1550 Patent granted by Edward VI. officially | ary writers. See works

recognizes "the Church of the Germans"
and the validity of its Ministry and
Sacraments.

1552 Church officially reaffirms po- (Prayer
sition of 1549 on Baptism. Book.
Prayer
sition of 1549-1552 on Bap- (Book.
tism.

1559 Church officially reaffirms po

1570 Act XIII. Elizabeth officially permits non-episcopally ordained Ministers to officiate and to enjoy benefice in Ch. of England without reordination-so recognizing validity of such Ordination, and confirming prior recognition of non-episcopal bodies as true Churches.

1572 Prayer set forth officially defines "Thy Church Universal dispersed throughout the whole world" as consisting of "all they that confesse Thy Holy Name," so including members of non-episcopal bodies.

1580 Prayer set forth officially recognizing "the Churches of France, Flanders, and of such of other places" as were then suffering persecution.

1582 Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury, acting
officially issues license to one John
Morrison "to celebrate divine offices,
to minister the Sacraments," etc., with-
out reordination, assigning as the
reason the validity of his Orders be-
stowed "according to the laudable form
and rite of the Reformed Church of
Scotland," etc.

N. B. Ch. of Scotland was non-episcopal.
Both the Church and its Orders thus
officially recognized.

of the following:

Cranmer, Ridley, Latimer, Hooper, Philpot, Bradford, Grindal, Whitgift, Jewel, Pilkington, Calfhill, Hooker, Whittaker, Fulke, Saravia.

1590 Prayer issued by authority recognizes | Fleetwood, Strype, Ban

"Thy servants our brethren in France"
as constituting part of "Thy Church."

1604 The Bidding Prayer, officially set forth
by the Church, defines "Christ's Holy
Catholic Church" as "the whole
Congregation of Christian people dis-
persed throughout the whole world,"
and Specifically mentions the Church of
Scotland, by name, as a part thereof.

1610

Ch. of England officially recognizes valid-
ity of the "Ordaining Presbytery" of the
Kirk of Scotland, and on such recogni-
tion Episcopacy is sanctioned by the
latter.

Archbishop Bancroft officially recognizes
the Church of Scotland as a true
Church, and its presbyterial ordinations
as valid, when about to consecrate
Bishops for Scotland.

1634 Official recognition of the "Reformed
Churches of Helvetia, Belgia, Geneva,
with others," and of their "true and
lawful ministries," set forth "by the
authority of His Majesty's royal letters-
patent" and "by the Lords the Reverend
Bishops." This declaration was fur-
ther endorsed by "both Universities"
and "by all the learned, both of our Clergy
and Laity, throughout our dominions."

1662 Official declaration of the Revisers that
no doctrinal changes were introduced by
them and that they endorsed the former
attitude of the Church in all essentials
-Preface-Pr. Book.

Act of Uniformity-14 Carol II.-offi-
cially recognizes "the Foreign Reformed
Churches," and while restricting the
extent of the former practice, specifical-

croft (and even) Laud, Willet, Bilson, Sutcliffe, Mason, Field, Babington, Burnet, Fr. White, Thos. White, Davenant, Baxter, Rainolds, Hall, Cosin, Prideaux, Cudworth, Tindal, Stillingfleet, Usher, Bramhall, Tillotson, Chillingworth, etc. etc.

ly provides (§ 15) for the continued admission of non-episcopally ordained ministers under certain conditions. New prayer officially set forth identifying "the Catholic Church" with "all who profess and call themselves Christians," so including non-episcopal bodies. Orders of Deacon and Priest only declared to be "necessary"...“in the Church of Christ" -OrdinalRubric.

Generally admitted that no further amendments or changes have been made since 1662 and that our present Protestant Episcopal Prayer Book and formularies are based upon the Pr. Book and Formularies of the Restoration.

1789 The Protestant Episcopal Church officially asserts that She is "far from intending to depart from the Church of England in any essential point of doctrine, discipline, or worship." Pr. BookPreface-referring to the doctrine, discipline and worship of the Church of England as set forth in 1662.

The Protestant Episcopal Church formally recognizes "the different religious denominations of Christians in these States" as "Churches."

IV

OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED