Excerpt from Protestant Episcopal Doctrine and Church UnityOur brethren of other churches than it is now. It would throw no contempt upon their orders. Their minds would be more free from prejudice in the examination of our polity and ritual. Even under the present repelling circumstances, many clergymen of other churches have adopted some portions of our ritual. Many of us have been made the recipients of the confessions of clergy men Of other churches that, but for the prevail ing high ritualism and the exclusive claims, and the exaggerated doctrines of the Eucha rist, they would have long since come into the Church. Those who have yielded, or would have yielded to such in¿uences as these, would have soon been led to see that a moderate Episcopacy is the natural complement of the system which they would already have received in part.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.