...alone are enjoyed. Irenaeus says, "et ubi spiritus Dei, illuc ecclesia et omnia gratia ;" that is, where the spirit of God is, there is the church, and all grace.4 The presence of God's spirit, therefore, is the sure index to this "legitimate ecclesiastical...

...would have the Spirit must come to the Church. ' For where the Church is, there is the Spirit of God, and where the Spirit of God is, there is the Church and all grace ; the Spirit, moreover, is the truth.' This is his main, and, as he justly thought it, irresistible...

...word," that is, the profession of the true religion. It heartily adopts the definition of Irenaeus, that "where the Spirit of God is, there is the Church and all grace ; " and it asserts, with all the emphasis of a profound conviction, that it is this Church — the...

...ecclesiastical law.2 So Irenaeus declares that " where the Church is there is also the Spirit of God, and where the Spirit of God is there is the Church and all grace." 3 But the ambiguity in this proposition is removed by the context, from which it is abundantly clear...

...whereof they do not partake who have left the Church. For where the Church is there is the Spirit of God, and where the Spirit of God is there is the Church and every form of grace, for the Spirit is truth3." The Church is apostolic, and the continuity of its...

...that his people be made " living men." Again, " where the Church is, there is also the Spirit of God ; and where the Spirit of God is, there is the Church and all grace ; for the Spirit is truth." The Spirit, indeed, was felt to be the essence of the Church,1 its life...

...with the Church, but defraud themselves of life. For where the Church is, there is the Spirit of God ; and where the Spirit of God is, there is the Church and all grace 5 .' The truly spiritual disciple, who receives the Spirit of God, judges all things, and is judged...

...with the Church, but defraud themselves of life. For where the Church is, there is the Spirit of God ; and where the Spirit of God is, there is the Church and all grace5.' The truly spiritual disciple, who receives the Spirit of God, judges all things, and is judged...

...participate in Him, but deprive themselves of life. . . . For where the Church is there is the Spirit of God, and where the Spirit of God is there is the Church and all grace.' ' God will judge all those who make schisms. . . . No reformation can be wrought by them which can...

...the second, clause of the passage of Ircnacus : "Where the Church is, there is the Spirit of God ; and where the Spirit of God is, there is the Church and all grace." ' from Paul's, the other from James's doctrine of justification. The one lays the main stress on living...