You told us but now, that those who in Confession and Life declare themselves to be Infidels, profane and ungodly, should by the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven be driven from this Supper: what are the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven?
Preaching of the Gospel and Ecclesiastical Discipline, by which Heaven is opened to the Believers, anda is shut against the Unbelievers.
You told us but now, that those who in Confession and Life declare themselves to be Infidels, profane and ungodly, should by the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven be driven from this Supper: what are the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven?
Preaching of the Gospel and Ecclesiastical Discipline, by which Heaven is opened to the Believers, anda is shut against the Unbelievers.
a. Matthew 16:19; Matthew 18:18
Matthew 16:19
16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
16:19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."
Matthew 18:18
18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
18:18 Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
You told us but now, that those who in Confession and Life declare themselves to be Infidels, profane and ungodly, should by the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven be driven from this Supper: what are the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven?
The Preaching of the holy Gospel and Christian Ecclesiastical Discipline, or excommunication out of the Christian church: by these two, the kingdom of which Heaven is opened to the Believers, and is shut against the Unbelievers.
The preaching of the holy gospel, and Christian discipline, or excommunication out of the Christian church: by these two, the kingdom of heaven is opened to believers, and shut against unbelievers.
An Orthodox Catechism (1680), Question 92
You told us but now, that those who in Confession and Life declare themselves to be Infidels, profane and ungodly, should by the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven be driven from this Supper: what are the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven?
Preaching of the Gospel and Ecclesiastical Discipline, by which Heaven is opened to the Believers, and is shut against the Unbelievers.
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