...art. 14. Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria, ie a city of that country, had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John : 15. Who, when they were come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. 16. For...

...people to receive baptism, as the appointed means of obtaining the effusions of the Holy Ghost. "Now when the Apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that...the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: for as yet...

...this statement, are Acts viii. 14, 25; xiii. 3 ; and xiv. 26, 27. The first is in these words, "Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that...word of God. they sent unto them Peter and John." In closing the paragraph, the sacred historian adds, that " they [the two apostles] returned to Jerusalem."...

...acting the primate, but submitting with St. John to the collective authority of the apostolic college. ' When the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard •'...received the word of God, they 'sent unto them Peter and John.'t It is easy to conceive that Christ's vicar might send two of his dependant suffragans, in the...

...haptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, heholding the miracles and signs which were done. jl4 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that...received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter «td John : t 15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Ghost...

...immediately by their apostolical brethren, or by the whole church— Thus we read (Acts viii. 14), that < when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God [by the preaching of Philip, driven there by persecution] they sent unto them Peter and John;' and...

...beholding the miracles and signs which were done. Now when the Apostles which were at Je- 14 rusalern heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John : who when they were come down, prayed for them 15 that they might receive the Holy Ghost : (For as...

...(for as yet 'he wns fallen UJMI none of them ; only they were baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus.) Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. The Gospel. St. John x. 1. VERILY, verily I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the...

...was fallen upon none of them ; only they were (ie had been) baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost." This, then, cannot be said to have been instituted by the Lord himself, seeing that He did not lay...

...the faith. For proof of this as matter of fact, we may allege the following narrative of St. Luke: " When the Apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that...the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: (for as yet...