ISBN: 9781236468314

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London: Faber and Faber, 1964.. ** "1st edition. "A detailed and thorough exploration of some little-known by-paths in nineteenth and twentieth century ecclesiastical life...The… More...

London: Faber and Faber, 1964.. ** "1st edition. "A detailed and thorough exploration of some little-known by-paths in nineteenth and twentieth century ecclesiastical life...The story is closely though not exclusively connected with movements of a 'Catholic' type mainly deriving from dissatisfied and unstable elements in Catholicism or Anglo-Catholicism. They stand as a rule for 'Catholicism' without the Pope, but their preoccupation, amounting to obsession, is the recovery of Christian unity by the widespread, and, in effect, indiscriminate propagation of 'valid' episcopacy and priesthood..." Pp.593, 27 black & white portrait illustrations, mark (coffee or tea?) to front free endpaper which also has a small loss to fore edge. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine.A good copy of a scarce book. G+. ** "Episcopi vagantes (singular: episcopus vagans, Latin for wandering bishops or stray bishops) are persons who have been consecrated as Christian bishops outside the structures and canon law of the established churches, and who are not in communion with any generally recognized diocese. Also included are those who have in communion with them small groups that appear to exist solely for the bishop's sake."(Oxford Dictionary of the Christian CXhurch). ., London: Faber and Faber, 1964., RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 404 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.8in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 edition. Excerpt: . . . become the principle of action towards the ancient Churches of the East, I am yet most anxious not to misrepresent the very estimable Prelate that now presides over the Anglican Congregations in Syria and Egypt. I therefore append, in his own words, a fuller statement of the facts to which allusion is made in the passage above referred to. The following extracts are taken from the annual letter, which it has become the practice for the Anglican Bishop at Jerusalem to publish, in the January Number of the Jewish Intelligence, from year to year. The letter for the current year gives the following account of the intercourse that exists between Bishop Gobat and the Prelates of the Eastern Communions: --With respect to the heads of the several Churches, matters stand very much as last year. The Greek Patriarch and his Clergy keep as far from us as they possibly can; with the Latin I am on a footing of polite reserve, and have no reason to complain of enmity, although he began, as 1 was told, by excommunicating those who came to us. With the Armenian, and even with the United Greek Patriarch and the Syrian Bishop, a friendly intercourse has been continued. It is remarkable that the relations of the Anglican Bishop with the heads of the Heretical and Schismatical Bodies should be so much more intimate than with the Orthodox Greek or the Latin Patriarch, and suggests the idea that the like anomalous and unsatisfactory position of all is the common bond of union among them. The proceedings at Nablus are thus detailed by Bishop Gobat: --Besides the two Bible readers employed by the Jews Society, who have the charge of the ever more important Bible depot at Jerusalem and Jaffa, I have continued to employ three others; one among the Jews, . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<

2012, ISBN: 9781236468314

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