The sun., 1903-07-06
NO CHANGE or CHI RtH NAME.
Episcopal DiocrsCs Vote to Retain Od
Title.

The Rev Alexander w. Bostwick, who
ia temporararily in charge of Holy Trinity
Church, Brooklyn, has an article in the
Parish Neus for July on THE Name Of he
Church" He states as result Of the votes
of the several dioceses throughout the
country that the proposed change from
that of "The Protestan Episcopal Church"
to some other has been defeated, The
special committee appointed in 1902 is to
report on this subject to the general con-
vention in 1904,
Most Of the dioceses have given their
answer 10 the question" said Mr., Bost
wick "rhe dioCeses of New York. Cali
fornia and Oregon remain to he heard
from. The majority of the missionary
Jurisdictions have also spoken on the sub
ject. so il is now possible TO know def
nitely where the Church, as a whole. stands
on the question of change of name. She
has put herself on record, and the commit
tee will report to the convention of 1904
thai the Church has opposed any change
Of her present legal title. The following
dioceseS by majority out Of both clerical
and lay delegates are against n change.
Marquette Iowa. Maryland. Missouri vir-
".
Louisiana, Connecticut, Kansas, Lexington.
Washington, western Massachusetts Penn
sylvana. Easton, Minnesota, southern Nlr-
ginia. Kentucky. Long Island, indianapolis.
Maine central Pennsylvanla. eastern Carolina.
southern Ohio, Arkansas. western Virginia,
Pittsburg. Texas, MASSACHUSETTS,. Georgia,
New Jersey, South Carolina. thlrtY-two in
all Colorado gave tie vote of both orders.
Seven dioceses took no definite action,
either appointing a committee to report
at the next convention or laying the whole
subject on the table. These dioceses
we're: Quincy. Alabama, Newark, Ten
nessee, Los Angeles, Vermont and Michi
gan.
question They were Mississippi, North
Carolina, Olympia, Delaware (where the
whole question was finally tabledD, Western
Michigan, Dallas, Ohio and Central New
York
In seven of these dioceses the clergy
were in favor of a change and the laity,
often by a vote of 2 to ], were strongly
opposed. Only these nine dioceses were
decidedly in fovor of change: Milwaukee,
Chicago, Florida, New Hampshire, Mich-
gan City. Albany, Springfield, Fond du
Lac and Western Missouri the vote was
very indefinite therel
at will be seen that Eastern dioceses
strongly oppose a change, with one Eastern
diocese and one New England excepted
] ne OtnhT seven votes IlT u CilanRp are from
five Western and one middle Fast and one
Southern diocese, These figures would not
show any large demand from any part Of
the Church for change of name
of the missionary docescs. North Da-
kota, Salt Lake, Duluth, South Dakota,
Spokane and Western Texas were opposed
to change at this time Oklahoma post
poned action; Salina, Southern Florida,
Alaska, We're in favor of a change Mar
quette was divided. The clergy voting for
and the laity against The returns from
the other missionary Jurisdictions will
doubtless give n decided majority opposed
to a change.
Five dioceses proposed a new name, In
western Missouri lS votes were cast for
suggested "The American Branch of the
Catholic Church in the United States Of
America; Alaska, The Church in the
United States; Milwaukee and Fond du
Lac. "The American Catholic Church"
An effort in Chicago to commit the diocese
to n name failed to pass, although Chicago
by a larger ma jority than any other diocese,
voted for a change.
,"The ma jority Of the Bishops oppose the
change, while some Of those in favor of a
change suggested new name. The Bishop
Of Indianapolis prefArring The Church
or the Episcopal Church, the Bishops
OF North Dakota, Pittsburg and Colorado
The American 'htlrcn, the BShOp OF
Salina, THE Church Many names were
suggested, though with difficulty, are the
two or three gathered together upon the
same name The question has now been
settled for some years To come. and those
who love the Protestant Episcopal can
rest in quiet. The Church has seen that her
Catholicity does not lie in name. She
still protests against error from Rome
and every other quarter, and maintaining
her own catholic principles, goes out to her
work with deeper conservation for her
sacred mission"