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Emperor j the other two chosen by the General Consistory . ( P . 267 . ) Excepting two ministers at Paris , ( p , 854 General Consistory at Mentz , and one for the departments of the Rhine and Moselle , in which no churches are named , the Lutherans
appear to be all included in the General Consistory of the Departments of the Upper and Lower Rhine , established at Strasburgh . There they have two churches , and one at each of the following places : Petite-Pierre , Wissembourg , Bouxviller , Colmar , MontbeHard ,
The Protestants of the Confession of Augsburg have an academy or seminary , at Strasburg , for the instruction of ministers . They prqfbss there theology , philosophy , belles-lettres , and the ancient , modern , and oriental languages .
A Gymnasium , or College , forming a school of primary instruction , is attached and subordinate to the academy . ( P . 268 . ) The next division is , occupied by the Reformed Protestants or Calvinists . The Reformed Protestants have pastors , consistories and synods .
The consistories of every reformed church are composed of one of the pastors attached to each church , and of elders or eminent laymen , ( notables ) chosen from the citizens who are rated the highest in direct contributions . The consistories maintain discipline , and take charge of the property of the church and of the interest accruing from charitable donations .
One half of the elders are replaced by new elections , once in two years . The elections of the pastors are made by the consistories and confirmed by the Emperor . The synods have the charge of superintending all that concerns the celebration of worship , the doctrine tangbt ( Ven ~ *** gnement de la doctrine ) and the conduct of ecclesiastical affairs .
Their decisions are submitted to the Eraperar ' s approbation . Five consistorial churches form the circuit of a synod . Each synod is composed ° f one pastor and one elder , or eminent person , fnotablej of each consistoria ! « h « rcifc , and cmraoi assemble without perfWMion of tke government , nor continue U » litting more than six days . ( P . 269 . )
It thug appears that the French * totestant Churches as to the contend of government , over their inter-5 ** guiatiotifc , and the absence or ^ titetioa of a popular voice , assimi
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lated to the Established Church of Scotland , and even of , England , rather than to the Churches of the English Nonconformists , who , however denominated , are all , in practice , Independents . Thus their late commendable zeal against persecution could
not be excited by sectarian similarity . They felt , we trust , that far nobler motive , with which Tillotson would have inspired a rigid doctor in his day , even the commanding influence of Charity , which is above Rubrics .
Excepting Paris , there appear to have been 14 O Churches of the Calvinists in Imperial France , divided among 46 departments , here arranged alphabetically . As an historical document not easily procured from any other quarter , we subjoin the catalogue of name 3 .
Aisney Seine and Marne Moiaeattx near Chateau-Thierry . Higher Alps , Gap . Ardeche , Lam as t re , Privas , Vernoux , Lavoute , Saint Pierre Ville . Ardennes y Sedan . Ariegey Maz-cPAzil . Aveiron Saint Afrique . Calvados ^ Caen . Charente Jarnac . Lower Charente ^ Saintes , Rochelle , la Tremblade . Cher , Sancerre . Dordogne *
Bergerac , Montcarret . Doubs , Besan $ on . Drome , Crest , Die , Lamotte , Dieu-le-Fit , Valence . Dyle , Brussels . Sckeld , Sluys , Isendike , Axel . Gardj Alais , Saint-Arabroise , Vezenohre , Saint-Jean-du-Gard , Anduze , Uzes , Ste ^ Chaptes , Nismes , Vauvert , Aigues-Vires , Calvisson * Sommieres , Vallerauque , Vigan , St . Hyppolyte , la
Salle , Sauve . Upper Garonne ^ Calmont , for Toulouse . Gersy Mairvesitts . Gironde Chartrons , F . B . de Bordeaux , Sainte-Foy , Gensac . Herault , Latt , F . B . de Montpefelier , Montag-nac Massilargues , Gauges . Iserey Mens . Lemany Geneva , Caroug « and Ferney . Upper Loire Saint-Voy » Lower Loire et Vendie * Nantes . Loiret
Orleans , Chatillon . Lot et Garonne ^ Tontrains , Clairac , Castelmoron , Lafite , N ^ - rac . Lozere , Florae , Meyrueift , l « Barre Sf .-Germain-de-Colberthe , Vralws , Mentthe y Oberstenzel , Nancy , Lixheim . Lower Itfeuse ^ Maeatricht . Mont- Tannere ^ Obciog ^ elheim , Sprendling'en , Alzey , Oppeaheim , Osthos ^ n , Hippenheim , or the Ticinitj fauprisjj Froinsheina , Fiankeatha ] ,
Spire , Edenkauben , Neusladt , Kaiserslantern , Rokenhausen , Obermoschel , Hombourg , Menbach , Deux-Ponts , AnnweQfter . MosetUj Meta * Nord , Eille , Quesnoy P $ , la Torrr , Pmrosthio , Vfllc-Sech « . Lower Pyrennees Orth £ s . Lower Rhiney Strasir bourg , BisehweiHer , Berg-itabepB , Bftltig ^ heirti , Landxa . JTpper Rhine BieaiM ^ Saint-Xmi « r , 'Corgemont , Bevrliurd , Afnl ^ hauKen . Rhine et MoteHej CreutaiMtei u
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Review .-- —Imperial and Royal French Almanacks , 95
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1816, page 95, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2449/page/31/
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