Beza on the Mark of the True Church

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"The mark of the true Church is the preaching of Word of God in which the Lord is made manifest to us, as the books of the Prophets and Apostles declare Him. And, consequently, we join to the Word the Sacraments and the administration of ecclesiastical discipline, such as God has ordained."

"To conclude, to what place the Word of God is purely preached, the Sacraments purely administered and ecclesiastical discipline conducted conformably to the holy and pure doctrine, there we recognize the Church of God, no matter how few (Matt 18:20; Luke 12:32) or small of appearance in men's eyes (Luke 10:21; 1 Cor 1:19-28; Matt 11:17)."

-Theodore Beza (1519-1605), The Christian Faith, 66, 67.