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What is the meaning of subscription?; A question, respectfully proposed to the ministers and members of the church of England - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841 edition. Excerpt: ...I have also been favoured with the private opinions of many persons whom I am bound to respect. None condemn my objections; and all seek to explain away the literal sense of the points objected to. If I was assured that this latitude in subscribing is openly sanctioned by our Church, so far as my own scruples go, I should be satisfied. But when I make known my opinions, Lord Wynford attacks me in the House of Lords; the Quaterly Review libels me; and the Bishop of Llandaff, in a Charge to his clergy, almost demands my resignation. It is, therefore, the open sanction of the Church, or the Bishops, to opinions not judged unallowable, that I am now seeking, as is natural for a person in my circumstances, and feeling as I do on this subject. If I cannot obtain it, I must be content to be amongst those who suffer, and retire from my situation--I see no other alternative. I am perfectly aware that, if relief were given to me, it might be asked on different grounds by others; and am very far from wishing that it should be confined to myself alone. Indeed, I should consider it a great advantage if every cause of uneasiness were removed, till only important doctrines remained as the prominent object of regard and defence. This would probably occasion some trouble and difficulty; but the result, as it seems to me, would be well worth them if it placed our Church, especially in these days, on a broader and more comprehensive foundation. It appears that the parts of the Liturgy I object to in their literal sense, were all introduced in the worst ages of the Church; that Subscription was intended by our early Reformers, to apply only to Doctrinal Articles; and that the stricter form now enforced, arose from political and religious intolerance. I certainly...
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