Aphorisms of Christian religionAphorismes of Christian religion

Name: Aphorisms of Christian religion
Author: John Calvin

Aphorisms of Christian religion: or, a very compendious abridgement of M. I. Calvins Institutions set forth in short sentences methodically by M. I. Piscator: and now Englished according to the authors third and last edition, by H. Holland.Aphorismes of Christian religion: or, a verie compendious abridgement of M. I. Calvins Institutions set forth in short sentences methodically by M. I. Piscator: and now Englished according to the authors third and last edition, by H. Holland.

John Calvin 1509–1564London: printed by Richard Field and Robert Dexter, 1596

[24], 197, [3] p. · 35k words · STC 4374 · ESTC S107177

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Chapter 20 › Aphorism 3: III.

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In the old Testament the continuing and ordinary Ministers of the Church were Patriarchs, Priests and Levites: the temporal & extraordinary the Prophets.

In the old Testament the continuing and ordinarie Ministers of the Church were Patriarches, Priests and Leuites: the temporall & extraordinarie the Prophets.

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In the new Testament, the perpetual and ordinary are ^aPastors & ^bTeachers: the temporal and extraordinary were the ^cApostles, ^dProphets and ^eEvangelists.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

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