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 own ptople »uppos«J to be «« W,. "", * .„ », roaU . •!>«* «• 
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 eminent divine of the e«r y ^»"™ F„,iand ThU, too, ii »» 
 
 tot to convey the Gospel to the d.or«i of ^^■^^^• „f '^^^ 
 
 existence of this Churcn was *m<w y < century) 
 
 ing previou. .«e., but w« .. *" "»f ^^^^ ". eo^ .equence of th. 
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 prwwt •! the gmt Co«()idli of Arlet. S«rdi<» uid AHminum. 
 rawr th«n /ww hundrU and /i/ty ymrt b«fme Augustine oune to Kng- 
 knd on hU nuMionAry cnterpriw. They there look \nxK in the acti ol 
 thoee Coancili, and ranked equally with the other Hiflhopfl of the 
 Orthodoi or Catholic Church, At thia period of the hiatory of the 
 Univenal Cbilrch, the Biah<>|>a of ita leveml provinces wtrt all tpml^ 
 ^a., the Rishopa ol Antioch, Conatantinople, Alexandria, Rome, 
 Britain, Gaul (France), *c Ilut the Riihop of Rome (called alto Pope), 
 on the removal of the teat of the Roman Kmpirc to Constantinople, 
 WM the chief personage remaining, and not only assumed the loftiness 
 ud ^endtn'ol a temporal prince, but began to excrriac a lordly 
 power over the bishops of less renowned cities. From th«se small be. 
 ginnings the Bishopi of Rome gradually ac(iuircd an authority and 
 iway which grew with the advance of ages, and haa continued to our 
 own day. The several churches of the west, namely, the churches of 
 Spain, Gaul and Britain, were gradually brought under subjection to 
 the Church of Rome ; but at the Reformation the Church in England 
 tthtmtdto Mir own origiMaUftdfptndtnct, and by God's blessing became 
 the bulwark of the truth— the conservator of the faith— the ark of the 
 infallible and everlasting Word of God. 
 
 I. The first posiUon we take is thia— that the Chmreh of Engiand 
 iinortqf Roman bui of Ap^rtolk ortgin. 
 
 It may be with truth ^sertcd ihat the Gospel was promulgated in 
 England even btfor* any church or organised society of believers ex- 
 irted in Rome. The tniths of Christianity spread through the whole 
 of the Roman Empire with such surprising rapidity that it is often diffl- 
 cult to say which province, district or country received them first. 
 
 To say the least, a church was planted in England aboUt the same 
 tinw as one was estobUshed in Rome. The old English Church, with 
 *!!!*'' *"** canonically ordained Bishops, Priests and Ddicons was 
 therefore co-eval with the Roman Church. Of its antiquity wo have 
 unquestionable proofs from reliable sources. 
 
 - 'The early British historian, Gildas, who lived more than half a 
 century before Augustine's arrival in England, tells us that Christianity 
 found Its way into Britain about the year 6i-the same year- in which 
 y Pml wtt conveyed a priagg er to Rbtee, whtere thwt wt»e iHsciples, 
 
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 •vtfti M the mftin poini in our chmnotogy), iHrormt ua thai '* the tent* 
 maker " (m«aning St. Paul) "hroiif[ht the taw of theCtMiwI to all men, 
 an4 pentiadffi not only the Roman* and the eiihjccts of Home, but the 
 Scythiant, Sauronutiana, Indiana, Heret, llirtanknt, BactrkM, tll« 
 Britoni, CimlMriaM and Gcrmana." >- 
 
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 Rupebiua, Bishop of 'Onam in the fourth century, ipecially men- 
 tion! the '.* BrUuk /tUs" at having l)een viiited by the Apo«tle. 
 Venantiui, Hiihop of Poictien in the fifth century, aayt that *' he (Pa«l) 
 croaaed the ocean, and landed and preached in the countriea which tto- 
 Briton inhabits. TertuJIian, in the lecoiul century, and only abottt A 
 hundred yean after the crucifixion of the Lord, ipetki of " all the Ikmn' 
 Acn ot S()ain, the diveri nations ol Gaul (France), and those places of 
 BrU.iin into which the> Roman arms have not yet been able to pene* 
 trate, but which are mibject to Christ'* Jerome, in the fourth century/ 
 mentions ** the Churches of Gaul and BriiainJ* Chrysostom, also m 
 the fourth century, tells us tha^ the " British Itiamls " had received 
 " the things of Scripture/' antlbcani testimony to their orthodoxy. 
 
