Ministers of the Word should exercise no lordship over each other, 243
The members of the apostolic Churches elected all their own
office-bearers, 244
Church officers ordained by the presbytery, 245
The office of deaconess, ib.
All the members of the apostolic Churches taught to contribute
to each other's edification, 246


CHAPTER III.

THE ORGANIZATION OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH.

Unity of the Church of Israel, 248
Christian Church also made up of associated congregations, 249
The Apostles act upon the principle of ecclesiastical confederation, 250
Polity of the Christian Church borrowed from the institutions of
the Israelites, 251
Account of the Sanhedrim and inferior Jewish courts, ib.
Evidences of similar arrangements in the Christian Church, 253
How the meeting mentioned in the 15th chapter of the Acts differed
in its construction from the Sanhedrim, 254
Why we have not a more particular account of the government
of the Christian Church in the New Testament, 255
No higher and lower houses of convocation in the apostolic Church, ib.
James not bishop of Jerusalem, 256
Origin of the story, ib.
Jerusalem for some time the stated place of meeting of the highest
court of the Christian Church, 257
Traces of provincial organization in Proconsular Asia, Galatia, and