Chapter 1070 of 1261

Section 1071

Section 1071

VII. The church of England has for its head a temporal one

Whereas the church of Christ has no other head but Christ himself

That our lawful and rightful sovereign King GEORGE is head of the Church of England, we deny not; he is so by Act of Parliament, and as such to be acknowledged; but then that church can never be the true church of Christ, that has any other head but Christ; we therefore are obliged to distinguish between the church of England and the church of Christ. A woman may be, and has been head of the church of England, but a woman may not be head of a church of Christ; since she is not allowed to speak or teach there, or do any thing that shews authority over the man (1 Corinthians 14:34, 35; 1 Timothy 2:11, 12).

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