ANGLICAN CIIfRCIIKS. 



, the pUesM of wowhip and number of lowing table*, published In ttotfontetfermiit 

 re eoo*nd. Use Church of Eng- (October 88, 



1 _f A/k flitfk lUTilk al...u- 



III. IMU, MW vuun.. 



Undba* to tk* town* with npward of 80,000 



, 



November 6, ami December 4. 

 1872), abow the relation of the Established 

 Church to the non-established Churches in 

 three different gronpa of towns : 



T -, 



ctd, in 



with the 



_____ hi the) Australian colony of 



*iw South Wake was 159.W8 (48.8 per cent 

 of the total population); in Victoria, 867,888 ; 

 to cVwth Australia, BO.M4; in West Australia, 

 14.1; in Tasmania, 58,047.* 



I. OaTVBHi or BuotAjro. The sub; 

 H>e Atkmnntf* Crtfd was a prominent topic 

 of eBMOMsM in tke Convocations of Canter- 

 bury aad York in the earlier part of the year. 

 Tke cotnittee that had bn appointed in the 

 at Canterbury In 1878, to consider 

 recommended a synodal declara- 

 tion of 'the object of the creed, and of the 

 see** In which It waa intended to be used in 

 Ike service. The declaration waa adopted by 

 tke Lover Hoose of the Convocation, in the 

 Ibuowing form : 



for Ik* IssasTsI of Doubt* and of Disquietude in 

 Ik* CM of tk* Aaksnaaiu Cned, thia Synod doth 



That Ik* CU****on of oor Christian Faith, eom- 

 Jtoaly osJUd tk* CrMd of St. Athanaaiu*, aeta forth 

 tk* two ftiadam*ntal dootrilM* of the Catholic Faith, 

 vk, Tkat of th. Holy Trinity, and that of th* In- 

 raattse) of *w Lord J*u* Christ, in th* form of 

 aaesMfei**. 



Tkat the satd CsajIWalon does not make any addi- 

 *o tk* ChrUUan Faith a* contained in the 

 1 Hlssas Creeds, but is a aafegtiaM 

 kicb, from USM to time, have arisen 

 l**CtMih*fCkri*L 



Tkst. wkMM*. Holy SoriMon, wkU* proml 

 Ufc l U nkhn.1. ai*fla ITdUer. r*sfe7 

 eoodMBMiloo of Ik* nnUIWrlnj, so sJso does 

 Ctmrsk. vMW ii stating tks iiiiilli of holdlmj 

 fWth ftr *l who woald b* in a stat 

 ***, la amdry elaajs** of this Covfe*- 



DOSS of a wlUAil rejection 



tk.necos.ity of ) 



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: 



Ik* ***** (br att who 



MM s**jNWi aww IISJUMalltJ VI IlirauillM 



..... 

 lk*lMs, tk. Ckenk tksnin MM** not 



an IkatanfwUy of aoeh wilifbt'rejWtim." Further- 

 **, w* sawt rwstv* Oo.!'* threaUnlnfa, even a* 



Stn^tiTttsfrT-lI.t,** thv "** i* o ** n ' * 



Tbe Convocation of York adopted a similar 

 tofer**loa,aa foil..**: 

 For Ik* RMaoval of Donbta sad Disqaletnde In th* 



r ^_"f._ 1 '? AthssMrian Osed, this HOIM doth 



I. 



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make any addition to the faith as contained in Holy 

 Scripture, but wameih agnimt errora which lr. in 

 time to time have arisen in the Church of Christ, 



S. That ina*much a> Holy 8critturc in divers 

 placet doth prominc life to them that believe, and 

 declare the condemnation of them that believe not, 

 to doth the Church in *undry clause* of thin contVa- 

 sion declare the necessity of holding fant the Chris- 

 tian faith, and the great peril of rejecting the name. 

 licieM the Church doth not therein pronounce 

 judgment upon particular pcmons, the Great Judge 

 of all alone being able to diacern who they are that 

 In thin matter are guilty before Him. 



Furthermore, the warning* in thi* Confession of 

 Faith are to be underatood no otherwise than the 

 like warnings in Holy Scripture. 



The Convocation of York sits as one house, 

 and the declaration was voted upon by si:cli 

 members of the body as correspond to those 

 who constitute the Lower House of the Con- 

 vocation of Canterbury. Therefore the bish- 

 ops did not vote upon this question as it then 

 good. 



The Convocation of Canterbury met again 

 in May, wlu-n the prolocutor laid before tin- 

 lower House the declaration on the Atbana- 

 sian Creed which had been agreed to by the 

 biahopa, 



The House agreed upon some amendments 

 to the declaration, and roadopted it, in the 

 following form: 



For the Removal of Doubt*, and to prevent T>i-- 

 quietude in the Cse of the Creed commonly called 

 the Creed of St. Ath*uiua, this Synod doth de- 

 clare : 



1. That the Confession of our Faith, commonly 

 called the Creed of St. Athaiiaaius. <lt)> not make 

 any addition to the faith contained in llly Scripture, 

 but warm th against error* which timn time to time 

 bavoariaen in the Church of Thrift. 



. That as the Holy Scripture, in divers places, 

 doth pmmUe life to them U and declare 



tk* condemnation of them that .believe not, so doth 

 the Church in thi* confession declare tl.. 

 for all, who would be in a KtaU of salvation, of hold- 

 ing fast the Catholic Faith, and the great peril of 

 rejecting th* Mine. V. , fore the warnings in this 

 ContsssTon of Faith are to be understood no <ith< 

 than the like warnings of Holy Scripture. Mort < \. r. 

 the Church doth not pronounce judgment upon par- 

 ticular pontons, God alone being the judge. 



The declaration in this form was sent up to 

 the t'|.|M-r IIouw, which adopted it after mak- 

 ing two slight verbal alterations. 



A | tit ion wan presented in the Upper Honse 

 of the Convocation of Canterbury on the 9th 

 of May, from four hundred and eighty-three 