 1^«mTy British Church had its Christian martyrs, the most 
 eminent or Irhom was^lt^an, who suffered death for the truth's sake in 
 the fierce persecution which resulted from the cruel decree of (he Pagan 
 Emperor Diocletian, in the year 303. ^;^ >' 
 
 We see, then, that the Gospel took deep and permanent root Itt * 
 England in the earliest ages of Christianity, and the Church which was 
 the result became jK)lid in her constitution and exemplary for her 
 orthodoxy — her catholicity. Jerome, in the fourth century, says that ' 
 ** the Churches of Gaul and Britain, with those of Asia and the 'East, 
 ador^ one Christ, observe one rule of faith." The names of her , 
 Bishops appear on the list of those who attended the great Councils of ^-'i ' 
 the several branches of the Universal Church, held at Aries 353, Sar* ' 
 dica 347, and Ariminum 359, In the fiqurth century, or more than two ^■ 
 hundred years before the coming of Augustine. ^: ^ 
 
 Angustine, on his arrival in England, found his encroachments <!ilf ^ 
 the English Church to meet with vigorous resistance from her Bishopi. 
 He therefore asked for instructions fium Gregory (P(^ Ctt^^oitf. the 
 
 
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 BkhofM oT (kul (Ir ranc*) Ami /lH/-<# T Gr«gory'i in»»y inWi : " Ai 
 far an Um Itiahoiw uT tUttain, «c < ommit Cli«fn to >M(r cara.** In othtr 
 wonU, OrcRoty tvmrt itrMumcf to nominata Aii«uMin« th«ir AfchMaho^ 
 IhouKh in bkce of tha ttoutcat {Mrotctt that thei« iOiUy men rmtld maka. 
 The gnnind of their pcotctt waa that they w.mid loee the ancicnl in«k. 
 pcndrmc <rf their c:hwrch, and that thay miukl bacoma lubjact to 
 Aticuatma and tli« Uiahup of Roma. 
 
 Hereafter, there long e«l«ted In KngUnd tw dlatinct churchea, 
 
 of which w»* tha Ancient Hriti«h Church, which hail originated In 
 
 the dayi of the Apo».tle«; and had been founded by thein, and the other 
 
 the church recently cttabliahcd by AuguatiiMf at the end of tha lUth 
 
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 The hUtoHan Bade, himself a Roman Pretbyter, who lived In the 
 dfhth century, •|Kakf of the Ancient Fj»glwh Church aa the Old 
 Church, and of that eatablUhetl by Augualina on the authority of tha 
 Jloman Pope, aa the " Ntm CkurtA.** • 
 
 The records of Eccle«la«tlca! HIitory thui testify that the 014 
 and Original Churth in England was Apostolic in her rise, orthodox in 
 h«r teaching, and catbolic in he* relationship to the rest of the churches 
 of Ckristendoni, which were at flrst all equal ; that she was a distinct, 
 independent and self-governed church, and that she was one of the 
 most (aithful of the several branchea of the One true and Universal 
 Church. 
 
 In coarse of time, howefir, the Innovationf introduced by Aogus 
 tine waa regarded with complacency by the people, and the Roman 
 element prevailed. The Old English Church became weaker as the 
 newer Roman Church strengthened'; and after the Conquest the latter, 
 which couldf* then boast of some antiquity, effectually subjugated the 
 former ; the power of the Pope increased in English affairs, civil and 
 ecclesiastical, and in the three or four centuries preceding the Reforma- 
 tion was absolutely dominant. That great event, however— the Refor- 
 mation—resulted in the liberation of the Church in England from 
 Pi^pal control, and her return to her old position as a distinct branch 
 of the Universal (or Catholic) and Apostolic Church. 
 
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 t r^J^«.c;^ T«« to th. thlrf c».ur, th. .u^tcnuc o«. 1 
 
 aL Rom. .nd Antioch, " whn. th. b«H««l w«« ««•« cUttl C»M- 
 ^."L wh«. th. «r.t Cntil. Chri.ti« Chu«h w» ot^nurf. 
 tX «^ o. r»id>ng inth. Imp«ulCi.y th^BUhopof Rom. 
 
