The Scriptures declare that there is a government jure Divino in the visible church of Christ now under the New Testament. This is evident from 1 Corinthians 12:28: “God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers . . . helps, governments,” in which place these things are plain.

Jus Divinum Regiminis Ecclesiastici, 54.