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What is the subject of the fourth division of the Articles?

The Church and her ordinances.

How many Articles does it comprise?

Eighteen, from the 19th to the 36th, inclusive.

What is the subject of the nineteenth Article?

"The Church."

Why is the phrase "visible Church" introduced?

To show that we are not speaking of those who are departed to their rest, nor of those whom God sees to be the only true members of His Church, but whom man cannot distinguish from the multitude of those who are only outwardly such.

What description is here given of the visible Church?

It is "a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same."

How is this expressed in the Latin?

"Cœtus Fidelium," the Body of the Faithful.

Do we mean by "the visible Church" here the