Distinctive Tenets of the Church of England

By William Gresley

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Excerpt from Distinctive Tenets of the Church of EnglandThe sad divisions of Opinion about religious doctrine which disturb the peace of many parishes, cannot fail to cause great trouble and sorrow to good Churchmen. It is natural to ask, why do not people who have their Bibles and Prayer Books in their hands all speak the same thing, as St. Paul said that Christians shoul Excerpt from Distinctive Tenets of the Church of EnglandThe sad divisions of Opinion about religious doctrine which

Excerpt from Distinctive Tenets of the Church of England

The sad divisions of Opinion about religious doctrine which disturb the peace of many parishes, cannot fail to cause great trouble and sorrow to good Churchmen. It is natural to ask, why do not people who have their Bibles and Prayer Books in their hands all speak the same thing, as St. Paul said that Christians shoul Excerpt from Distinctive Tenets of the Church of England

The sad divisions of Opinion about religious doctrine which disturb the peace of many parishes, cannot fail to cause great trouble and sorrow to good Churchmen. It is natural to ask, why do not people who have their Bibles and Prayer Books in their hands all speak the same thing, as St. Paul said that Christians should? Whence come these divisions and schisms amongst us Another thing which must be a great grief to those who really love their Church, is to see what slight attachment many persons have for it. Some will leave it altogether, others will go to the Church and the Meeting-house, by turns - as if one were as good as the other: and it is said that people who emigrate from England to foreign lands are very liable to be drawn away from the Church of their fathers, and to join any sect that happens to be most convenient for them. What is the cause of all this unsettledness and disputation?

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