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Show THE WORD ('REGENERATE." j The House of Bishops ofthe Protestant Protes-tant Episcopal church of the United j States in session at Baltimore, unani- ; mously agreed upon and signed the following declaration as to the meaning of the word "regenerate," tho interpretation inter-pretation of which was tho cause of the controversy between Bishop White-house White-house and tho I lev, Mr. Cheney, of Chicago: We, iho subscribers, tho Bishops of! the Protestant Episcopal church, in ! tho United States, being asked, in , order to the quieting of the conscience j of sundry members of somo ohurch, to j declare our conviction as to the mean- ! ing of tho word "regenerate" in tbe j offices for tho ministration of baptism to infants, do declare- that in our opinion tho word "regenerate" is not there so used to dctcrmino that a moral change in the subject of baptism is wrought in the sacrament. |