We look at the present through a rear view mirror. We match backwards into the future.

&#39;Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.

Be  the  motion  of  emotion  but  not  emotional.

The ultimate ground of faith and knowledge is confidence in God.

If all Church power vests in the clergy, then the people are practically bound to passive obedience in all matters of faith and practice; for all right of private judgment is then denied.

Christ has not only ordained that there shall be such officers in his Church - he has not only specified their duties and prerogatives - but he gives the requisite qualifications, and calls those thus qualified, and by that call gives them their official authority.

Romanists tell us that the Pope is the vicar of Christ; that he is his successor as the universal head and ruler of the Church on earth. If this is so, he must be a Christ.

So too, in forming a constitution, or in enacting rules of procedure, or making canons, the people do not merely passively assent, but actively cooperate. They have, in all these matters, the same authority as the clergy.

All Church power is, therefore, properly ministerial and administrative. Everything is to be done in the name of Christ, and in accordance with his directions.

The right of the people to a substantive part in the government of the Church is recognized and sanctioned by the apostles in almost every conceivable way.

The Church, during the apostolic age, did not consist of isolated, independent congregations, but was one body, of which the separate churches were constituent members, each subject to all the rest, or to an authority which extended over all.

Charles Hodge

Quotes by Charles Hodge

Written By Charles Hodge

Written By Charles Hodge

Written By Charles Hodge

Written By Charles Hodge

Written By Charles Hodge

Written By Charles Hodge

Written By Charles Hodge

Written By Charles Hodge

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