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Christian faith and order committed by 

 Christ and His Apostles to the Church unto 

 the end of the world, and therefore incapable 

 of compromise or surrender by those who have 

 been ordained to be its stewards and trustees 

 for the common and equal benefit of all men. 



" As inherent parts of this sacred deposit, 

 and therefore as essential to the restoration of 

 unity among divided branches of Christen- 

 dom, we count the following, to wit : — 



"(I.) The Holy Scriptures of the 

 Old and New Testaments as the re- 

 vealed Word of God. 



" (II.) The Nicene Creed as the suf- 

 ficient STATEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN 



Faith. 



" (III.) The two sacraments, — Bap- 

 tism and the Supper of the Lord, — 

 ministered with unfailing use of 

 Christ's words of institution, and of 

 the elements ordained by hlm. 



" (IV.) The Historic Episcopate, lo- 

 cally ADAPTED IN THE METHODS OF ITS 



administration to the varying needs 

 of the nations and peoples called of 

 God into the Unity of His Church." 



Now then it will be seen that the force 

 and meaning of these several bases or con- 



