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140 THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH.
There is one Church which may hold all these Christians—one in which they shall all be welcome to the
sacraments of their common Lord, and in which, while
they shall be " all one in Christ Jesus," they shall be at
liberty to differ as widely as they may please on the
many topics which now divide them, the determination
of which is not essential to holiness or to salvation.
Being thus united, they will have less to separate them
even on these points, and may hope for an honest and
an earlier agreement in their intellectual theories.
SECTION IX.
CREEDS.
Enumeration of the creeds of the Protestant Episcopal Church—in what
respects the creeds are obligatory upon the members of the Church—
the laity—the clergy—the Apostles' Creed only to be believed and
confessed ex animo—the creeds are adopted by the majority of the
whole Church in the General Convention—the benefit of the creeds
—why the Church requires any creed—no other, more minute and
explicit than the Apostles' Creed, ought to be required for admission to the sacraments—the system of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in regard to her creeds favorable to the discovery and the security of Christian truth—the Protestant Episcopal Church fitted for
the union of all Christians who love their Lord supremely, and each
other affectionately and forbearingly.
The basis of all religious doctrine and practice in
the Protestant Episcopal Church is Holy Scripture. So
do all Churches claim, none more decidedly than the
Protestant Episcopal Church, as in the sixth article:
" Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to sal-
| 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 | 00000144 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 140 THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. There is one Church which may hold all these Christians—one in which they shall all be welcome to the sacraments of their common Lord, and in which, while they shall be " all one in Christ Jesus," they shall be at liberty to differ as widely as they may please on the many topics which now divide them, the determination of which is not essential to holiness or to salvation. Being thus united, they will have less to separate them even on these points, and may hope for an honest and an earlier agreement in their intellectual theories. SECTION IX. CREEDS. Enumeration of the creeds of the Protestant Episcopal Church—in what respects the creeds are obligatory upon the members of the Church— the laity—the clergy—the Apostles' Creed only to be believed and confessed ex animo—the creeds are adopted by the majority of the whole Church in the General Convention—the benefit of the creeds —why the Church requires any creed—no other, more minute and explicit than the Apostles' Creed, ought to be required for admission to the sacraments—the system of the Protestant Episcopal Church in regard to her creeds favorable to the discovery and the security of Christian truth—the Protestant Episcopal Church fitted for the union of all Christians who love their Lord supremely, and each other affectionately and forbearingly. The basis of all religious doctrine and practice in the Protestant Episcopal Church is Holy Scripture. So do all Churches claim, none more decidedly than the Protestant Episcopal Church, as in the sixth article: " Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to sal- |
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