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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 3a

Government by "Orders" endangered

Government by "Orders" endangered.

By its Constitution the Church is governed by all three Orders: Bishops, Clergy, Laity, each having in Synods and in some subordinate bodies, equal rights, the consent of all three being necessary for action taken. But of late there has sprung into existence a distinct violation of this fundamental equality, and a determination has been evinced by the Episcopate to count of little value, and even put aside, the opinion of the Clergy, and of the Laity in particular, when found to be in antagonism to that of the Bishops. Facts bearing out this statement are known to members of Synod and of some Church Boards, but, for present purposes, it will be sufficient to give a single instance from the transactions of Synod, and one from the business of a Board.