Church-of-Englandism and its Catechism Examined
Edited by James E Crimmins, Catherine Fuller, and Philip Schofield
Table of Contents
Part I
The Catechism-a bad Substitute to the Bible-is substituted to it
1. Church of England Catechism-this perhaps the First Censorial Commentary ever applied to it
2. On Religion in a Christian Free-School, the Bible the only fit Lesson-Book
3. No substitute to the Bible should be there taught-the Catechism is made a Substitute to it
4. Badness of this Substitute in every respect: I. As to Faithfulness-No Tests of it
5. II. Badness in respect of Matter
6. III. Badness in respect of Form
7. Of the Badness of this Formulary, in respect of Matter, the Framers of it were conscious
8. Of the Badness of this Formulary, in respect of Faithfulness, Matter, and Form, the Imposers of it on the Schools are conscious
9. The Religion thus taught by the Rulers of the Church of England, is not the Religion of Jesus
Part II
Exclusionary system of Instruction-its Establishment-its bad Tendencies
Part III
Exclusionary System-Grounds for the Hope that the Approbation of it is not general
Part IV
National Society-Grounds for regarding the Exclusionary Acts as Spurious, and its Reports as Purposely deceptious
1. Cause and Ground of Suspicion as to Authenticity
2. Marks of Authenticity, proper and usual, in Reports of Proceedings of Public Bodies
3. Positions and Plan of Proof-Ends pursued by the Institution-Means employed
4. I. Proofs of the System of Exclusion
5. II. Proofs of the System of Imposition. General Committee-Meetings none
6. Proofs of the System of Imposition continued-II. Sub-Committees and their Meetings, none
7. Proofs of the System of Imposition continued-III. Acts spurious
8. Securities against Spuriousness-Cause of the Omission of them, Necessity and Design-not Inadvertence
9. [III.]-Authors, acting and consenting, of the combined Systems of Exclusion and Imposition
10. Authors, &c. continued-Dr. Manners Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury
11. How to organize a Chaos-Forms of Disorder exemplified in these Reports
12. General Committee-Fraud involved in the Title thus given to the Managing Body
Part V
Baptism and Sponsorship proper, when instituted-Baptism useless, Sponsorship improper now
Appendix No I
Remarks on the Object of the Church of England Religion, as avowed by the Bishop of London
Appendix No II
LORD'S SUPPER-not designed by Jesus for general Imitation-its utter Unfitness for that Purpose
Appendix No III
Remedies to the [Mischiefs of the] Exclusionary System as applied to Instruction
Appendix No IV
Remedy to all Religious and much Political Mischief-Euthanasia of the Church
1. Plan of this Paper
2. Euthanasia, in Contradistinction to Cacothanasia, what?-Uti possidetis Principle-its Application to this Case
3. I. Service
4. II. Pay
5. Pay continued-Merit, whether producible by Sinecures
6. III. Discipline
7. State of Discipline, as exhibited by Authority, and elucidated by a Diocesan Secretary
8. Ulterior Information from Mr. Wright
9. Vices of Excellent Church recapitulated
10. Facienda in the way of Reform
Appendix No V
Recent Measures of pretended Reform or Improvement-their Inutility and Mischievousness
Introduction
1. I. Giving Increase to the Number of Non-Resident Incumbents
2. II. Increasing the Number of Resident Curates. III. To that End, out of the Pockets of Incumbents and Patrons, taking Money, and forcing it into the Pockets of Curates
3. IV. For Increasing the Value of English Livings, exacting from the Population of the Three Kingdoms the Annual Sum of 100,000l.
4. V. Regulating the [occupations] of Agriculture, in the case of a Parish or other Priest
5. VI. Over Incumbents and Curates, lodging despotic power in the hands of Bishops
6. VII. Announced, and remaining to be executed. From Christians, and others of all persuasions, money to be exacted, sufficient to render the number of Church-of-England Churches commensurate to the whole population