 | Peter George Mode - Religion - 1921 - 772 pages
...entangle us' 4. As our American brethren are now totally disentangled, both from the state and the Knglish hierarchy, we dare not entangle them again, either...the one or the other. They are now at full liberty simplv to follow the Scriptures and the primitive church. And we judge it best that they should stand... | |
 | Sects - 1922 - 444 pages
...America, and stated that as "our American brethren are now totally disentangled both from the state and the English hierarchy, we dare not entangle them again, either with the one or with the other. They are now at full liberty simply to follow the Scriptures and the Primitive Church."... | |
 | Church and the world - 1887 - 452 pages
...expect to govern them. And how grievously this would entangle us! (4) As our American brethren are now totally disentangled both from the State and from the English hierarchy, ice dare not entangle them again, either with the one or the other. They are now at full liberty simply... | |
 | United States. Bureau of the Census - Church statistics - 1929 - 1474 pages
...was also stated that as "our American brethen are now totally disentangled both from the state and the English hierarchy, we dare not entangle them again, either with the one or with the other. They are now at full liberty simply to follow the Scriptures and the Primitive Church."... | |
 | H. N. Fairchild - Literary Criticism - 2010 - 428 pages
...likewise expect to govern them. And how grievously would this entangle us! As our American brethren are now totally disentangled, both from the State and...the one or the other. They are now at full liberty to follow the Scriptures and the Primitive Church. And we judge it best that they should stand fast... | |
 | John Wesley - Biography & Autobiography - 1964 - 532 pages
...expect to govern them. And how grievously would this entangle us! (4) As our American brethren are now totally disentangled both from the state and from...either with the one or the other. They are now at fuil liberty simply to follow the Scriptures and the primitive cburch. And we judge it best that they... | |
 | Richard W. Pointer - Religion - 1988 - 240 pages
...followers were often deprived of the sacraments. Moreover, he argued, "As our American brethren are now totally disentangled both from the State, and...not entangle them again, either with the one or the other."36 The formation of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the establishment of regional annual... | |
 | Richard Thomas Hughes - Political Science - 1988 - 280 pages
...church history: "As our American brethren are now totally disentangled both from the state [the new USA] and from the English hierarchy, we dare not entangle them again either with the one or the other [note this affirmation of the separation of church and state six years before the First Amendment].... | |
 | Richard Thomas Hughes - Religion - 1995 - 256 pages
...of religion from the state in the new American republic, he wrote that the American Methodists were "now at full liberty, simply to follow the scriptures and the primitive church." 15 Wesley was constrained by unity as a primary mark of the apostolic church, and he resisted every... | |
 | Karen B. Westerfield Tucker - Religion - 2001 - 368 pages
...denomination from England. One aspect of that freedom concerned liturgical expression: Methodists were now "at full liberty, simply to follow the scriptures and the primitive church."2 The liberty so defined clearly implied certain norms for Christian worship. Wesley's adherence... | |
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As our American brethren are now totally disentangled both from the State and from the English hierarchy, we dare not entangle them again either with the one or the other. They arc now at full liberty simply to follow the Scriptures and the Primitive... 
