Infant Schools and Dissenters: A Vindication of "a letter of affectionate remonstrance," &c., from the mistakes respecting it made by William Geary ... and from the misrepresentations of it made by ... John Perowne ... in their respective pamphlets — John Shaqi
Infant Schools and Dissenters: A Vindication of "a letter of affectionate remonstrance," &c., from the mistakes respecting it made by William Geary ... and from the misrepresentations of it made by ... John Perowne ... in their respective pamphletsAlexander, John
Religion
Infant Schools and Dissenters: A Vindication of "a letter of affectionate remonstrance," &c., from the mistakes respecting it made by William Geary ... and from the misrepresentations of it made by ... John Perowne ... in their respective pamphlets
Alexander, John
Church and education -- England
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FOOTNOTES.
{15} Mr. Perowne uses the expression, “our _apostolical_ establishment,”
as if there had been an _Established_ Church in the days of the apostles.
The establishment of religion by the state, did not take place till the
reign of Constantine, which was three hundred years after Christ, and
when the church had become grossly corrupted by “the mystery of
iniquity.” It is still more erroneous to speak of “_our_ apostolical
establishment,” for the Protestant Church of England was not established
till the time of Henry the Eighth.
{16} A man who writes himself “reverend,” and who intermeddles with
latin and logic, ought to be able to spell correctly. “Calvanist” and
“Armenian,” are wrong. The former should be Calvinist, and the latter
should be Arminian. I hope that the Infant School system, which Mr.
Perowne patronises, will not be so “exclusive” as to exclude spelling
from its literature. Let Mr. P. take advantage of this hint—for he
learnedly remarks, “_Licet vel_ ab hoste doceri.”
{28} Mr. Warner, a clergyman of the Church of England, in his
“_Conformist’s Plea for the Nonconformists_,” observes “It is _absurd to
call him a martyr_, for there was too great a complication of causes
which led to his execution, to ascribe it wholly or principally to
religion. The vice which ruined him was insincerity; so that his enemies
saw that they could not trust him to perform his insincere though liberal
promises.”
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