A86140:16
Heads of agreement assented to
Heads of agreement assented to by the united ministers in and about London, formerly called Presbyterian and Congregational
Edinburgh: printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, 1691
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I. Of Churches and Church-Members.
1. WE Acknowledge our Lord Jesus Christ to have one Catholic Church, or Kingdom, comprehending all that are united to him, whether in Heaven or Earth. And do conceive the whole multitude of visible Believers, and their Infant-Seed (commonly called the Catholic Church) to belong to Christ's Spiritual Kingdom in this world: But for the notion of a Catholic Visible Church here, as it signifies its having been collected into any formed Society, under a visible humane Head on Earth, whether one Person singly, or many collectively, We, with the rest of the Protestants, unanimously disclaim it.
1. WE Acknowledge our Lord Jesus Christ to have one Catholick Church, or Kingdom, comprehending all that are united to him, whether in Heaven or Earth. And do conceive the whole multitude of visible Believers, and their Infant-Seed (commonly called the Catholick Church) to belong to Christ's Spiritual Kingdom in this world: But for the notion of a Catholick Visible Church here, as it signifies its having been collected into any formed Society, under a visible humane Head on Earth, whether one Person singly, or many collectively, We, with the rest of the Protestants, unanimously disclaim it.
2. We agree, That particular Societies of visible Saints, who under Christ their Head, are statedly joined together for ordinary Communion with one another, in all the Ordinances of Christ, are particular Churches, and are to be owned by each other, as Instituted Churches of Christ, tho differing in apprehensions and practice in some lesser things.
2. We agree, That particular Societies of visible Saints, who under Christ their Head, are statedly joyned together for ordinary Communion with one another, in all the Ordinances of Christ, are particular Churches, and are to be owned by each other, as Instituted Churches of Christ, tho differing in apprehensions and practice in some lesser things.