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by the help of God.
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NEW TEST AM
The members of a young
cently surprised to hear tl
more bishops in the Presb)
other denomination of Chri
plained that the New Testa
terian bishops or elders, ai
the Episcopal or Roman Cat
again in that class.
What he said on that oc<
for the satisfaction of other
have given this subject serio
>1
1. i na.1 mere was no 01
Testament other than thos<
in every church has been tl
the Presbyterian Church sin
2. This position has been
of the most scholarly divii
munion, including Dr. Lig
the most brilliant exegcte
mentary on the Epistle to
article entitled, "The Synon
in which he maintains wit!
that bishop and presbyter
the same church officer.
The heads of his aremmei
(1) In Philippians I : I P;
deacons" and therefore th<
presbyters because "elders
church" and would not ht
apostolic salutation.
(2) In Act 20: 17 Paul sn
byters or elders of the chi
address to them he calls the
and 28.
(3) In 1 Peter 5:1-2 Sii
or presbyters to do theii
bishops of the flock, not by
(4) In 1 Timothy 3:1-7
qualifications of bishops and
(5)* In Titus 1:5-7 Paul
and bishop as two titles for
(6) Clement, of Rome, w
these words as Paul had us
the same order of church o
(7) This identity of bishc
is found in the Peshito S]
Scriptures.
How can the diocesan bis
Papal Church be defendet
facts as these? It is gener;
admit the facts on the grou
is a natural development frc
or New Testament elders.
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ENT BISHOPS.
men's Bible class were rele
teacher say, "There are
rterian Church than in any
stians." When he had exnient
bishops were Presbvrid
not diocesan bishops in
holic sense, there was peace
:asion is here given in part
young men who may never
>us attention:
rder of bishops in the New
i elders who were ordained
lie faith and the practice of
ce apostolic times,
i held and defended by many
nes of the Episcopal Comhtfoot,
Bishop of Durham,
of them all. In his Comthe
Philippians he has an
yms Bishop and Presbyter,"
li great force and clearness
and elder were names of
nt are as follows:
aul salutes the "bishops and
:se bishops were elders or
> were ordained in every
ive been omitted from the
inimons to Miletus the preslrch
of Ephesus and in his
:m bishops. Read verses 17
non Peter urges the elders
r work as shepherds and
constraint but willingly,
and 5: 17-19 Paul gives the
1 calls them elders,
again uses the words elder
the same church officer,
'riting about A. D. 90, uses
ed them to indicate one and
fficers.
krvo ti?lf 1-* 1 * ~
yo nun ciucia ui prcsuyiers
/riac version of the sacred
hop of the Episcopal or the
1 in the presence of such
ally defended by those who
nd that the diocesan bishop
>m the Presbyterian b:shops
This is a historic fact, but
f OF THE SOUTH.
no more defensible than th<
were developed in the Chi
the immediately following
i* a defense peculiarly unfc
because it lays him open t
diocesan bishop is a natura
Testament bishops or eldc
is the Pope a natural dev
bishop and therefore the 1
than the former. If the de
rv/-.,rw1 f 1-:- T7_:
swU iui ma episcopacy, w
Romanist and his Papacy?
no stopping place along th<
between New Testament
church and the Pope of Ro
Certainly there is no plac
succession in as much as tl
or elders in every church
the apostles, (2) were not
and (3) were not witnesses
Instead of several chun
should always be several bi
first is defended by "nat
second is the teaching of tli
is tne diocesan bishop of 1
the second is the New Test
terian Church. We will al
remain Presbyterians.
THE VOICE OF S
Writing, some time age
sophical and theological j
lisle expressed the followi
ions. After stating his- ow
of ministry may reasonably
ment facts, he goes on to a
however, within the Chur
Lightfoot, do not hold Epi
the New Testament; and a
scholars outside the Episc
of affirming that only two,
Christian ministry were i
This being so, however dea
Cession of oniccnnoto
w. v.tw Vp'^vvpaiv,
that it is indispensable to 1
sacraments? Can we mail
ways acceptable to God ,
devoted to episcopacy, and
able? Acceptable when mi
and unacceptable when min
To do this is to grant higli
moral monsters than to acl
Presbyterians, Methodists,
and many others outside tl
munion; while at the sam
that God the Holy Ghost is
Unfl IPC fiAlllc onJ I
avuu, anu opil lid, II]
above all in their holy ze
by their fruits we may kn<
then may these nomepisco
known to be branches of
by sacrament and nourishe
love."?Church of Scotland
June 9, 1909.
: genesis of other errors that
.irch during the second and
centuries of its history. It
irtunate for the Episcopalian
0 this pitiless assault if the
1 development from the ?e\v
:rs in every church, so also
elopment from the diocesan
attef is not more defensible
dense of the Episcopalian is 1
hy is it not also good for the 1
T or11 ? * 1- * 1
ivaii_v mere seems lO De
: line of natural development
bishops or elders in every
me.
e for the doctrine of apostolic
lese New Testament bish ?ps
(i) were not successors of
chosen by Christ in person,
of Christ's resurrection,
ches for every bishop there
shops for every church. The
ural development" and the
le New Testament. The first
P-! - " "
iiic episcopal v^nurch, while
anient bishops of the Presbybide
with the Scriptures and
ENSE AND TRUTH.
>, in one ot the great philo- |
otirnals, the Bishop of Carng
shrewd and sound opinn
belief that the three orders
be inferred from New Testaidd:
"Great Biblical scholars,
ch of England, like Bishop*
scopacy a fact established in
. whole host of great Biblical
opal dhurches go the length
and not three, orders of the
ecocnized hv AnnciUf
o -j
trly we prize the historic siiccan
we reasonably maintain
the validity of tlie Word and
itain that sacraments are alwhen
ministered by men
I otherwise always unaccept- .
inistered by a Caesar Borgia,
listered by a Richard Baxter?
icr sacramental preference to
cnowledged saints; to put all
Baptists, Congregationalists,
le reach of a valid holy come
time we know of a surety
, richly blessing them in their
i their work and worship, and
al for Foreign Missions. If
dw churches as well as men,
pal churches be certainly
the True Vine, incorporated
d by humble faith ana activp
I Magazine.