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File Name: Ridout, Samuel - The Church and Its Order According to Scripture
File Submitter: david psalms
File Submitted: 17 Nov 2012
File Category: Reference Books (topx)
Author: Samuel Ridout
e-Sword Version: 9.x - 10.x

In many ways the name "Church" is misleading, partly because of a certain historical but unscriptural meaning attached to it, and partly because the word is used in so many different ways. For instance, a building where religious meetings are held is called a church; the persons meeting there form a church; the denomination with which they are connected is a church. Similarly, we have the Church of England, or Scotland — meaning the established form of religion in those countries. To the Romanist "the Church" means the Papal system, and to the ritualist something very similar.

TheEvangelical will tell us that the word has a twofold significance, designating respectively the visible and the invisible Church. Thus all professing Christendom forms the visible Church; while only the true believers form the invisible.

It is therefore necessary, as well as refreshing, to turn from these discordant definitions to the simple word of God, and gather from it the truths as to this important subject.

Table of Contents

1. Its Nature
2. The Unity of the Church.
3. Local Aspect of the Church.
4. Its Organization.
5. Its Worship
6. Its Ministry
7. Its Discipline
8. Miscellaneous Features.

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