{"passage":["Acts 21:20–25"],"results":[{"document":"dickson1684","id":"25","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/25","segments":[{"text":"(9) Because, the converted Jews erred, in being zealous for the Law; thinking that the Ceremonial Law, ought yet to be observed, not understanding that the same was abolished by Christ;","proofs":["Acts 21:20"]}]},{"document":"dickson1684","id":"31","url":"/api/v1/documents/dickson1684/entries/31","segments":[{"text":"(2) Because, it is evident from Scripture, that there have been many particular churches, and congregations subordinate to one Presbytrie. For, in the church of Jerusalem, it is manifest, that there were more than one congregation. First, from the multitude of Believers, who were of a greater number than could be of one Congregation, for hearing the Word, and communicating;","proofs":["21:20"]},{"text":"compared with:","proofs":["21:18, 20–25"]},{"text":"(4) Because, there is a particular example of a Synod, which had the power of Jurisdiction, and which consisted, and was made up of members, out of diverse Classical Conventions: For when the Question about circumcision, and the keeping of Moses Law, which troubled the Churches of Syria, Cilicia, Antioch, and Jerusalem, could not be determined in their own particular churches, the matter was referred to a Synod of Apostles and Presbyters, who met at Jerusalem, which decided the controversy, and appointed their decrees to be obligatory, and binding to all these foresaid churches;","proofs":["21:25"]}]}]}