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The Daily Dispatch: October 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], Protestant Episcopal Convention in the Confederate States--Final action upon changing its name. (search)
sects, some of which even denied the doctrine of Trinity. He thought it time that the Church should take itself out of the number of sects designated by this objectionable term. He was not in favor of the amendment substituting "Reformed Catholic." Reform could not in any just sense be predicated of Catholicity. It was an essential note of the Church, and it would be as well to talk of reformed sun or moon, as Reformed Catholic. He was content with the title of Episcopal Church. Bishop Eliott found a sufficient reason for adhering to the word Protestant in the fact that in faith we protest against the decrees of the Council of Trent, in worship against the Mass and the in vocation of Saints, and in discipline against the supremacy of the Pope.--The current of theological writings in England recognized the Protestant Churches of the Continent as such, although they might be imperfect. Rev. Mr. Pinckney was willing to concede the evils associated with the term Protestant,