| William Graham Brooke - Ecclesiastical law - 1872 - 344 pages
...unaccompanied by any remark, as implying his own belief that the party to whom it relates " has not held, written, or taught anything contrary to the doctrine or discipline of the United Church of England and Ireland;" and as my own experience unfortunately attests that the Rev.... | |
| Great Britain. Courts - Law reports, digests, etc - 1873 - 562 pages
...honestly, and that they have not heard anything to the contrary thereof, nor that he has at any time held, written, or taught anything contrary to the doctrine or discipline of the Church; and that they believe him to be, as to his moral conduct, a person worthy to be admitted to the benefice.... | |
| William Stevens Perry - 1874 - 328 pages
...testify that AB, for the space of three years last past, hath lived piously, soberly, and honestly : Nor hath he at any time, as far as we know or believe, written, taught, or held, anything contrary to the doctrine or discipline of the Protestant Episcopal... | |
| United States protest. episc. ch, gen. convention - 1874 - 672 pages
...space of three years last past, that he hath during that time lived piously, soberly, and honestly : Nor hath he at any time, as far as we know or believe, written, taught, or held, any thing contrary to the doctrine or discipline of the Church of England.... | |
| William Stevens Perry (bp. of Iowa.) - 1875 - 322 pages
...testify that AB, for the space of three years last past, hath lived piously, soberly, and honestly : Nor hath he at any time, as far as we know or believe, written, taught, or held, anything contrary to the doctrine or discipline of the Protestant Episcopal... | |
| John Henry Blunt - Church work - 1875 - 460 pages
...least, of which he has been in Deacon's orders) he has lived piously, soberly, and honestly ; has not held, written, or taught anything contrary to the doctrine or discipline of the Church in which he is to minister ; and is considered to be, as to his moral conduct, a person worthy to be... | |
| Scotland episc. church, canons - 1877 - 104 pages
...hath lived piously, soberly, and honestly, and diligently applied himself to his studies ; nor have we at any time heard anything to the contrary thereof...hath he at any time (as far as we know or believe) maintained or written anything contrary to the doctrine or discipline of the Episcopal Church in Scotland... | |
| Thomas William Wood - Ordination - 1879 - 176 pages
...the whole of that time we verily believe that he lived piously, soberly, and honestly ; nor have we at any time heard anything to the contrary thereof...hath he at any time, as far as we know or believe, maintained, said or written anything contrary to the doctrine or discipline of the Church of England... | |
| Thomas Moore, T. M. - Anglican Communion - 1881 - 502 pages
...we verily believe him to have lived, in all respects, piously, soberly, and honestly ; nor have we at any time heard anything to the contrary thereof ; nor hath he at any time, as far as we know or have heard, maintained, said, or written anything contrary to the doctrine or discipline of the Church... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1852 - 808 pages
...misstated the form of 285 Frame {COMMONS} Vicarage — the testimonial, that Mr. Bennett had never done anything contrary to the doctrine or discipline of the Church of England. The language of the testimonial is, that he had never held, written, nor taught anything contrary to... | |
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