 .^^^o«l of th. i«l ol «npi« to Con.Unt.nopl., b..ng th. rao.» 
 
 JU T«.i.tibl" Th. prindp.1 «.nt -h.ch P"'"^ «> *^ J": 
 !nJ«.nc« WM th. circun..uu.« th.t in th. y«t J4I th. Couhc.1 of 
 Tnth co::S.l.d A,h««iu.. -ho th^upon ««i » I" - (""•^^ 
 !h. KishoD Of Rom., by whom a Councl -« M..mbl«l in hu Ep* 
 ^t;'ir«hn^l.dg«l Ath.n..iu., .nd «« •' O"^' *« 
 Son of th. Council oTXHtioch. Thi. «l «iubli.hrf . pr~.d.nt, 
 ^^ h. Pop« pr..um«l to bu. th.ir cUim to un.vW «.?«. 
 
 "Zdc «« to -hich it .tuin«l in .ft.r .««. »f om b«ng, u .. M, 
 
 Sf^l. among th. .th« Bi.hop. of Chri..«.do», <^J^J^ 
 
 b«^,. by o»«b«ring «d obt™.« »«ni, » '»«^^'»"d«' f^-, , 
 dt^tk lord ov« God'. h«it«.-«h. Chratiui ChuKh. ;.^ 
 
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 ,o«aityof th. Hdir C""!^ !^X^ith ,h. BiAop. of Al«.»dm. 
 0«. COU.CU. o. . ?«*« "^"^^ h„^^ a^ fifty y.«. Wore 
 Amioch Md Romo, more than !"° "V ^„j,o him on thatocc- 
 
 A„ i« ground^ on th«r «[»»'" j ^ ,, .„di m the 
 
 .«rt„ church, ind on th«r «'>^»"j'. '^* , church M Rome. O. 
 ol-«v»« of Bute,. alr»dy """fX^^'^*'., .fcu, p,ri«l orth«lox 
 
 ., cOrthoBc Fron, thi. orthodwy »"« PJ" [^ ^^ BiJ».p. P™-- 
 
 « her -dly «.d l«n.nt.bly ^^l"- "^ *J^„ ^ U,. truth, would 
 
 rf,«i«lly foremen th.. "^P"" ". *'^h, Rom«. See have been 
 
 Sthei, «*..«-»'';' »^S:^^ ^Hhronologicl gUnc. at 
 
 . U-fcM ■»«r™'^' J^h L C^ date otthrir ..UbU.hm«.t .. 
 
 ii^ >i lb* «n>t« of the Roman Chuicn, aflu_i)(f= 
 
 ^iatincttve doctrines: 
 
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 FttpAl U«irp»tion 
 
 InTOcatlonofSalnta-. 
 
 Image Wonbip 
 
 OelibMy of the Clergy. 
 TmunbrtantUtlon — 
 ^^oricolar Confeasion-. 
 Half CJommumon ..-- 
 
 Puig*tory'- -'; 
 
 (fcitwi Sacramettta •' 
 
 Apt«yp»»l Books • 
 
 ^^«uUte Conception of the Viigin Mary ... 
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 1864 
 
 1870 
 
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 These are some, and only sonic^ be'enumeraied, such as Tra- 
 
 Chmch of Rome, but many more m^ht ^^^^^^^^ ,f the 
 
 aition, Sh«n->toades^d fo^idd^^^^ ^'^Soduced inf the 
 
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 Fromthe fift there were ".J^.^ ^P""";: ? rt;.«« ■ 
 
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 .^bU.hed.^Ig-|-;^*P^'„, .,.,«« ,0, <» ;-'|,*p^StoO^ 
 hv the ApoWles' themselves, , mentioned by S>fc "»'. v" 
 
 Sfore the death of St. John. 0'"L«jJ';„ ,„„ Rome dunng bu.ta.^ 
 
 rol^^^bt^'as BUhopt^J^^^-ronir- ''"'":'::: 
 ^rinrtnictions to exercise »P'«:°P»' . . ,hc ordinary minister. 
 
