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LETTER PROM THE REV. J. J. TAYLER TO THE REV, DR. WARDLAW, ON THE ADMISSION OF DEISTS INTO CHRISTIAN CONGREGATIONS.
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MAY , 1829 .
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Rev . Sir , Ha vino seen in the preface to the fourth edition of your Discourses on the Socinian Controversy , some observations on a Sermon which I recently published in consequence of the representations given of its sentiments and tendency in one of the Manchester newspapers , I take the liberty of addressins : you , for the purpose of correcting the misapprehensions , under which
you appear to labour , of the sense in which I have used the word Communion . * The word itself , as it stands naked and undefined in the title of the discourse , is liable , I admit , to be misunderstood ; and yet I had hoped that any one , reading through the whole discourse , must at once have perceived that I did not employ that term with any reference to the ordinance of the Lord's Supper . Considering that rite as a declaration of faith in the divine authority and supernatural origin of Christianity , I certainly never supposed that any individual , not sincerely entertaining that belief , could , without inconsistency and hypocrisy , join in it .
If such , Rev . Sir , you have conceived to be my meaning , I think it possible you may have been led into , this mistake from not being fully aware of the mode in which the affairs of our religious societies are conducted . I think I have been informed that in the Calvinistic congregations of this country , and perhaps of Scotland too , an individual does not become a member of the church till he has been examined respecting his faith , and
has partaken of the Lord ' s Supper , and that this constitutes what is called Christian communion . Allow me then to observe , that , in our societies , we have no examination into the state of any individual ' s faith , and have discarded tests of every kind ; that our congregational affairs are usually managed by officers chosen annually bv the congregation ; and that every individual contributing to the support of the society , and regularly attending upon its public services , is considered as a member—is , in most societies , The title of the Sermon was , " On Communion with Unbelievers . "
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THE MONTHLY REPOSITORY AND REVIEW . NEW SERIES , No . XXIX .
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VOL . III . Y
Letter Prom The Rev. J. J. Tayler To The Rev, Dr. Wardlaw, On The Admission Of Deists Into Christian Congregations.
LETTER PROM THE REV . J . J . TAYLER TO THE REV , DR . WARDLAW , ON THE ADMISSION OF DEISTS INTO CHRISTIAN CONGREGATIONS .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1829, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2572/page/1/
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