Show TO ro o CHANOn Till NAME The Episcopal church In Inthis Inthis this country Iry Is II considering the question whether that name should hould not bo ho changed to the American Catholic Church The last general convention put this proposition lon before the proper assemblies n to ascertain the opinion of the church numbers members In Pennsylvania Ne v Jersey negative opinions hman been given and antI this example will pos poe os sibly be followed In other dioceses The Tho objection to ID the name of Pro Protestant Is chiefly that that word ex fX x a II negative and that a 11 church not n t be built huilt upon negations That is rather a 1 slim objection though Very Var er few rew words used usell as names express the te 11 Idea Ideo they originally stood for tor The Armstrongs the tho the Tay TayI fore lors I ore would on en the same sarno ground hive to change their names The Tho fact M Is that whatever the word protestant means meane considered as a name namo It stands for tor a movement by which the world once was us liS It were reconstructed It stands for tor principles by b which human liberty civil and re reliGioUs became II It IL no flu longer stands for tor a II negation allon but for fora rora a organism time the branches of reach to the uttermost parts harts of ot th the earth How the Protestant P Episcopal church obtained Its lis name Is a 1 matter of ot his history history tory When the colonies colon lei sep Sel separated themselves from the lie mother country the ll on church here mere also ato desired Independence and yet jet 1 It did dIll not wish to be he without bishops In me n 1 conference ot or the clergy mind and laity ot of Maryland assembled at nt Chester Cheater tan town tonn n voted that the Church of Ins Eng England land hind OB as so known In the province be now the Protestant l church This wee was the first feudal application of tho the name which from that thal time oh ott mild made its way wily Oily CAlif without r re The church WM was 1 commonly called lla the Church Th The preposItion to change this name nome to tG the American Amerlean Catholic Church ar aj tip to us UI to b be There Is Isdn Isdo mth do or a R Horn floman an American Catholic and nd In the th the mo two would be almost Hires litre to tat IH rd Unless th the Intention tion t eri It ii I to 10 a step It p toward to the Ho no Homen I men with Ith a v ow w to ulti ultimate ultimate mate union w Wv would think the reten Uon n ot o the Mm m Protestant would to lie |