The Church's Self-Regulating Privilege, a National Safeguard in Respect of Real Church-Reform; Or, Reasons for Reviving Convocations, or Restoring Provincial and Diocesan Synods

John Kempthorne

ISBN 10: 0371972574 / ISBN 13: 9780371972571

Published by HardPress Ltd, 2021

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• Title: The Church's Self-Regulating Privilege, a National Safeguard in Respect of Real Church-Reform; Or, Reasons for Reviving Convocations, or Restoring Provincial and Diocesan Synods
• Publisher: HardPress Ltd
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371972574
• ISBN 13: 9780371972571
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 526 grams

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The Church's Self-Regulating Privilege, A National Safeguard In Respect Of Real Church-Reform; Or, Reasons For Reviving Convocations, Or Restoring Provincial And Diocesan Synods by John Kempthorne. This tract, originally published in 1835, argues that the United Church of England and Ireland should restore convocation and provincial synods as essential mechanisms for church reform and national stability. Kempthorne defends the Church Establishment, contending that the Church must regulate its own spiritual concerns through revived convocations, while remaining within the bounds of royal prerogative and parliamentary authority. He outlines arguments for reviving Convocations, emphasizes their self-regulating power, and discusses their potential to counter patronage abuses, improve discipline, and facilitate revisions of the Book of Common Prayer. The work surveys historical precedents (Scotland, America, Ireland) and lays out a plan for a constitutional synod that would guide church policy, unify clergy and laity, and coordinate the Church with the State. It also addresses doctrinal issues such as the standard of truth, the Oath of Supremacy, and the education of ministers, presenting appendices with documentary evidence and historical chronologies. The book is a forceful defense of ecclesiastical governance through synodal structures and a call for reform from within the Establishment.