Memoirs of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America: Containing, I. A Narrative of the Organization and of the Early Measures of the Church. II. Additional Statements and Remarks. III. An Appendix of Original PapersS. Potter, 1820 - 474 pages |
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... Connecticut , in particular , by a step they had antecedently taken , for the obtaining of an Episcopate from England . For until the event of their application could be known , it naturally seemed to them inconsistent , to do any thing ...
... Connecticut , in particular , by a step they had antecedently taken , for the obtaining of an Episcopate from England . For until the event of their application could be known , it naturally seemed to them inconsistent , to do any thing ...
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... Connecticut ; consecrated , not in Eng- land , but by the non - juring bishops of Scotland . For Dr. Seabury , not meeting assurance of success with the bishops of the former country , had applied to the latter quarter for the ...
... Connecticut ; consecrated , not in Eng- land , but by the non - juring bishops of Scotland . For Dr. Seabury , not meeting assurance of success with the bishops of the former country , had applied to the latter quarter for the ...
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... Connecticut , New York and Pennsylvania , praying them to unite in consecrating him . The last of these bishops , being the only one of them now present in convention , laid the letter addressed to him before the body , intimat- ing his ...
... Connecticut , New York and Pennsylvania , praying them to unite in consecrating him . The last of these bishops , being the only one of them now present in convention , laid the letter addressed to him before the body , intimat- ing his ...
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... the clergy from Massachusetts and Connecticut , had accepted the invitation given them . There was laid before the convention , and by them ordered to be re- corded , evidence of that bishop's consecration ; which had 23.
... the clergy from Massachusetts and Connecticut , had accepted the invitation given them . There was laid before the convention , and by them ordered to be re- corded , evidence of that bishop's consecration ; which had 23.
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... Connecticut . ‡ There would have been a convention in Phila- delphia , in September 1798 : but the prevalence of epidemical disease preventing their assembling , the bishops , agreeably to a power vested in them when desired by a ...
... Connecticut . ‡ There would have been a convention in Phila- delphia , in September 1798 : but the prevalence of epidemical disease preventing their assembling , the bishops , agreeably to a power vested in them when desired by a ...
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Page 465 - Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 462 - ... looking for the general Resurrection in the last, day, and the life of the world to come, through our Lord Jesus Christ; at whose second coming in glorious majesty to judge the world, the earth and the sea shall give up their dead; and the corruptible bodies of those who sleep in him shall be changed, and made like unto his own glorious body; according to the mighty working whereby he is able to subdue all things unto himself.
Page 467 - The condition of man, after the fall of Adam, is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God : wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 404 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Page 203 - Receive the Holy Ghost for the Office and work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained.
Page iv - And also to the act, entitled " An act supplementary to an act, entitled " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Page 468 - We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings...
Page 457 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure •offering : for my name diatt be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
Page 472 - The offering of Christ once made is that perfect redemption, propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins of the whole world, both original and actual ; and there is none other satisfaction for sin, but that alone.
Page 471 - Baptism is not only a sign of profession, and mark of difference, whereby Christian men are discerned from others that be not christened ; but it is also a sign of regeneration, or new birth, whereby, as by an instrument, they that receive Baptism rightly are grafted into the Church...