THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHURCH.
SCRIPTURE.
Matt. xviii. 17. “And if he will not hear them, tell the Church. And if he will not hear the Church, let him be to thee as the heathen and the publican.” Ib. xxviii. 18, 19. “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth: go ye therefore and teach all nations."
Mark xvi. 15. “Go ye into the whole world, and preach the gospel to every creature."
Luke x. 16. “He that heareth you, heareth me; and he that despiseth you, despiseth me, and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me.”
Rom. x. 17, 18. “Faith then cometh by hearing; and hearing by the word of Christ. But I say: have they not heard? Yes, verily their sound hath gone forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the whole world."
1 Cor. xii. 28, 29. “And God indeed hath set some in the Church, first Apostles, secondly Prophets, thirdly Teachers. -Are all Apostles? Are all Prophets? Are all Teachers?”
1 John iv. 6. “He that knoweth God, heareth us: he that is not of God, heareth us not: by this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.”
