Controversy status — Reformed concede polity and external ceremonies to Church prudence
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From the foregoing, the controversy's state is clear: where Reformed churches agree with Rome, and where they do not.
First concession: polity and public external-worship ceremonies need not be fetched from Scripture; they are left to Church power and her overseers' prudence.
Latin
XX. Porro ex iis quae dicta sunt, facile colligi potest quatenus Ecclesiae nostrae cum Ecclesia Romana in hac quaestione conveniant, & quatenus ab ea dissentiant: adeoque quis sit hujus controversiae status. Et primo quidem Ecclesiae Romanae concedimus singula quae pertinent ad Ecclesiae politiam, publicique & externi cultus ceremonias, ex Scriptura peti non posse, sed esse potestati Ecclesiae permissa, & relicta prudentiae praepositorum Ecclesiae.