This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 Excerpt: ...with those persons who have set up schismatical altars against the lawful authority of the Scottish Bishops; preaching in their pulpits, and receiving contributions from them for religious purposes. "II. Other Clergymen of the same Church have acted in a like uncanonical manner, sympathizing with these excommunicated ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 Excerpt: ...with those persons who have set up schismatical altars against the lawful authority of the Scottish Bishops; preaching in their pulpits, and receiving contributions from them for religious purposes. "II. Other Clergymen of the same Church have acted in a like uncanonical manner, sympathizing with these excommunicated persons in word and deed, endeavouring to uphold and encourage them in their wicked courses, and by their example misleading weak and unstable persons into dangerous paths. And although these violations of ecclesiastical discipline have been repeatedly represented and complained of to the proper authorities, no redress whatever has yet been obtained; the ecclesiastical laws are so powerless, or so neglected, that they have no force, it would appear, to correct evils of such magnitude; and we are with pain compelled to witness the continuance of a state of things so injurious to the interests of Catholic truth and spiritual unity. "Wherefore, we feel ourselves constrained to make this our appeal to all the Bishops, faithful Clergy, and people of the THEIE APPEAL TO THE ENGLISH BISHOPS. 205 Catholic Church, in our own names, and in name of the Clergy and laity of our communion; again requiring with all due respect those English Prelates to whom those misguided men still profess to own spiritual allegiance to repudiate and publicly disclaim their unseemly and uncanonical conduct; while we earnestly call upon every Minister and member of Christ's Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church for their Christian sympathy in this our defenceless position, and implore them to unite with us in sending up their prayers to the Divine and only Head of the Church, that He would graciously look upon the present distracted and suffering state of His mystical ...
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