Marbaniang, Domenic

Girolamo Zanchi (or Jerome Zanchius) was an Italian Protestant Reformation clergyman and educator. (Check profile at Wikipedia , Theopedia ). Following excerpts are from Chapter 24 of his book, Confession of the Christian Religion. True Churches of Christ ...those churches we acknowledge for the true churches of Christ in which first the pure doctrine of the gospel is preached, heard, and allowed of, and that so allowed of that there is no place nor hearing for the contrary (Matt. 28:19-20).... The Church as Apostolic ...we acknowledge that from a perpetual succession of bishops in some church, I say not any manner of succession, but such a one as hath had joined also unto it, a continuance of the apostles' doctrine, it may rightly be showed that that church is apostolical [apostolic]. Such a one as was once the Church of Rome, and the succession of the bishops thereof, even to the time of Ireneus, Tertullian, Cyprian, and some other, so that they were wont not without reason to ap...