Excerpt from The Bearing of Church History on the Proposed Representative Church Council: A Paper Read Before the Oxford District English Church Union on February 23, 1904, and Published at Their RequestApostles and the presbyters 5 the discussions were carried on in the presence of the whole body of the faithful, the de~ oisive voices were those of the Apostles 5 the presbyters joined with the Apostles in writing the formal letter declaring the decision 5 the faithful in general shared in taking steps to make the decisions known. The words of the writer of the Acts are, They appointed that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the Apostles and presbyters about this question 5 The Apostles and the presbyters were gathered together to consider this matter5 When there had been much questioning5 All the multitude kept silence5 Peter rose up and said 5' 4 They hearkened unto Barnabas and Paul5' James an swered, saying5 The Apostles and the presbyters, bre thren, unto the brethren 5 The decrees Which had been ordained of the Apostles and presbyters It seemed good to the Apostles and the presbyters, with the whole Church, to choose men out of their company, and send them to An}, tioch. (acts XV. 2, 6, 7, 12, 13, xvi.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.