Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (1658), Savoy Assembly · PDF

Paragraph 33.5

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Chapter 33: Of the Institution of Churches, and the Order Appointed in them by Jesus Christ

These particular Churches thus appointed by the Authority of Christ, and intrusted with power from him for the ends before expressed, are each of them as unto those ends, the seat of that Power which he is pleased to communicate to his Saints or Subjects in this world, so that as such they receive it immediately from himself.

These particular Churches thus appointed by the Authority of Christ, and entrusted with power from him for the ends before expressed, are each of them as unto those ends, the seat of that Power which he is pleased to communicate to his Saints or Subjects in this world, so that as such they receive it immediately from himself.