RITUAL CONTROVERSY (1881).

=Source.=--_The Times_, January 12.

_Extract from a Memorial to the Archbishop of Canterbury, signed by

various Deans, Canons, etc._

... The immediate need of our Church is, in our opinion, a tolerant

recognition of divergent ritual practice; but we feel bound to

submit to your Grace that our present troubles are likely to recur,

unless the Courts by which ecclesiastical causes are decided in the

first instance and on appeal can be so constructed as to secure the

conscientious obedience of clergymen who believe the constitution

of the Church of Christ to be of Divine appointment, and who

protest against the State's encroachment upon Rights assured to the

Church of England by solemn Acts of Parliament....

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