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those above named in holding the Apostles' Creed, 

 but reject the primitive form of government of the 

 Church, by a ministry of three orders : and also 

 reject liturgical worship, the rite of confirmation, 

 etc. 



Thirds The difference between the great divisions 

 of the Church in which the primitive doctrines, 

 usages, and discipline have been retained, consists 

 mainly in the additions which have been made in 

 later ages. 



Regarding, as we must, the Anglican and Amer- 

 ican branches of the Church as conforming more 

 closely than any others to the Church of apostolic 

 times, we find, upon comparing the Greek Church 

 with them, that it differs from them in ritual, and 

 in some views of doctrine. It is found, however, 

 that as the principles of the Greek Church are 

 understood, they are much purer, more correct, 

 and with less additions and distortions of the primi- 

 tive faith than is the case in the Roman Church, 

 which has introduced such errors as the worship of 

 the Virgin ; the invocation of the saints ; Purgatory, 

 the immaculate conception, Papal infallibility, etc. 



The Old Catholic movement of the present day 

 is one of the greatest importance, for its aim is to 

 do away with whatever has been added to the prim- 

 itive faith by the superstition o( later ages. 



