But the spirit dwells in the whole church, and therefore the whole church is the seat of church power. — Charles Hodge
All church power is, therefore, properly ministerial and administrative. Everything is to be done in the name of christ — Charles Hodge
All the reasons which require the subjection of a believer to the brethren of a particular church — Charles Hodge
As the church is the aggregate of believers, there is an intimate analogy between the experience of the individual — Charles Hodge
But to be the vicar of christ, to claim to exercise his prerogatives on earth, does involve a claim — Charles Hodge
Christ has not only ordained that there shall be such officers in his church – he has not only specified — Charles Hodge
If all church power vests in the clergy, then the people are practically bound to passive obedience in all matters — Charles Hodge
It is a thoroughly anti-christian doctrine that the spirit of God, and therefore the life and governing power — Charles Hodge
Original sin is the only rational solution of the undeniable fact of the deep, universal and early manifested — Charles Hodge
Our first remark on this subject is that the ministry is an office, and not merely a work. — Charles Hodge
Our second remark is, that the office is of divine appointment, not merely in the sense in which the civil — Charles Hodge
Romanists tell us that the pope is the vicar of christ; that he is his successor as the universal head and — Charles Hodge
So too, in forming a constitution, or in enacting rules of procedure, or making canons — Charles Hodge
The church is everywhere represented as one. It is one body, one family, one fold, one kingdom. — Charles Hodge
The church, during the apostolic age, did not consist of isolated, independent congregations, but was one body — Charles Hodge
The church, however, is a self-governing society, distinct from the state, having its officers and laws — Charles Hodge
The functions of these elders, therefore, determine the power of the people; for a representative — Charles Hodge
The galatians are severely censured for giving heed to false doctrines, and are called to pronounce — Charles Hodge
The independent or congregational theory includes two principles; first, that the governing and — Charles Hodge
The reformers, therefore, as instruments in the hands of God, in delivering the church from bondage to prelates — Charles Hodge
The right of the people to a substantive part in the government of the church is recognized and sanctioned — Charles Hodge
There can, therefore, be no doubt that presbyterians do carry out the principle that church power vests — Charles Hodge
When the great promise of the spirit was fulfilled on the day of pentecost, it was fulfilled not in — Charles Hodge