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 While, however, these, and the Methodiats and other Christian Ifa^elical 
 denominations, hold the true Apostolic doctrine as contained ib the 
 If«fr Testament, we regret their departi/re from Apostolic usage in the 
 i^atter of the Episcopal form of church government — the Creed, the 
 Litany, and the unexceptionable Articles of our Church. 
 
 III. 7ht Doctrine of tht Church of England is simply that of the 
 pure Word of God. Her Creeds, her Articles, and her varied forma, 
 are intended as so many preservntives against doctrinal corruption, 
 and have for three centuries proved the necessity of such valuable safe- 
 guards. No stronger proof of their need can be shown than the fact 
 that the old Presbyterians in England, of two hundred years ago, who 
 repudiated Articles and Creeds, have gradually lapred into Socinianism, 
 apd are now the modern Unitarians. On the other hand, they act 
 equally effectively against the ingress of Romish error, and though the 
 Jesuits are at this moment laboring more strenuously than ever before 
 to corrupt both the doctrine and practice of the Church of^ England, 
 their doings have been condemned by the highest authorities in 
 Ecclesiastical Law as utterly repugnant to the plain teachings and prac- 
 tice of the Church as established for more than three hundred years. 
 It is the glory of our Church that she is founded on the Word of Eter- 
 nal Truth, and such is her veneration for it, that no fewer than four 
 ample portions of it are read at the morning service, namely, the Old 
 Testamenymd New Testament lessons, with the Epistle and Gospel. 
 The great doctrines of the Faith are clearly and purely taught, without 
 the cumbersome garblements which have so long clogged and bedark- 
 ened the teachings of Rome. She sets forth ''Christ and Him cruci- 
 fied " as the Alpha and the Omega of her worship and instruction. She 
 recognizes no auxiliary — neither Virgin nor Saint—for Jesus is " able 
 to- save to the uttermost." She enjoins no repetition (as in the Mass) 
 of the offering " once macle," but plainly enforces it as that "/»//, per- 
 fect 9SkA. sufficient tacrifice^ oblation and satisfaction for the sins oi the 
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 -^•^^ Episcopal Churches of Canada and the United States — are Apos- 
 tolic in Origin an4 Constitution, and strictly Catholic in Doctrine. 
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 denominations in retaining not only ancient and Apostolic doctrine, but 
 also ancient and Apostolic usages and forms. 'Fhough we wish them 
 God-speed jn their labor of love in extending the glad tidings of the 
 ■ Kingdom, we would fain see them cherish that love and veneration for 
 ^ our Church to which she is justly^^ entitled, especially as under God's 
 good providence they owe to her their very existence. \ 
 
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 repudiate all the modem, or comparatively modem, errors whiah have 
 crept into her doctrine and practice since the seventh century, Thoagh 
 Apostolic in origin, and formerly Catholic (Orthodox) in the faith, she 
 has cumbered her worship with so many anti-Scriptural doctrines as ta 
 have cut herself qflf from the Holy Universal Church of Christ, and is 
 now virtually the Church of Mary, her ehief intercessor, and pf the 
 Pope, her chief mler and so-called " inlallible " guide. !" 
 
 The Church of England, for many centuries in subjection to the 
 Church of Rome, returned at the Reformation to her original inde- 
 pendence, to her Scriptural purity, and to her' rightful position as a true 
 ; branch of the Catholic and Apostolic Church. She repudiated Papal 
 errors and Papal domination 4^fore the whole of Christendom. She /'I' 
 declared the Word of God to be^her only authority, and Jesus only her 
 Divine Head. Her Articles and Constitution have been so framed as 
 to suffer no departure from 'the "faith once delivered to the Saints." 
 
 She is now laboring in England, Canada, the United States, and 
 the various inissionary. fields of the heathen world, with greater fenergy 
 and success than at any 'previous period of her history. The Jesuitical 
 agents of Rome are alsd as fiercely laborigg to counteract her good 
 work, to corrapther doctrine, and to pull down her venerable &bric 
 They may possibly be permitted for a time to succeed, and cause her 
 to pass through much tribulation ; yet shall she agmn arise, and shine 
 with renewed lustre, and stand forth before the world more coiaapoct and 
 vigorous thanever, because she is established' on the Word of God, 
 built on the foundation of the Apostles and prophets, the Lord Jesus 
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