Excerpt from Christ's Kingdom on Earth: Or, the Church and Her Divine Constitution, Organization, and Framework, Explained for the People Jesus Christ the Prophet, Priest and King sends his clergymen as teachers, sanctifiers and rulers - Civil governments compared to the church - Christ's Priesthood given by holy orders - Clergymen as teachers of the nations - What is truth - The constitution of the church given by Christ - The church cannot change her doctrines - The church is infallible - All trucchrist received from the Fath er he gave the church to teach for him - She cannot teach error The teaching Chair of the church - The church sancti fyin g souls - What is holiness Q - The Sunday services - The wondrous works of the sacraments - How the church differs from schools and col leges-how the clergy dispense the redemption of Christ - The nations first taught, then sanctified and governed - The church governing her members - The church above all earthly powers su preme in spiritual things - The Bishop of Rome the Vicar of Christ and Teacher of the church - The church has legislative, judicial and executive powers over her own members - Effects of rebellion against the church - The glories of the church foretold by the prophets - How she teaches sauetities, rules and civilizes the nations of the earth, &c. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.