Rev. G. A. Jacob (#2): "Ecclesiastical Polity of the New Testament" (31ff.)

Rev. Jacob provides a more in-depth discussion by exploring the "visible" and "invisible" aspects of the church. He explains that the visible aspects include things like hymnbooks, liturgies, confessions, governance, and various regulations. However, he advises that these should be reviewed according to the Scriptures. He goes into detail on this point, emphasizing that the apostolic church differed from the Nicene Church. He notes that the Oxfordians were fixated on the Nicene Church over the Scriptures, making more assertions than demonstrations. He also mentions the 40-year progress of the Anglo-Romanists, who had a tendency towards Romanizing practices and beliefs, and who viewed the Reformation as a crime and blunder. This might sound like the views of certain groups within the ACNA (like Iker and Ackerman), the REC (including Sutton and his cohorts), the FCE (led by Fenwick and his crew), the G-3 communities, and the "Anything Goes" attitude of the Facebook page called "Prayer Book (Un) Anglican." However, these views won't appeal to narcissists, sociopaths, or indifferentists. Rev. Jacob asserts that the Apostles were infallible, not their followers. He warns against Judaizing, Gnosticism, Docetism, and Marcionism. He appeals to move "from the Nicene Fathers to the Apostles of Christ; from patristic literature to the New Testament; from ecclesiastical authorities and practices of post-apostolic centuries to the primitive Church of the apostolic age."