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168 THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH.
determined to belong to Doctrine must be referred to
Discipline, and therefore, by common consent and authority, may be altered, abridged, enlarged, amended, or
otherwise disposed of, as may seem most convenient for
the edification of the people, ' according to the various
exigencies of times and occasions.'
" The Church of England, to which the Protestant
Episcopal Church in these States is indebted, under
God, for her first foundation and a long continuance of
nursing care and protection, hath, in the Preface of her
Book of Common Prayer, laid it down as a rule, that
6 The particular Forms of Divine Worship, and the Rites
and Ceremonies appointed to be used therein, being
things in their own nature indifferent and alterable, and
so acknowledged, it is but reasonable that, upon weighty
and important considerations, according to the various
exigencies of times and occasions, such changes and alterations should be made therein, as to those who are
in places of authority should, from time to time, seem
either necessary or expedient.'
" The same Church hath not only in her Preface,
but likewise in her Articles and Homilies, declared the
necessity and expediency of occasional alterations and
amendments in her Forms of Public Worship; and we
find accordingly, that, seeking to i keep the happy mean
between too much stiffness in refusing, and too much
easiness in admitting variations in things once advisedly
established, she hath,' etc."
From these extracts it appears that the sense of the
Church on the subject has been clearly and unqualifiedly
expressed.
Now, granting for the occasion that the present ar-
| 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 | 00000172 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 168 THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. determined to belong to Doctrine must be referred to Discipline, and therefore, by common consent and authority, may be altered, abridged, enlarged, amended, or otherwise disposed of, as may seem most convenient for the edification of the people, ' according to the various exigencies of times and occasions.' " The Church of England, to which the Protestant Episcopal Church in these States is indebted, under God, for her first foundation and a long continuance of nursing care and protection, hath, in the Preface of her Book of Common Prayer, laid it down as a rule, that 6 The particular Forms of Divine Worship, and the Rites and Ceremonies appointed to be used therein, being things in their own nature indifferent and alterable, and so acknowledged, it is but reasonable that, upon weighty and important considerations, according to the various exigencies of times and occasions, such changes and alterations should be made therein, as to those who are in places of authority should, from time to time, seem either necessary or expedient.' " The same Church hath not only in her Preface, but likewise in her Articles and Homilies, declared the necessity and expediency of occasional alterations and amendments in her Forms of Public Worship; and we find accordingly, that, seeking to i keep the happy mean between too much stiffness in refusing, and too much easiness in admitting variations in things once advisedly established, she hath,' etc." From these extracts it appears that the sense of the Church on the subject has been clearly and unqualifiedly expressed. Now, granting for the occasion that the present ar- |
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