ISBN: 9781153854832

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1872. Not illustrat… Plus…

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1872. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... are not ours. We cannot, with him, say that'' the peculiar blessing of the Gospel was to be imparted by means of water and washing,'' or that any power of'' Christian sovereignty and priesthood'' was given either to the Apostles or their episcopal successors. Everywhere the Bishop is hampered by his Sacramental theories; but there is much of strong good sense in his book, especially in his preface in reply to Dr. Newman''s ''Theory of Development,'' which, however, would have been more conclusive had he taken Catholic and not mere Anglican ground--the ground which his definition of the Church seems to approach.--Things to Come practically considered. By the B Robert Vaughan, Books, History, The British Quarterly Review (Volume 56) Books>History <