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that church, untouched, identical with 

 that church in all its great principles, yet 

 providing for as much freedom in opinion, 

 discipline, and worship as is compatible 

 with the essential faith and order of the 

 Gospel." This noble project was so novel 

 and startlin£ at that time, fortv vears a^o, 

 that it does not seem even to have been 

 fully comprehended. Its temporary fail- 

 ure was followed, as might have been 

 foreseen, by the rise of the ritualistic 

 party and the secession of the Reformed 

 Episcopal Church. But its good effects 

 have remained in the appointment of a 

 permanent Episcopal Commission on 

 Church Unity, in a revision of the Prayer- 

 Book, enriching it and making it more 

 flexible, and in the Declaration concern- 

 ing Unity by the General Convention of 

 1886, at Chicago. 



THE CHICAGO ARTICLES OF TNITY 



The Chicago Declaration was issued in 

 response to a memorial signed by more 

 than eleven hundred clergymen, including 

 thirty-two bishops, and by over three thou- 

 sand laymen. It is understood to have 

 been elaborated in purport and language 



