Excerpt from The Position of the Church of England: An Address Delivered at Ruridecanal Conferences in the Diocese of London, During the Months of November and December 1898, With an Appendix

In attempting to set forth the principles of the Church of England I will use the plainest and least technical language. I may say at once that I repudiate all inferences which may be drawn from my phraseology. I am simply trying to discover the distinguishing features of the English Church as contrasted with other forms adopted for the organisa tion of the Catholic Church. They all have in common the great truths of the Christian Faith, they are all one in the Unity of the Spirit. There is unity between them, but it is not structural unity. It seems to me that a good understanding will best be reached by abandoning all attempts at reaching in any measurable time, and by any definite means, a unity of structure, and by a dispassionate comparison of modes of working and of objects pursued.

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