Where the Church must needs have some ordained, and neither hath nor can have possibly a bishop to ordain, in case of such necessity the ordinary institution of God hath given oftentimes, and may give place. And therefore we are not simply without exception... Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 173by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897Full view - About this book
| Richard Hooker - Church polity - 1793 - 634 pages
...hath, nor can have poflibly a Bifhop to ordain ; in cafe of fuch neceffity, the ordinary Inftitution of God hath given oftentimes, and may give place. And therefore we are not, fimply without exception, to urge a lineal defcent of power from the Apoftles by continued fucceflion... | |
| 1839 - 618 pages
...ordained, ' and neither hath nor can have possibly a bishop to ordain, in ' case of such necessity the ordinary institution of God hath given ' oftentimes,...Apostles by continued succession of bishops in every effec' tual ordination.' There can be little doubt, we think, that the succession, if it ever existed,... | |
| William Linn - Episcopacy - 1806 - 232 pages
...Episcopal ordination. But it is evident that, with this exception alone, we may, according to Hooker, urge " a lineal descent of power from the Apostles,...succession of Bishops in every effectual ordination." For in the strongest language, he excludes, in every other case, all ordination but Episcopal. " These... | |
| Richard Hooker, Izaak Walton - Church polity - 1821 - 478 pages
...ordained, and neither hath, nor can have possibly, a bishop, to ordain ; in case of such necessity, the ordinary institution of God hath given oftentimes,...succession of bishops in every effectual ordination. These cases of inevitable necessity excepted, none may ordain but only bishops : by the imposition... | |
| Richard Hooker - 1822 - 472 pages
...ordained, and neither hath, nor can have possibly, a bishop, to ordain ; in case of such necessity, the ordinary institution of God hath given oftentimes,...succession of bishops in every effectual ordination. These cases of inevitable necessity excepted, none may ordain but only bishops: by the imposition of... | |
| Richard Hooker - Church polity - 1825 - 656 pages
...ordained, and neither hath, nor can have possibly, a Bishop to ordain ; in case of such necessity, the ordinary institution of God hath given oftentimes,...succession of Bishops in every effectual Ordination. These cases of inevitable necessity excepted, none may ordain but only Bishops : by the Imposition... | |
| Richard Hooker - 1830 - 584 pages
...ordained, and neither hath, nor can have possibly, a Bishop to ordain ; in case of such Necessity, the ordinary institution of God hath given oftentimes,...succession of Bishops in every effectual Ordination. * These cases of inevitable Necessity excepted, none may ordain but only Bishops: by the Imposition... | |
| Richard Hooker - Church polity - 1830 - 552 pages
...ordained, and neither hath, nor can have possibly, a Bishop to ordain ; in case of such Necessity, the ordinary institution of God hath given oftentimes,...succession of Bishops in every effectual Ordination. * These cases of inevitable Necessity excepted, none may ordain but only Bishops: by the Imposition... | |
| John Henry Hopkins - Episcopacy - 1835 - 412 pages
...ordained, and neither have, nor can have possibly, a bishop to ordain ; in case of such necessity, the ordinary institution of God, hath given oftentimes,...succession of bishops in every effectual ordination. These cases of inevitable necessity excepted, none may ordain but only bishops.' And again, the same... | |
| George Stanley Faber - 1837 - 178 pages
...Bishop to ordain. In case of such NECESSITY, the ordinary institution of God hath given ofientimes, and may give, place : and therefore, WE ARE NOT, SIMPLY...SUCCESSION OF BISHOPS, IN EVERY EFFECTUAL ORDINATION. These cases of INEVITABLE NECESSITY excepted, none may ordain but only Bishops. Hooker's Eccles. Polit.... | |
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