The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-09 00:00:00

ANGLICAN CONFERENCE.

THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE PAN-

We are authorised to publish the following
resolutions, passed at the conference of bishops
of the Anglican communion, holden at Lambeth
Palace, last week.

" We, bishops of Christ's holy catholic church, in
visible communion with the united church of England
and Ireland, professing the faith delivered to us in Holy
Scripture, maintained by the primitive climb and by the
fathers of the English Reformation, now assembled, by the
good providence of God, at the Archiepiscopal Palace of
Lambeth, under the presidency of the Primate of All
England, desire—First, to give hearty thanks to Almighty
God for having thus brought ns together for common
counsels and united worship ; secondly, we desire to ex-
press the deep sorrow with which we view the divided
condition of the flock of Christ throughout the world,
ardently longing for the fulfilment of the prayer of our
Lord, That all may be one, as Thou, Father, art in Me,
and lin Thee, that they also may be one in us, that the
world may believe that Thou bait not Me;' and, lastly, we
do here solemnly record our conviction that unity will be
most effectually promoted by maintaining the Faith in its
purity and integrity—as taught in the Holy Scriptures,
held by the primitive church, summed up in the creeds,
and affirmed by the undisputed general councils—and by
draw* sas► of na closer to our Kam= Lord, by giving
ourselves to mach prayer and intersesidan, by the cultiva-
tion of a spirit of charity, and a love of the Lord's ap-
pearing."
lissourrioN I.—" That it appears to us expedient, for
the purpose of maintaining brotherly interoommunion,
that all oases of establishment of new sees, and appoint-
meat of new bishop., be notified to all archbishops and
metropolitans, and all presiding bishops of the Anglican
communion."

RLIIOLUTION 2.—" That, 1) w *-g regard to the condi-
tions under which interaommunion between members of
the church passing from one distant diocese to another
may be duly maintained, we hereby declare it desirable—
(l) That forms of letters commendatory on behalf of
clergymen visiting other dioceses be drawn up and agreed
upon ; (2) That a form of letters commendato-y for lay
members of the church be in like manner prepared ; C.))
That his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury be
pleased to undertake the preparation of such forms."
Itssourrios 3.—" That • committee be appointed to
draw up a pastoral address to all members of the church
of Christ in communion with the Aug, wan branch of the
church catholic, to be agreed upon by the assembled
bishops, and to be pubNhed as soon as possible after the
last sitting of the conference."
Itsemarnos 4.—" That in the opinionof this conference
unity in faith and discipline will be best maintained
among the several branches of the Anglican communion by
due and canonical subordination of the synods of the
several branches to the higher authority of a synod or
synods above them."

Raw:mums a.—" That a committee of seven members
(with power to add to their number, and to obtain the
assistance of men learned in eoclesiastioal and canon law)
beappointed to inquire into and report upon the subject of
the relations and functions of such synods, and that such
repot: be forwarded to his Grace the Lord Archbishop of
Canterbu-i, with a request that, if possible, it may be
communisated to any adjourned meeting of this con-
ference."

RESOLUTION 6.—" That in the judgment of the bishops
new assembled, the whole Anglican communion is deeply
injured by the present condition of the church in Natal ;
and that a committee be now appointed at this general
11 meeting' to report on the best mode by which the church
may be delivered from the continuum of this scandal,
and the true faith maintained. That such report be for-
' warded to his Crum the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury,
with the request that he will be pleased to transmit thesame
ell the bishops of the Anglican communion, and to ask
for their judgment thereupon."
Itiasournos 7.—" That we who are here present do
acquiesce in the resolution of the convocation of Canter-
bury, passed. June 29, 1866, relating to the diocese of
Natal, to wit—' If it be decided that • new bishop should
be consecrated—as to the proper steps to be taken by
the members of the church in the province of Natal for
obtaining • new bishop, it is the opinion of thisitiouse,
f rat, that • formal instrument, declaratory of the doc-
trine and discipline of the church of South Africa should
be prepared, which every bishop, priest, and deacon to be
appointed to office should be required to subscribe;
'mealy, that • godly and well-learned man should be
chosen by the clergy, with the anent of the lay-
oommunicants of the church ; and thirdly, that
he should be presented for consecration, either
to the Archbishop of Canterbury—if the aforesaid
instrument should declare the doctrine and disci-
pline of Christ as received by tee united church of
England and Ireland—or to the bishops of the church of
South Africa, according as hereafter may be judged to be
most advisable and convenient.'

BASOLTITION B.—" That, in order to the binding of the
churches of our colonial empire and the missionary
churches beyond them in the closest union with the mother
church, it is necessary that they receive and maintain
a about alteration the standards of faith and doctrine as
now in use in that church. That, nevertheless, each pro-
vince should have the right to make such adaptations and
additions to the services of the church as its peculiar cir-
cumstances may require, provided th►t no change or addi-
tion be made inconsistent with the spirit and principles of
the Book of Common Prayer, and that all such changes be
liable to revision by any synod of the Anglican communion
in which the said province shall be represented."
Rstsourrios 9.—" That the committee appointed by
resolution 5, with the addition of the names of the Bishops
of London, St. David's, and Oxford, and all the colonial
bishops, be instructed to consider the constitution of a
voluntary spiritual tribunal, to which questions of doc-
trine may be carried by appeal from the tribunals for the
exercise of discipline in each province of the colonial
church, and that their report bs forwarded to his Grace
the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, who is requested to
communicate it to an adjourned meeting of this con-
ference."

Resourrtoe 10.—" That the resolutions enomitted
this oonferenoe relative to the discipline to be exercised by
metropolitans, the court of metropolitans, the scheme for
conducting the election of bishops, when not otherwise
provided for, the declaration of submission to the regula-
tion of synods, and the question of what legislation should
be proposed for the colonial churches, be referred to the
committee specified in the preceding resolution."
Rzeotimog IL—" That a special committee be ap-
pointed to consider the resolutions relative to the notifies,
tion of proposed missionary bishoprics, and the subordi-
nates of missionaries."

Itssourrioir 12.—" That the question of the bounds of
t'm jurisdiction of different bishops, when any question
may have arisen in regard to them, the question as to the
obedience of chaplains of the united church of England
and Ireland on the continent, and the resolution sub-
mitted to the conference relative to their return and ad-
mission into home dioceses, be referred to the committee
specified in the preceding resolution."
Rasourrrox 13.—" That we desire to render our hearty
thanks to Almighty God for His blessings vouchsafed to us
in and by this conference ; and we desire to express our
hope that this our meeting may hereafter be followed by
other meetings to be conducted in the same spirit of
brotherly love."
After a resolution of hearty thanks to his Grace the
Archbishop of Canterbury, for having convened the con-
ference, and for having presided at it, the archbishop
solemnly offered up the prayer for the church militant.
The " Gloria in Exempla's" was then sung by the assembled
bishops ; his grace the president pronounced the bene-
diction, and the present session of the conference came to
its close.

The Bishop of Oxford was sufficiently recovered
yesterday toWikeaprominstit part in the services associated
with the re-opening of the parish church of FA Nichols,
at Nov/burp

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