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PREFACE. 13
The writer anticipates the probability that in some
things he may not please all his brethren; he may not
express precisely the sentiments of all. Some are for
keeping their Church aloof and disunited from all others, and will have it that there are in it no points of
natural contact with other denominations. Some, of an
opposite habit of mind, are for assimilating their
Church as far as possible with one or another particular denomination which commands their sympathies;
while others still have selected some particular denomination against which it is their hobby to oppose
their Church. Now all these are more or less sectarian
in their spirit. Certainly, they have no just perceptions of the comprehensiveness of their Church. We
commend to them all our subject.
Moreover, it is not in the plan of this book to say
everything that is to be said about the Protestant Episcopal Church. It is not presenting ancient history, nor
abstract generalizations, nor pleasant conceits. It is stating present facts, without going into the philosophical
or the historical or the logical reasons which lie under
them. It simply looks at an Ecclesiastical system which
is in existence (no matter how or why) in this country
to-day, and analyzes it in reference to its aptitude for
the all-important purpose of Church comprehension.
Of one thing the writer is assured—he has asserted
no facts which he does not prove ; he has advanced no
| Title | The comprehensive church |
| Creator | Vail, Thomas H. (Thomas Hubbard) |
| Publisher | Appleton |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000017 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | PREFACE. 13 The writer anticipates the probability that in some things he may not please all his brethren; he may not express precisely the sentiments of all. Some are for keeping their Church aloof and disunited from all others, and will have it that there are in it no points of natural contact with other denominations. Some, of an opposite habit of mind, are for assimilating their Church as far as possible with one or another particular denomination which commands their sympathies; while others still have selected some particular denomination against which it is their hobby to oppose their Church. Now all these are more or less sectarian in their spirit. Certainly, they have no just perceptions of the comprehensiveness of their Church. We commend to them all our subject. Moreover, it is not in the plan of this book to say everything that is to be said about the Protestant Episcopal Church. It is not presenting ancient history, nor abstract generalizations, nor pleasant conceits. It is stating present facts, without going into the philosophical or the historical or the logical reasons which lie under them. It simply looks at an Ecclesiastical system which is in existence (no matter how or why) in this country to-day, and analyzes it in reference to its aptitude for the all-important purpose of Church comprehension. Of one thing the writer is assured—he has asserted no facts which he does not prove ; he has advanced no |
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