episcopians

Updated: May 19, 2025

These were sometimes called Episcopians, a name derived from one Episcopius, an amiable and not unorthodox writer of the seventeenth century, who was actuated by a charitable desire to include as many as possible within the pale of the Christian Church, and to minimize the differences between all who would, in any sense, own the name of Christians. The prevalence of such views in Dr.

Charles J. (Charles John) Abbey - The English Church in the Eighteenth Century