A Few Historic Records Of The Church In The Diocese Of Texas During The Rebellion

Author : Charles Gillette
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ISBN 13 : 9781331871651
Total Pages : 136 pages
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Download or read book A Few Historic Records of the Church in the Diocese of Texas, During the Rebellion written by Charles Gillette and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Few Historic Records of the Church in the Diocese of Texas, During the Rebellion: Together With a Correspondence Between the Right Rev. Alexander Gregg and the Rev. Charles Gillette In giving the following pages to the public, it may be proper to state that I am influenced by two motives: a defence of my own rights, and the rights of Presbyters and Deacons, and a defence of the Church against the usurpations of one of her highest ministers. I conceive that in the following discussion very grave principles, involving the liberty of conscience, and the freedom of Presbyters and Deacons to exercise it, and also the usages and teachings of the Church in this particular, are specially trenched upon by the Bishop. It is with a view of bringing this matter before the Church at large, that, if possible, the question may be settled by such alterations of the law as may make the duty of each order of the ministry plain, that I make the following correspondence public. If a Bishop has a right to introduce prayers into the service of the Church on all occasions of public worship, and keep them there for years, then the Constitution and Canons of the Church need revising, so as to state the fact; and if a Bishop has a right to introduce a mere political opinion into a prayer, by way of simple assertion, by authority of the Church, and to exclude from the exercise of their office all his clergy who do not agree with him, and cannot make the assertion with a good conscience, then the Church herself needs reform. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.