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Proposed Surrender of the Prayer-Book and Articles of the Church of England A Letter to the Lord Bishop of London on Professor Stanley's Views of Clerical and University "Subscription"

Irons, William J. (William Josiah), 1812-1883· 2 chapters· 4,106 words

IF twenty years ago, soon after a few of the clergy had asserted their "claim to hold all Roman doctrine," {3} a proposal had been made to abolish Subscription to the English Formularies, it would surely have been thought to indicate very grave disloyalty to our Church. And no...

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1. Part 1

IF twenty years ago, soon after a few of the clergy had asserted their "claim to hold all Roman doctrine," {3} a proposal had been made to abolish Subscription to the English Fo...

2. Part 2

II. I pass, then, to the next point--the alleged absence of Subscription in the primitive age. Not content with the reference to the history of our own Church, Dr. STANLEY says:...