The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-31
sAYsCHURCH NAME
WILL Be CHANGED
.'Prostcstant Episcopal is to be
Dropped, Predicts All Saints
hector.
DISCUSSES CONVENTION
Rev. DR.. bowman Asserts That
Term Holy Catholic" is Not
Objectionable.

That the name Of the Protestant
Episcopal church viii be changed at
the next trienniai convention to be
held three years hence was the pre-
diction ventured by Rev. DR.. ). J..
Downman. rector OF All Saints church.
in the course OF a talk sunday morn
ing in connection with the recent
convention at Cincinnati
The proposal to change the
churehs name was lost by just 4
single vote" said Dr. bowman. and
/ venture 10 say that 1t woula have
carried but Tor the belief ot many
delegates that church members. as u
rule, were not prepared for the
change just al this juncture. The
proposition Will undoubtedly carry at
the next convention,
Holy Catholic Church.
There is every probability that the
adiectiyes protestant Episcopal VIII
he dropped, leaving The Church In
America as the name, or perhaps,
The Holy Catholic Church. Many
persons have the idea that the term
Holy Catholic" Is step in the direc-
ton Of Rome. but there Is no reason
Why the term should not be con-
8trued in it's broadcast sense. In re-
GttttAk ttit sSiNt tt, 1sPtsh'PStiaahS SNSA ,
sunday declare their belief in THE
Holy Catholic Church and yet many
of them object to such designation
when IL comes to accepting 1t as part
of the church title
strictly Sectarian.
THE word Protestant Is admitted
~ to-day strictly sectarian title
from its every name and meaning. 1t
is in direct opposition to the move
ment toward church unity which will
4 undoubtedly become Il reality at no
distant date. If signs of the present
day may he taken as criterion.
! Dr. Bowman first discussed the
i 'tpres BILE" proposition which met de-
+ feat In Cincinnati. This, he explained.
was designed to secure the adoption
+ of a preamb bic to the Book OF Common
Prayer on the theory that all such
: documents should have II preamble
i The defeat Of the proposition, he be-
I liesed was due largely to the fact
that the proposed preamble started off
, with the term This American
Church. causing many to suspect that
it was only a scheme to bring about a
..hange In the name of the church
/ ny devious route.
Episcopal Pulpits Open.
Or bowman said he was pleased
to note that the convention refused
the appeal OF /. loo elergymen from
the adoption of the amendment Il
+ Canon 10. which throws open Epis
eepal pulpts to ministers of othel
denominations invited to occupy them
This amendment VAS adopted at th'
Richmond convention three years ago
Dr, DowEman expressed his ap
prevail of the suffragan bishop meas
ure adopted by the Cincinnati con
vention. After explaining that snffra
gans are merely assistant bishop
: without the right Of succession to tn
bishopric like coadjutors. he showed
that the appointment of snffragan
would tend largely TO prevent tn
cutting up OF dioeeses into smalle
sections in certain parts Of the coun
try. notably New York
Choose New bishop.
In closing his discourse. which tool
the place of regular sermon, Dr
bowman referred To the fact tina
Bishop Lloyd. Of Virginia wou.,
shortly resign his coadjutorship Z
accept the presidency of the boar,
of domestic and foreign missions I
which he was elected in Cincinnati
= He was not willing to venture a.
, poinion AS to who would be chose
in Bishop floSd's place, but he hope
the best equipped man would he Sc
teeted.