Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-07
NO CHANGE IN NAME Not
 Ready For It.

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 Committee of Investigation
 Makes Report Change at
 This Time Inexpedient
 Wants Words Protestant
 Episcopal" Stricken Out
 of Prayer Book.
 Boston, May 7.-The committee of fifteen which was appointed by the na- tional triennial convention of the Epis copal church at San Francisco in 1901 to consider the advisability of chang ing the legal name of the denomina- ton has issued an extended report in which the opinion is expressed that any change at this time is ineXpedi- ent. The report is to be submitted to the general convention which will as semble in this city next October The
 committee recommends the passage by the Boston convention of the fol- lowing resolution: Resolved that the
 committee be discharged from the fur
 ther consideration of the subject
 The report isl signed by all fifteen
 members of the committee, although
 three appendices, one signed by seven
 members, q second by five and a third by one, are attached. The second ap-8 ] pendix recommends that the words Protestant Episcopal" on the title page Of the book of common prayer be l stricken out.
 Although officially party lines are not drawn in the investigation of the sentiment in all of the 7S dfoceses and
 missionary districts, change was
 generally favored by the high church party. and with one or two excep- tions the committed while agreeing on I the report itself, divided on the sup l plementary statement
 1 At the San Francisco convention 1 the diocese of Milwaukee presented a
 memorial requesting that the name of
 s'The Protestant Episcopal Church ill l the United States" be changed to that of ssThe American Catholic Church ill ] the United States The request was
 not passed upon directly by the con 1 ventiOn, but a committee of five bish- ops, five priests and five Iaymen was ! appointed to ascertain the mind of the
 church and report to the Boston con- vention.
 The first appendix to the report is signed by Bishops Daniel $. Futile of
 Missouri, George W. Peterkin of West Virginia, David IT. Greer of New York, Rev S. S., Moore of Parkersburg, w. Va, Arthur J. c. Sowdon of Bos-
 ton, Francis A. Lewis and Joseph Packard
 They observed that the present name can hardly be considered as q him
 drance to growth, since all growth has
 been in connection with the name. |, With respect to the objection that the Catholic name Of the church is ob- scured in the eyes of other Catholic
 communions by the name, it is said, tour relations with the old Catholics have not been strained by reason of the title, and in view of the late pope's denial of the validity of our or ders, q mere change of name is not likely to change the attitude of the See of Rome toward us"
 The second appendix is signed by Bishop Cortlandt Whitehead of Pitts burg, Rev George Mcclellan Fiske, D. I D., of Providence bishop coadjutOr-
 elect of Springfield; Rev B. Talbot
 Rogers of Fond du Lac, Wis; L. H.
 Moorehouse of Milwaukee, and Dan
 iel B. Lyman. They say: 'trhe indi- cations shown are most abundant that l the majority of our bishops, clergy and laity are pronouncedly dissatis- fled with our present. title. and many apply to 1t more or less derogatory ad- | jectives. It is perceived that it Is a,
 monument of division and perpetuates l memories of which all earnest Chris 1 tian people ewould Aladly rid themselves ! in the Christian world. It is wall
 Of separation on the one hand against
 our Roman brethren and on the other l difrerentiateS us from our non-Epis-
 copal brethren. 1t is to us humiliat- l ing that we must be forever measur-
 Ing our longitude from the pope of
 Rome as the meridian, and our polity 1 be made disproportionately prominent l in the eyes of our fellow Christians at
 every mention of the name" The l statement concludes with the sugges-
 tion that the Boston convention enact l legislation by which the words ssPro- testant Episcopal shall be omitted! ! from the title page of the prayer book
 until such time as the people can be
 brought to favor suitable legal de-
 signation.
 The third statement. which is brief
 is signed by Rev John H. Egar of
 Rome, N ", and suggests that the
 name be changed to that of "The l Church in the United States of Amer l ica.' The two remaining members of the committee, Bishops John Scar borough of New Jersey and W. A.. Leonard of Ohio, make no suggestion. 1 Tn New England the diocese of New I Hampshire was the only one to vote l for an immediate change, although the
 clergy of Vermont expressed similar opinion and the laity favored correc-
 ton at some future time. The large ! eastern dioceses were opposed to any correction at present, but the high
 church strongholds of the west held l opposite views
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