 | Massachusetts Congregational Conference - 1916 - 886 pages
...kingdom in the earth. ARTICLE III. — DOCTRINAL BASIS This Conference declares its steadfast allegiance to the faith which our fathers confessed, which, from...creeds of the Church Universal and of this Communion. ARTICLE IV. — DENOMINATIONAL BASIS Being baaed exclusively upon Congregational principles, this Conference... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - 1917 - 368 pages
...Constitution of the National Council declares "the steadfast allegiance of the churches composing this Council to the faith which our fathers confessed,...creeds of the Church universal and of this communion." It has been asked whether there exists any conflict between this sentence and the creed itself. No... | |
 | National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States - 1919 - 392 pages
...Faith adopted by the National Council of Congregational Churches: Declaring our steadfast allegiance to the faith which our fathers confessed, which from...the historic creeds of the Church universal and of our communion, and affirming our loyalty to the basic principles of our representative democracy, we... | |
 | National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States - 1919 - 388 pages
...Faith adopted by the National Council of Congregational Churches: Declaring our steadfast allegiance to the faith which our fathers confessed, which from...the historic creeds of the Church universal and of our communion, and affirming our loyalty to the basic principles of our representative democracy, we... | |
 | National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States - 1921 - 472 pages
...short creed was preceded by a declaration of the "steadfast allegiance of the churches composing this Council to the faith which our fathers confessed,...creeds of the Church universal and of this communion." It is the faith expressed in these creeds which is confessed; not the form in which the creeds express... | |
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... steadfast allegiance of the churches composing the Council to the faith which our fathers confessed, which from age to age has found its expression in the historic creeds of the Church universal and of this communion... 