters disclaimed many things which he imputes unto them, yet I do not find this disclaimed by any of them that wrote against him. - Miscellaneous Questions, p. 20. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.