Episcopacy Examined And Re Examined

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Download or read book Episcopacy Examined and Re-Examined written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Episcopacy Examined and Re-Examined: Comprising the Tract "Episcopacy Tested by Scripture," and the Controversy Concerning That Publication In his Answer to the Review of "Episcopacy Tested by Scripture," by the Rev. Mr. Barnes, the author of that tract affirmed that the presumptive argument is with the advocates of Episcopacy, and the burden of proof on its opponents. This consideration is not without weight; and, as it was omitted in the Tract, a statement of it is here prefixed. By the presumptive argument is meant, a reason or reasons for presuming a proposition to be true, before the main discussion is entered upon. By the burden of proof, so far as it is contrasted with this argument, is meant, the necessity of refuting a reason or reasons for presuming, before commencing the decisive investigation, that a certain proposition is untrue. When it is alleged, as it sometimes is, that the burden of proof in this controversy lies on Episcopalians, the only ground of the allegation is, that the claims of Episcopacy displace all Nonepiscopal ministers, and unchurch all Non-episcopal denominations. The latter consequence is disclaimed by the author of the Tract. And as to the former, and indeed both, if both are supposed to follow, they may indeed, as being unacceptable to the feelings, require cogent and decisive arguments for our claims; but they do not affect what is logically called the burden of proof. Because a thing is, is no presumption that it is right. Because there are Non-episcopal ministers, is no presumption that their ministry is valid. The comparative merits of Christianity and Mahomedism, for example, are to be discussed; if Christianity shall have the better of the argument, it will displace the latter religion and its ministers; does this consequence throw the burden of proof, as distinguished from the argument proper, on the former? Surely not: because Mahomedism and Mahomedan ministers exist, is no presumption that they have truth on their side. 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.