It Is Important That When We Come

In Every System Of Theology, Therefore, There Is A Chapter De Libero Arbitrio. This Is A Question Which Every Theologian Finds In His Path, And Which He Must Dispose Of; And On The Manner In Which It Is Determined Depends His Theology, And Of Course His Religion, So Far As His Theology Is To Him A Truth And Reality

All Church Power Is, Therefore, Properly Ministerial And Administrative. Everything Is To Be Done In The Name Of Christ, And In Accordance With His Directions.

As The Church Is The Aggregate Of Believers, There Is An Intimate Analogy Between The Experience Of The Individual Believer, And Of The Church As A Whole.

If The Church Is A Living Body United To The Same Head, Governed By The Same Laws, And Pervaded By The Same Spirit, It Is Impossible That One Part Should Be Independent Of All The Rest.

So Too, In Forming A Constitution, Or In Enacting Rules Of Procedure, Or Making Canons, The People Do Not Merely Passively Assent, But Actively Cooperate. They Have, In All These Matters, The Same Authority As The Clergy.