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THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. 83
of gratitude to the Church of England, and feels for
her the most thankful affection. Although it be now
of age, and has the rights and the lawful independence
of its maturity, it cannot but love the venerable mother
who was the guide and the support of its infancy, and
who, when it was first and early called to provide for
itself, and to buffet with the roughness of the world,
stood forth as its benefactress and faithful friend, and
(to borrow a mercantile phrase) advanced to it in its
poverty, and when it lacked even the advantage of
credit, the capital upon which its present wealth and
prosperity have been gained.
III. The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United
States is a denomination of Christians ; a society, united
under certain laws of association, professing to be a
Church of the Lord Jesus Christ; an American branch
of " the true vine ;" a member of the universal body
of Christ. It endeavors to realize its own definition of
a Church as contained in the 19th of its Articles of Religion : " The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God
is preached, and the sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that
of necessity are requisite to the same."
IV. It is a Church historically at unity with the ancient and the universal Church of Christ; which has
never separated itself, and has never been separated by
others, from this unity; and which is not liable to the
eharge of sectarism.
This unity is maintained by the regular connection
of the Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church (in
which order of ministers its peculiarity as a Church
| 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 | 00000087 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. 83 of gratitude to the Church of England, and feels for her the most thankful affection. Although it be now of age, and has the rights and the lawful independence of its maturity, it cannot but love the venerable mother who was the guide and the support of its infancy, and who, when it was first and early called to provide for itself, and to buffet with the roughness of the world, stood forth as its benefactress and faithful friend, and (to borrow a mercantile phrase) advanced to it in its poverty, and when it lacked even the advantage of credit, the capital upon which its present wealth and prosperity have been gained. III. The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States is a denomination of Christians ; a society, united under certain laws of association, professing to be a Church of the Lord Jesus Christ; an American branch of " the true vine ;" a member of the universal body of Christ. It endeavors to realize its own definition of a Church as contained in the 19th of its Articles of Religion : " The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same." IV. It is a Church historically at unity with the ancient and the universal Church of Christ; which has never separated itself, and has never been separated by others, from this unity; and which is not liable to the eharge of sectarism. This unity is maintained by the regular connection of the Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church (in which order of ministers its peculiarity as a Church |
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