Christ has not only ordained that there shall be such officers in his Church - he has not only specified their duties… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
Romanists tell us that the Pope is the vicar of Christ; that he is his successor as the universal head and ruler… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
True zeal is connected with a holy life. It is remarkable how often the greatest zealots for God, the Church, and sound… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
The right of the people to a substantive part in the government of the Church is recognized and sanctioned by the apostles… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
If all Church power vests in the clergy, then the people are practically bound to passive obedience in all matters of faith… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
As the Church is the aggregate of believers, there is an intimate analogy between the experience of the individual believer, and of… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
The Popish theory, which assumes that Christ, the Apostles and believers, constituted the Church while our Saviour was on earth, and this… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
All Church power is, therefore, properly ministerial and administrative. Everything is to be done in the name of Christ, and in accordance… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
The Reformers, therefore, as instruments in the hands of God, in delivering the Church from bondage to prelates, did not make it… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
The Church, during the apostolic age, did not consist of isolated, independent congregations, but was one body, of which the separate churches… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
All the reasons which require the subjection of a believer to the brethren of a particular church require his subjection to all… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
If the Church is a living body united to the same head, governed by the same laws, and pervaded by the same… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
The Bible contains all the extant revelations of God, which He designed to be the rule of faith and practice for his… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
The Independent or Congregational theory includes two principles; first, that the governing and executive power in the Church is in the brotherhood;… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
The Church, however, is a self-governing society, distinct from the State, having its officers and laws, and, therefore, an administrative government of… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
All Church power arises from the indwelling of the Spirit; therefore those in whom the Spirit dwells are the seat of Church… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
The Church is everywhere represented as one. It is one body, one family, one fold, one kingdom. It is one because pervaded… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
There can, therefore, be no doubt that Presbyterians do carry out the principle that Church power vests in the Church itself, and… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
It is a thoroughly anti-Christian doctrine that the Spirit of God, and therefore the life and governing power of the Church, resides… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
If the Church is a living body united to the same head, governed by the same laws, and pervaded by the same Spirit, it… — Charles Hodge Copy Share
As we fell in Adam, we are saved in Christ. To deny the principle in the one case, is to deny it in the… — Charles Hodge Copy Share
Christian humility does not consist in denying what there is of good in us; but in an abiding sense of ill-desert, and in the… — Charles Hodge Copy Share
Every man, therefore, who expects justification by works, must see to it, not that he is better than other men, or that he is… — Charles Hodge Copy Share
“Κατὰ τὴν δύναμιν τὴν ἐνεργουμένην ἐν ἡμῖν, according to the power that worketh in us. The infinite power of God from which so much… — Charles Hodge Copy Share
True zeal is connected with a holy life. It is remarkable how often the greatest zealots for God, the Church, and sound doctrine (as… — Charles Hodge Copy Share
The sin of Adam did not make the condemnation of all men merely possible; it was the ground of their actual condemnation. So the… — Charles Hodge Copy Share
The Independent or Congregational theory includes two principles; first, that the governing and executive power in the Church is in the brotherhood; and secondly,… — Charles Hodge Copy Share
As the Church is the aggregate of believers, there is an intimate analogy between the experience of the individual believer, and of the Church… — Charles Hodge Copy Share
Faith is not a blind, irrational conviction. In order to believe, we must know what we believe, and the grounds on which our faith… — Charles Hodge Copy Share
A Christian is one who recognizes Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God, as God manifested in the flesh, loving us… — Charles Hodge Copy Share
Prayer is the converse of the soul with God. Therein we manifest or express to Him our reverence, and love for His divine perfection,… — Charles Hodge Copy Share
If Christ has risen the Bible is true from Genesis to Revelation. The kingdom of darkness has been overthrown. Satan has fallen like lightning… — Charles Hodge Copy Share
Foolish talking and jesting are not the ways in which Christian cheerfulness should express itself, but rather "giving of thanks" (Eph. 5:4). Religion is… — Charles Hodge Copy Share
Sanctification is not a work of nature, but a work of grace. It is a transformation of character effected not by moral influences, but… — Charles Hodge Copy Share
