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Necessary Elements in the Life of the Church of South India.-","box":{"x":155,"y":545,"width":875,"height":27}},{"text":"The Church of South India recognizes that episcopal, presbyteral,","box":{"x":111,"y":571,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"and congregational elements must all have their place in its order of","box":{"x":111,"y":601,"width":921,"height":28}},{"text":"life, and that the episcopate, the presbyterate, and the congregation","box":{"x":112,"y":627,"width":917,"height":31}},{"text":"of the faithful should all in their several spheres have responsibility","box":{"x":115,"y":655,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"and exercise authority in the life and and work of the Church, in its","box":{"x":115,"y":682,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"governance and administration, in its evangelistic and pastoral","box":{"x":109,"y":710,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"work, in its discipline, and in its worship.","box":{"x":111,"y":738,"width":565,"height":31}},{"text":"184. THE CHURCH OF SOUTH INDIA: BASIS OF UNION","box":{"x":143,"y":862,"width":886,"height":22}},{"text":"(1947 A.D.)","box":{"x":486,"y":892,"width":168,"height":27}},{"text":"When the Constitution of the Church of South India was drawn","box":{"x":200,"y":955,"width":782,"height":22}},{"text":"up it was decided to include, as Appendix I, the 'Basis of Union'","box":{"x":165,"y":980,"width":815,"height":24}},{"text":"which had been drawn up earlier by the negotiating churches. This","box":{"x":161,"y":1005,"width":823,"height":27}},{"text":"was done for the historical record and to fulfil the desire of the Consti-","box":{"x":161,"y":1030,"width":822,"height":21}},{"text":"tution that 'full regard shall be paid to the Basis of Union as a permanent","box":{"x":162,"y":1054,"width":817,"height":27}},{"text":"record of the intensions and desires of the Churches by the Union of","box":{"x":164,"y":1081,"width":822,"height":24}},{"text":"which the Church has been formed'. Portions of the Basis are reprodu-","box":{"x":158,"y":1105,"width":823,"height":25}},{"text":"ced here. The Constitution of the Church of South India, 1972 edition,","box":{"x":162,"y":1130,"width":816,"height":27}},{"text":"Appendix I, pp. 87-101.","box":{"x":160,"y":1155,"width":279,"height":25}},{"text":"THE PURPOSE AND NATURE OF THE UNION","box":{"x":223,"y":1238,"width":701,"height":22}},{"text":"1. The uniting Churches affirm that the purpose of the union","box":{"x":160,"y":1292,"width":869,"height":28}},{"text":"into which they hope to enter is the carrying out of God's will as","box":{"x":113,"y":1320,"width":914,"height":29}},{"text":"this is expressed in our Lord's prayer-'That they may all be one...","box":{"x":112,"y":1348,"width":910,"height":28}},{"text":"that the world may believe that Thou didst send me'. They believe","box":{"x":111,"y":1373,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"that by this union the Church in South India will become a more","box":{"x":112,"y":1400,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"effective instrument for God's work, and that the result of union","box":{"x":111,"y":1431,"width":915,"height":27}},{"text":"will be greater peace, closer fellowship, and fuller life within the","box":{"x":112,"y":1455,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"Church, and also renewed eagerness and power for the proclama-","box":{"x":106,"y":1487,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"tion of the Gospel of Christ. 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They seek the unity of the Spirit in the bond of","box":{"x":147,"y":406,"width":922,"height":31}},{"text":"peace. But this unity of the Spirit must find expression in the faith","box":{"x":146,"y":436,"width":922,"height":31}},{"text":"and order of the Church, in its worship, in its organization and in","box":{"x":147,"y":462,"width":919,"height":31}},{"text":"its whole life, so that as the Body of Christ, it may be a fit instru-","box":{"x":150,"y":490,"width":917,"height":29}},{"text":"ment for carrying out His gracious purposes in the world.","box":{"x":147,"y":518,"width":795,"height":32}},{"text":"It is the will of Christ that His Church should be one, and the","box":{"x":196,"y":576,"width":869,"height":28}},{"text":"manifold gifts of His grace were promised to the Church which is","box":{"x":146,"y":602,"width":921,"height":31}},{"text":"His Body. It is also His will that there should be a ministry accepted","box":{"x":144,"y":630,"width":922,"height":29}},{"text":"and fully effective throughout the world-wide Church. In the","box":{"x":147,"y":657,"width":919,"height":31}},{"text":"present divided state of Christendom there is no ministry which","box":{"x":146,"y":683,"width":921,"height":31}},{"text":"in this respect fully corresponds with the purpose of God, and the","box":{"x":150,"y":713,"width":918,"height":31}},{"text":"ministry can recover fullness only by the union of all the parts of the","box":{"x":147,"y":741,"width":921,"height":29}},{"text":"one Body. 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The uniting Churches accept the historic episcopate in a","box":{"x":168,"y":1143,"width":845,"height":35}},{"text":"constitutional form as part of their basis of union. They all agree","box":{"x":94,"y":1170,"width":917,"height":35}},{"text":"in their desire that the relation of the bishop to his people should","box":{"x":96,"y":1198,"width":914,"height":38}},{"text":"be that of chief pastor and father in God; and that he is called to","box":{"x":94,"y":1226,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"feed the flock of God, taking the oversight thereof as shepherd, not","box":{"x":95,"y":1255,"width":914,"height":36}},{"text":"*as lord either in act or title, but as an example to the flock. 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