History of the American Episcopal Church
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The 174 THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN THE COLONIES.
whole power of ecclesiastical government rests upon tlie consent of the governed. It is a question of votes. By a consensus of opinion and action such a society may make such regulations as it chooses ; may be monarchical, republican, or absolute ; may ordain such and such kinds of officers as it may determine ; may call its officers by any name and may assign to them any duties it will ; and may remove and depose them at pleasure. The individuals may... construct such an ecclesiastical machine as they think will be most effi- cient, and then may reasonably expect that the Holy Spirit will lodge in it as its motive power. This is the popular notion and the one generally accepted by Prot- estantism.
The other theory is 'that the Church is organized from the summit downward ; that the authority which per- tains to it, and the grace which flows through it, are things which do not depend upon the votes of its units ; that men do not establish their Christianity as isolated souls, but that the Church is concerned even in the original transaction by the individual.^ They who hold to this theory conceive that the essential features of the Church's structure have been long since settled.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The 174 THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN THE COLONIES.
whole power of ecclesiastical government rests upon tlie consent of the governed. It is a question of votes. By a consensus of opinion and action such a society may make such regulations as it chooses ; may be monarchical, republican, or absolute ; may ordain such and such kinds of officers as it may determine ; may call its officers by any name and may assign to them any duties it will ; and may remove and depose them at pleasure. The individuals may... construct such an ecclesiastical machine as they think will be most effi- cient, and then may reasonably expect that the Holy Spirit will lodge in it as its motive power. This is the popular notion and the one generally accepted by Prot- estantism.
The other theory is 'that the Church is organized from the summit downward ; that the authority which per- tains to it, and the grace which flows through it, are things which do not depend upon the votes of its units ; that men do not establish their Christianity as isolated souls, but that the Church is concerned even in the original transaction by the individual.^ They who hold to this theory conceive that the essential features of the Church's structure have been long since settled.
What to read after History of the American Episcopal Church?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Samuel David Mcconnell to read onlineMoreLess
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