England's Sacred Synods

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Excerpt from England's Sacred Synods: A Constitutional History of the Convocations of the Clergy, From the Earliest Records of Christianity in Britain, to the Date of the Promulgation of the Present Book of Common Prayer It was indeed one glory of the infant Church that there was a stedfast continuance 'in the Apostles'2 doctrine and fellowship, and now that Christ's personal presence was withdrawn, though there resided with each one of them the ordinary exercise of his ministry, yet with them as a college, resided the body of divine truth, and ultimate decision on all matters where doubt arose, as was said before, was not as an historical fact challenged by any one individual among them, but common counsel was taken by all. 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.