"The Independent or Congregational theory includes two principles;……" — Charles Hodge
"The Independent or Congregational theory includes two principles; first, that the governing and executive power in the Church is in the brotherhood; and secondly, that the Church organization is complete in each worshipping assembly, which is independent of every other."
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Charles Hodge
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58 Quotes by Charles Hodge
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As we fell in Adam, we are saved in Christ. To deny the principle in the one case, is to…
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He [man] knows that when he is not what he ought to be; when he does what he ought not…
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To be in Christ is the source of the Christian life; to be like Christ is the sum of his…
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There is no form of conviction more intimate and irresistible than that which arises from the inward teaching of the…
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Our duty, privilege, and security are in believing, not in knowing; in trusting God, and not our own understanding. They…
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It is a thoroughly anti-Christian doctrine that the Spirit of God, and therefore the life and governing power of the…
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