...value as a help towards unity. " As regards (1) I would point out that the parenthesis in question, ' as secretly striking at some established doctrine...or indeed of the whole Catholic Church of Christ,' is a historical reference to what happened at the Savoy Conference in 1661. The reference is to the...

...very outset that "of the sundry alterations proposed unto us, we have rejected all such as either were of dangerous consequence (as secretly striking at...vain. But such alterations as were tendered to us ... as seemed to us in any degree requisite or expedient, we have willingly and of our own accord assented...

...point — that, in fact, of "all the sundry alterations proposed" they had "rejected all such as were of dangerous consequence (as secretly striking at...or indeed of the whole Catholic Church of Christ) . ." and that they did freely "profess to the world that the Book as it stood before established by...

...they owe to the public." "Of the sundry alterations proposed to us," they say, "we have rejected all such as were either of dangerous consequence (as secretly...practice of the Church of England, or indeed of the whole Catholick Church of Christ), or else of no consequence at all, but utterly frivolous and vain. But...

...they owe to the public." "Of the sundry alterations proposed to us," they say, "we have rejected all such as were either of dangerous consequence (as secretly...practice of the Church of England, or indeed of the whole Catholick Church of Christ), or else of no consequence at all, but utterly frivolous and vain. But...

...established doctrine, or laudable practice of the Church of England, or indeed of the whole Catholick Church of Christ), or else of no consequence at all,...vain. But such alterations as were tendered to us, as seemed to us as in any degree requisite or expedient, we have willingly, and of our own accord,...

...drawn up in 1662 : ' And therefore of the sundry alterations proposed unto us we have rejected all such as were either of dangerous consequence as secretly...practice of the Church of England or indeed of the whole Catholick Church of Christ. . . .' I am not less mindful of the series of letters written by Bishop...

...In the Preface of our Book of Common Prayer we are warned against alterations which secretly strike "at some established doctrine or laudable practice...or indeed of the whole Catholic Church of Christ." Our order of prayer is said to be "much agreeable to the mind and purpose of the old Fathers." The...

...times. And therefore, of the sundry alterations proposed unto us, we have rejected all such as were of dangerous consequence (as secretly striking at...persons, under what pretences, or to what purpose soever so tendered) as seemed to us in any degree requisite or expedient, we have willingly and of our own...

...Attempts, and impetuous Assaults," and to the rejection of suggestions that were either dangerous, "secretly striking at some established Doctrine, or...laudable Practice of the Church of England, or indeed the whole Catholick Church of Christ," or seemed to them "of no consequence at all, but utterly frivolous...