Religio modesta; or, A sigh for peace

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Simpkin, Marshall, 1874 - Anglo-Catholicism - 80 pages
 

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Page 32 - And if the same day there be a celebration of the Holy Communion in the Church, then shall the priest reserve (at the open Communion) so much of the Sacrament of the body and blood as shall serve the sick person...
Page 30 - ... Spain, Germany, or any such like churches, in all things which they held and practised, that, as the apology of the Church of England confesseth, it doth with reverence retain those ceremonies which do neither endamage the Church of God, nor offend the minds of sober men : and only departed from them in those particular points, wherein they were fallen both from themselves in their ancient integrity, and from the Apostolical Churches which were their first founders.
Page 80 - Service, as it stood in the first book of Edward VI. to humour the Calvinists, were, in my opinion, much for the worse ; nevertheless, I think our present Office is very good ; our form of Consecration of the elements is sufficient ; I mean that the elements are consecrated by it, and made the Body and Blood of CHRIST, in the sense in which our LORD Himself said, the bread and wine were His Body and Blood.
Page 54 - O that we knew our own strength as a Church ! O that instead of keeping on the defensive, and thinking it much not to lose our remnant of Christian light and holiness, which is getting less and less, the. less we use it, instead of being timid, and cowardly, and suspicious, and jealous, and panic-struck, and grudging, and unbelieving, we had the heart to rise, as a Church, in the attitude of the Spouse of Christ and the...
Page 25 - For to the Churches of the Roman Communion we can say that ours is reformed ; to the Reformed Churches we can say that ours is orderly and decent ; for we were freed from the impositions and lasting errors of a tyrannical spirit, and yet from the extravagancies of a popular spirit too. Our Reformation was done without tumult, and yet we saw it necessary to reform. We were zealous to...
Page 4 - Save the obedient. From both love and hate, Affections vile, low cares, and envy's blight, And controversial leanings and debate, Save me ! from earthly film my mental sight Purge thou, make my whole body full of Light ! So may my eyes from all things Truth convey, My ears in all thy lessons read aright, My dull heart understand, and I obey, Following where'er the Church hath mark'd the Ancient Way.
Page 25 - We were zealous to cast away the old errors, but our zeal was balanced with consideration and the results of authority. Not like women or children, when they are affrighted with fire in their clothes, we shaked off the coal indeed, but not our garments, lest we should have exposed our churches to that nakedness, which the excellent men of our sister churches complained to be among themselves.
Page 76 - At first I was prejudiced against both Maitland and Todd, but a diligent perusal has satisfied me that they are both sincere and orthodox Christians, men of remarkably strong intellect, perspicuous writers, accurate and indefatigable in their researches, and acute reasoners.
Page 80 - Though he admired the Communion Office as it now stands, yet in his own private judgment he preferred that in King Edward's first Service Book before it, as a more proper office for the celebration of those mysteries.
Page 80 - Office, as it stood in the first Book of Edward VI., to humour the Calvinists, were in my opinion much for the worse ; nevertheless, I think our present Office is very good : our form of consecration of the elements is sufficient; I mean that the elements are consecrated by it, and made the body and blood of Christ, in the sense in which our Lord himself said, the bread and wine were His body and blood.

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