 | James J. L. Ratton - Bible - 1915 - 566 pages
...Miletus to Ephesus, he called the ancients of the Church " (Acts xx. 17). And thus he addressed them : " Take heed to yourselves and to the whole flock, wherein the Holy Ghost hath placed you overseers [eirio-Koiroi] to rule the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood" (Acts... | |
 | Paolo Manna - Missionaries - 1921 - 372 pages
...Matthias to take up the apostolate of Judas the Traitor. St. Paul says solemnly to the bishops of Ephesus, Take heed to yourselves, and to the whole flock, wherein...hath placed you bishops, to rule the church of God (Acts xx, 28). In fact, the Apostles, after they had received the Holy Ghost, and while they were preaching... | |
 | Popes - 1923 - 320 pages
...fold. Others, too, in Holy Writ, are addressed as shepherds, but with a limitation, as, " Take heed to the whole flock wherein the Holy Ghost hath placed you bishops," or " Feed the flock of God which is among you." And, more emphatically it was said, " Go ye, therefore,... | |
 | Jakob Linden - Apologetics - 1923 - 120 pages
...legitimate successors of the Apostles, the Catholic bishops. Hence St. Paul admonishes the bishops: "Take heed to yourselves, and to the whole flock,...hath placed you bishops, to rule the Church of God" (Acts 20: 28). . 4. Have the Priests, too, Special Power? Catholic Doctrine: The priests, too, in Holy... | |
 | Francis Joseph Winslow - Canon law - 1924 - 172 pages
...of the apostles, but were constituted their successors, divinely infused with the apostolic powers: "The Holy Ghost hath placed you bishops to rule the Church of God.".? In the beginning the work of propagating the faith fell to the episcopal office but due to the growth of the... | |
 | 1924 - 142 pages
...they believed." He refers to this appointment again in chapter xx, 28, where he admonishes the Elders: "Take heed to yourselves and to the whole flock, wherein the Holy Ghost hath placed (edeTo eTria-Kmrow) you bishops, to rule the Church of God." In the Pastoral Letters he brings out... | |
 | Francis Joseph Winslow - Canon law - 1924 - 168 pages
...of the apostles, but were constituted their successors, divinely infused with the apostolic powers: "The Holy Ghost hath placed you bishops to rule the Church of God. "3 In the beginning the work of propagating the faith fell to the episcopal office but due to the growth... | |
 | Charles Henry Schultz - Preaching - 1926 - 290 pages
...and to us" ; so St. Paul declared, "I have not spared to declare unto you the whole counsel of God. Take heed to yourselves, and to the whole flock, wherein...hath placed you Bishops, to rule the Church of God, which He hath purchased with His blood," referring to the Corporate Episcopate in its extension with... | |
 | 1926 - 172 pages
...prerogative; they have it not from another, for Christ said to St. Peter in particular, 'Feed my sheep.' ' 'The Holy Ghost hath placed you bishops, to rule the Church of God' " (Acts XX28). He quotes St. Martin of Tours as telling the Emperor openly that he was 'in the Church... | |
 | Francis X. Doyle - Apologetics - 1927 - 536 pages
...priests in every city" (Tit. I, 5) ; and, writing to the rulers of the Church of Ephesus, St. Paul says: "Take heed to yourselves and to the whole flock wherein...hath placed you Bishops, to rule the Church of God, which He hath purchased with His own blood."2 (Acts XX, 28.) The infallible teaching of the Church... | |
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Take heed to yourselves, and to the whole flock, wherein the Holy Ghost hath placed you bishops, to rule the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 
