The Case of Long V. Bishop of Cape Town: Embracing the Opinions of the Judges of the Colonial Court, Hitherto Unpublished, Together with the Decision of the Privy Council and Preliminrary Observations by the Editor |
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... meeting of the Parishioners for the election of lay Representatives to such a mixed Synod . Long disputed the right of the Bishop to call a Synod , without the previous permission of the Crown , and denied that a mixed Synod of Laity ...
... meeting of the Parishioners for the election of lay Representatives to such a mixed Synod . Long disputed the right of the Bishop to call a Synod , without the previous permission of the Crown , and denied that a mixed Synod of Laity ...
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... meeting , and that my views as to its legality for the purposes intended , ' and its expediency , were unchanged , and even stronger than they were four years ago , I was not sure as to the best course to pursue , in order to give ...
... meeting , and that my views as to its legality for the purposes intended , ' and its expediency , were unchanged , and even stronger than they were four years ago , I was not sure as to the best course to pursue , in order to give ...
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... meeting . I likewise signed a general protest against it , copies of which were forwarded to the Archbishop of Canterbury , and to her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies , as also a petitiou to the Queen on the same subject ...
... meeting . I likewise signed a general protest against it , copies of which were forwarded to the Archbishop of Canterbury , and to her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies , as also a petitiou to the Queen on the same subject ...
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... meeting to elect a delegate , or are requested to do so by those whom they represent , I shall not interfere with their liberty ; but , for myself , I can take no part whatever in such meeting . In order , however , that my people may ...
... meeting to elect a delegate , or are requested to do so by those whom they represent , I shall not interfere with their liberty ; but , for myself , I can take no part whatever in such meeting . In order , however , that my people may ...
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... Meetings called synods are , I am aware , held in other places , but if they presumed to legislate for the Church , and ... meeting in the presence of mutual friends , at which the plaintiff might offer , if he pleased , apology or expla ...
... Meetings called synods are , I am aware , held in other places , but if they presumed to legislate for the Church , and ... meeting in the presence of mutual friends , at which the plaintiff might offer , if he pleased , apology or expla ...
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Page 83 - And nothing shall be proclaimed or published in the Church, during the time of Divine Service, but by the Minister : nor by him any thing, but what is prescribed in the Rules of this Book, or enjoined by the Queen, or by the Ordinary of the place.
Page 38 - Majesty hath the chief power in this realm of England, and other her Dominions, unto whom the chief Government of all Estates of this Realm, whether they be Ecclesiastical or Civil, in all causes doth appertain, and is not, nor ought to be, subject to any foreign Jurisdiction.
Page 27 - Town was of inconvenient extent, and that for the due spiritual care and superintendence of the religious interests of the inhabitants thereof, and for the maintenance of the doctrine and discipline of the United Church of England and Ireland within the colony of the Cape of Good Hope and its dependencies, and the island of St.
Page 91 - And be thou a faithful Dispenser of the Word of God, and of his holy Sacraments; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Page 139 - ... the decision of such tribunal will be binding when it has acted within the scope of its authority, has observed such forms as the rules require, if any forms be prescribed, and if not, has proceeded in a manner consonant with the principles of justice. " In such cases the tribunals so constituted are not in any sense courts ; they derive no authority from the Crown, they have no power of their own to enforce their sentences, they must apply for that purpose to the Courts established by law, and...
Page 31 - The Book of Common Prayer, and administration of the Sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland...
Page 141 - Bishop, or to be elected by such persons and in such manner as he had prescribed, and it was a meeting convened, not for the purpose of taking counsel and advising together what might be best for the general good of the society, but for the purpose of agreeing upon certain rules, and establishing in fact certain laws, by which all members of the Church of England in the Colony, whether they assented to them or not, should be bound. Accordingly...
Page 139 - The Church of England, in places where there is no church established by law, is in the same situation with any other religious body, in no better but in no worse position, and the members may adopt, as the members of any other communion may adopt, rules for enforcing discipline within their body which will be binding on those who expressly or by implication have assented to them.
Page 86 - ... enact, promulge or execute any such canons, constitutions or ordinances provincial, by whatsoever name or names they may be called, in their Convocations in time coming (which...
Page 53 - The decisions of ecclesiastical courts, like every other judicial tribunal, are final, as they are the best judges of what constitutes an offense against the word of God and the discipline of the church. Any other than those courts must be incompetent judges of matters of faith, discipline, and doctrine; and civil courts, if they should be so unwise as to attempt to supervise their judgments on matters which come within their jurisdiction...