Report Of The Doings Of The Ecclesiastical Council Convened May 14th 1850

Author : Essex South Conference
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483885509
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book A Review of the Result of an Ecclesiastical Council Convened at Salem, December 4, 1849 (Classic Reprint) written by Essex South Conference and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Review of the Result of an Ecclesiastical Council Convened at Salem, December 4, 1849 The Result of the latest Ex parte Council, in the Howard Street controversy, has come before the public with no common premonitions and professions. The Council have undertaken an extended and elaborate discussion of the complex subject before them and seem to have undoubting confidence in the conclusions which they have adopted. And if the weight of an opinion is in proportion to the strength of conviction with which it is held, or the boldness with which it is advanced, they must be allowed to have established their point beyond the possibility of refutation. But if the truth of any doctrine depends upon the arguments by which it is supported, then we think that a little less assurance would better become the manner in which their views are defended. Those who have been much acquainted with the discussions which have been held, respecting the Howard Street question, at the meet ings of the Essex South Conference, as well as on other occasions, will find little that is essentially new in the positions which the Coun cil have taken, and the reasons upon which they ground their Result. There is nothing of consequence adduced, by way of objection to the power of a church to disband by vote of a majority, which has not occurred to those who sustain the affirmative of the question, and which has not also received their careful attention. 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.