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them other churches and denominations. 1 

 In a word, as the general reunion of 

 Christendom turns upon the reunion 

 of Protestantism and Catholicism, so the 

 reunion of Protestantism and Catholicism 

 turns upon the reunion of presbytery and 

 episcopacy. 



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It is a striking proof of the common 

 mission of the two churches that as yet 

 they are the only two communions in 

 Christendom winch have met on the Lam- 

 beth basis for formal conferences. Dur- 

 ing the past six years they have been 



1 It may be added, that the situation is complicated 

 by rival claimants, Protestant as well as Catholic. Not 

 only do the Orthodox Greek and Roman Catholic 

 branches of the historic episcopate co-exist with the 

 Protestant Episcopal in our country ; but we have also 

 the Moravian and Reformed episcopates, and are likely- 

 soon to have a Lutheran episcopate, all claiming equal 

 validity with the Anglican. Amid this confusion and 

 conflict of denominational episcopates, the unification of 

 the Presbyterian and Protestant Episcopal churches may 

 be important in maintaining the ascendency of the 

 Anglo-American type of ecclesiastical Christianity in 

 our civilization. 



