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naturally accumulate a valuable litera- 

 ture as an educational agency for influ- 

 encing public opinion in favor of church 

 unity. 



Without enlarging upon the mission and 

 methods of the Catholic Unity League, I 

 desire to recommend, not necessarily the 

 league itself, but its principles, to the young 

 men who are looking forward to the sacred 

 ministry. These principles are in the 

 spirit of that learned and catholic-minded 

 student of the problem, the author of the 

 " Creeds of Christendom," who has recom- 

 mended Symbolic, 1 the comparative study 

 of different church standards, as an import- 

 ant part of the equipment of a theological 

 student, in view of the conflicting denomi- 

 nations with which he must come in con- 

 tact in our country. Especially may a 

 Presbyterian minister, while loyal to his 

 own standards, endeavor to promote that 

 church unity which is a cardinal prin- 

 ciple of the Presbyterian polity, as well 

 as the highest expression of Christian 

 fraternity. 



i Theological Propedeutic. By Rev. Philip Schaff, 

 D.D., Professor in Union Theological Seminary, N. Y. 



