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244 THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH.
that the Protestant Episcopal Church is not the Comprehensive Church.
It will not be enough for an objector even to prove
that he is in a Church which has a valid ministry and
valid sacraments, and with which he himself is perfectly
satisfied. He must prove that his Church is comprehensive, and capable of receiving all sincere disciples of
his Lord, whatever their diversities of opinion and customs ; or else his Church has not the characteristics of
Christ's one Church adapted to all His disciples; and
he is therefore bound to leave it as a defective and so
far a corrupted Church, if indeed he may find the one
comprehensive system elsewhere.
In summing up the characteristics of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, we shall merely recapitulate some of
the main thoughts suggested in the preceding sections.
The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United
States, while it is historically at unity with the ancient
and Apostolical Church, is, at the same time, purely an
American Church, and therefore is entitled to the sympathies of all American Christians.
Its members are classed necessarily just as they are
in every Protestant Church ; and this fact recommends
it to the members of all other churches as a medium of
unity, having in this particular a quality common to
them all.
Its territorial divisions, while prepared for its universal extension, are yet perfectly simple, and afford
the most desirable facilities for the external union of all
Christians.
Its laws and government are such that every one of
its members is represented in them, and has a power of
| 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 | 00000248 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 244 THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. that the Protestant Episcopal Church is not the Comprehensive Church. It will not be enough for an objector even to prove that he is in a Church which has a valid ministry and valid sacraments, and with which he himself is perfectly satisfied. He must prove that his Church is comprehensive, and capable of receiving all sincere disciples of his Lord, whatever their diversities of opinion and customs ; or else his Church has not the characteristics of Christ's one Church adapted to all His disciples; and he is therefore bound to leave it as a defective and so far a corrupted Church, if indeed he may find the one comprehensive system elsewhere. In summing up the characteristics of the Protestant Episcopal Church, we shall merely recapitulate some of the main thoughts suggested in the preceding sections. The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, while it is historically at unity with the ancient and Apostolical Church, is, at the same time, purely an American Church, and therefore is entitled to the sympathies of all American Christians. Its members are classed necessarily just as they are in every Protestant Church ; and this fact recommends it to the members of all other churches as a medium of unity, having in this particular a quality common to them all. Its territorial divisions, while prepared for its universal extension, are yet perfectly simple, and afford the most desirable facilities for the external union of all Christians. Its laws and government are such that every one of its members is represented in them, and has a power of |
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