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The Daily Dispatch: October 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], From Portsmouth. (search)
t the term Protestant is derived from Germany, and was not originally directed against errors in the Church of Rome. He alluded to the present war as the result, in his belief, of ultra Protestantism or Puritanism. He objected more particularly to the expression "in the Confederate States." It was entangling. Rev. Dr. Crane, of Mississippi, considered that to take the name Reformed Catholic would be but to resume the appropriate and original title of the Church. Cramner, Ridley, and Latimer were not Protestants, they were Reformers. Bishop Lay, of Arkansas, gave as a strong reason why the name should be retained, that its origin could not be discovered. Names gradually came into use. The reasons for their adoption were in the course of time lost sight of, but the necessity for retaining them continued. When names were changed, principles often were. He thought protestant affirmed the position of the Church in respect to the accretions of Rome, and Episcopal did so like