Excerpt from The Rule of Faith: A Charge to the Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Delivered in St. James' Church, Philadelphia, May 22, 1833, at the Opening of the Convention The author begs leave to disclaim all intention of giving offence in the use ofthe appellation Romanist.' On the principle that a church or denomination may assume what name it pleases, he would willingly use that of Catholic;' but as the members of the church of Rome claim for their communion exclusive catholicity, it cannot be con ceded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.