Church-of-Englandism and its Catechism Examined
Edited by James E Crimmins, The late 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
