{"pages":{"320":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00344-d2493a7b0713a6f13cf7.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"320","box":{"x":127,"y":158,"width":56,"height":20}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":355,"y":160,"width":479,"height":18}},{"text":"154. JOINT STATEMENT OF THE S. I. U. C. AND","box":{"x":206,"y":223,"width":768,"height":22}},{"text":"ANGLICAN CHURCHES (1920 A.D.)","box":{"x":327,"y":255,"width":533,"height":29}},{"text":"Following the publication of the Tranquebar Manifesto a meeting","box":{"x":220,"y":308,"width":781,"height":24}},{"text":"of presentatives of the South India United Church and the Anglican","box":{"x":179,"y":332,"width":820,"height":24}},{"text":"Church met in Bangalore in March, 1920, to discuss the question","box":{"x":178,"y":357,"width":823,"height":27}},{"text":"of union. Their joint statement, reproduced here, accepts the Manifesto","box":{"x":182,"y":382,"width":817,"height":25}},{"text":"position on episcopacy and defines the nature of the autonomy of the","box":{"x":178,"y":407,"width":822,"height":27}},{"text":"proposed united church. Cited in A. J. Arangadan, Church Union","box":{"x":179,"y":431,"width":820,"height":27}},{"text":"in South India, its Progress and Consummation, p. 16.","box":{"x":181,"y":458,"width":665,"height":27}},{"text":"1. We believe that the principle of the Historic Episcopate in","box":{"x":213,"y":510,"width":838,"height":31}},{"text":"a constitutional form is that which is more likely than any other to","box":{"x":123,"y":535,"width":926,"height":32}},{"text":"promote and preserve the unity of the Church; therefore, we","box":{"x":129,"y":566,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"accept it as a basis of union without raising other questions about","box":{"x":132,"y":592,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"sepiscopacy.","box":{"x":116,"y":624,"width":174,"height":27}},{"text":"2. By Constitutional Episcopacy we mean :-","box":{"x":211,"y":666,"width":638,"height":31}},{"text":"(a) that the Bishops shall be elected by representatives of","box":{"x":239,"y":706,"width":815,"height":32}},{"text":"the province.","box":{"x":127,"y":735,"width":188,"height":28}},{"text":"(b) that the Bishops shall perform their duties constitutio-","box":{"x":239,"y":771,"width":812,"height":32}},{"text":"nally in accordance with such customs of the Church as shall be","box":{"x":126,"y":799,"width":924,"height":31}},{"text":"definited in a written constitution.","box":{"x":125,"y":829,"width":476,"height":24}},{"text":"(c) that the continuity with the Historic Episcopate will be","box":{"x":237,"y":867,"width":813,"height":32}},{"text":"effectively maintained, it being understood that no particular inter-","box":{"x":122,"y":894,"width":928,"height":32}},{"text":"pretation of the Historic Episcopate be demanded.","box":{"x":127,"y":923,"width":710,"height":31}},{"text":"3. We are agreed that after union all future ordinations to","box":{"x":210,"y":969,"width":840,"height":29}},{"text":"the Presbyterate would be performed by the laying on of hands","box":{"x":129,"y":995,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"of the Bishops and Presbyters; and that all consecrations of Bishops","box":{"x":127,"y":1025,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"would be performed by Bishops, not less than three taking part in","box":{"x":126,"y":1051,"width":925,"height":32}},{"text":"each consecration.","box":{"x":129,"y":1081,"width":258,"height":25}},{"text":"4. By autonomy in the resultant Church we mean :-","box":{"x":207,"y":1127,"width":767,"height":29}},{"text":"(a) that the Church in India ought to be independent of","box":{"x":237,"y":1165,"width":817,"height":32}},{"text":"the State.","box":{"x":125,"y":1193,"width":144,"height":25}},{"text":"(b) that the Church in India must be free from any control,","box":{"x":242,"y":1234,"width":809,"height":31}},{"text":"legal or otherwise, of any Church or society outside India.","box":{"x":125,"y":1261,"width":812,"height":31}},{"text":"(c) that, while the Church in India is free from such control,","box":{"x":241,"y":1298,"width":810,"height":32}},{"text":"it would regulate its actions by the necessity of maintaining fellow-","box":{"x":132,"y":1327,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"ship with other branches of the Catholic Church with which we","box":{"x":132,"y":1357,"width":919,"height":29}},{"text":"are now in communion.","box":{"x":127,"y":1383,"width":332,"height":27}},{"text":"With reference to the question of the equality of the ministry,","box":{"x":174,"y":1432,"width":876,"height":32}},{"text":"it was recorded that the S.I.U.C. makes it a condition of union that","box":{"x":130,"y":1460,"width":921,"height":29}},{"text":"its present ministers (Presbyters) shall after union be recognised","box":{"x":133,"y":1487,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"as ministers (Presbyters) without re-ordination.","box":{"x":130,"y":1516,"width":644,"height":34}}]}}}