LECTURES ON CERTAIN HIGH-CHURCH PRINCIPLES COMMONLY DESIGNATED BY THE TERM PUSEYISM. BY THOMAS MADGE. LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS. 1844. BX5121 13 Gifty Mrs. W. Barstows PRINTED BY RICHARD AND JOHN E. TAYLOR, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. CYTILOBHIV FA PREFACE. THE following Lectures are published in compli- M98469 pular cast which they necessarily assumed as oral addresses has been retained in their printed form, both from the difficulty of reconstructing them without entirely destroying their identity, and because it is for the people generally, and not for the learned particularly, that they are designed. London, February 20, 1844. CONTENTS. ON THE PRINCIPLES, SPIRIT AND TENDENCY OF ANGLO-CATHOLICISM OR PUSEYISM. Introductory remarks.—Reasons for entering on the sub.. ject of these lectures.-The Oxford Tracts—their origin and the doctrines contained in them.-Distinction between high- churchmen and low-churchmen.-Principles and character of Archbishop Laud-identity of his school with that of the Scriptural meaning of the word Church.--Its constitution the ministry.-Deacons-their appointment and office.- Bishops and presbyters-original identity of these terms.- Statement of the doctrine-its meaning in the vocabulary |