Word: anglican
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Paul's Society held its usual weekly meeting last evening inGrays 17. The Rev. Robert Codman, of Roxbury, gave the second and last of his informal addresses upon the Oxford Movement. Mr. Codman last night showed the effect of that movement upon the Anglican Church in reminding it of its catholic heritage by appealing to the prayer-book of the Church...
...have various conceptions of Christianity, manifested in the different forms of the Anglican, Roman, Greek, and Protestant churches. But the Christianity of Christ can be best learned from study of the New Testament - not only the four gospels, but all the rest as well, for Christ did not fully reveal in person all the truths which have come to the world through him, but said himself to his disciples, "when the Holy Spirit is come, he will guide you into all truth...
...showed the effect of liberal thought upon the two great divisions of English Theologists; the Anglican Church, and the Non-Conformists. He said that the liberal movement had tended toward a federation of these two great bodies, and that it might in time bring about the disestablishment of the Anglican Church, as it had already done with the Irish Church, and proposed to do with the established Church of Wales. The movement had extended in two directions, he said, towards criticism of dogmas, and criticism of Scripture. One great thing which the new line of thought accomplished was to show...
...fixed phrases, but since theological thoughts change from generation to generation, a creed cannot be a basis for union. He spoke of the differences that have existed regarding the Lord's Supper, the marriage ceremony, and water as an emblem. The action of the Puritans in leaving the Anglican Church on account of its observances, is a striking illustration of the dividing power of religious observances...