The Anglican Brief Against Roman Claims

Delve into the theological debates that divided England in the 19th century with this classic text. Arthur Brinckman and Thomas Moore make a compelling case against the claims of the Roman Catholic church, drawing on scripture, history, and reason. With clarity and conviction, The Anglican Brief is an important resource for anyone seeking to understand the roots of Anglican identity. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter X. anglican orthodoxy. If enough has already been said to vindicate the Church of England against the charge of wilful schism, and against such imputations upon the validity of her orders as would thrust her out of the Church's constitutional unity--yet a reply has still to be made on the charge of heresy. What is heresy? It is the self-willed repudiation by an individual or a part of the Church of the authoritative rule of faith, especially as embodied in some ecumenical dogmatic decree. What the standard of faith is has been explained already at some considerable length. It remains to ask whether the English Church has rebelled against it. The Reformation in England was not primarily a doctrinal movement at all. In its first intention it was a movement to repudiate papal usurpation, and good care was taken to emphasize the stability of the Anglican position as regards doctrine. "Our said sovereign the king and all his natural subjects, as well spiritual as temporal, continue to be as obedient, devout, catholic and humble children of God and holy Church as any people be within any realm christened."1 Afterwards, 1 Stat. 23 Henry vill. c. 20. See Hardwick Church History Reformation p. 179. the doctrinal movement became much more prominent, but the intention of the Anglican Church was never lost sight of--it was to repudiate abuses and later accretions and to retain the original and catholic doctrine. The convocation which imposed on the clergy subscription to the Articles of Religion, issued a canon to preachers enjoining them to "teach nothing in their sermons which they should require to be devoutly held or believed by the people except what is agreeable to the doctrine of the Old and New Testaments, and what the ancient...