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| Preface: The Future Has a Long Fuse | |
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| Preface to the Original Work | |
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| What Difference Does It Make? | |
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| The Controversy | |
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| Unitary, Federal, and Confederal Government Defined | |
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| Resolving the Controversy | |
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| The Constitution and Canons | |
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| The Church in America in 1776 | |
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| Plans for Reconstituting the Church | |
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| Conventions to Reconstitute the Church | |
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| The Constitution of 1789 | |
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| The Canons of 1789 | |
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| How the Constitution Was Enacted | |
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| How the Constitution May Be Amended | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Separation of Powers? | |
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| The Structure of General Convention | |
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| Overview | |
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| Who Are the Members? | |
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| Whom Do They Represent? | |
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| How Do They Vote? | |
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| Is General Convention Bicameral | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Executive, Administrative, and Judicial Powers | |
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| What Are Bishops? | |
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| Bishops' Jurisdiction, Mission, Selection, and the General Church | |
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| The Presiding Bishop | |
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| The Executive Council | |
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| Finances | |
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| The Judicial System | |
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| Provinces, Dioceses, and the General Church | |
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| Provinces | |
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| Dioceses | |
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| May Dioceses Nullify or Secede? | |
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| The Church in the Confederate States | |
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| Admitting New Dioceses | |
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| Who Is a Member of the Church? | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| The Written Constitution | |
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| General Convention | |
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| Executive and Judiciary | |
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| Membership | |
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| Locus of Sovereignty | |
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| Final Conclusion | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Controversy Concerning the Source of Canon Law | |
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| The Ancient Canons Do Apply to the Episcopal Church | |
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| Hoffman's View | |
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| "The Ancient Canons" | |
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| Analogy to Common Law | |
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| Summary of Hoffman's Position | |
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| The Ancient Canons Do Not Apply to the Episcopal Church | |
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| Andrews's View | |
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| Opinion of Kevin and Brydon | |
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| The Importance of This Controversy | |
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| The Constitution of the Confederate Episcopal Church | |
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| The Official Draft of October 1861 | |
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| The Accepted Constitution | |
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| The Reformed Episcopal Church | |
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| The Constitution of the Reformed Episcopal Church | |
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| Notes and Comments on the Church's Government | |
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| On the Name of the Church | |
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| On Church Parties | |
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| On Parish Government | |
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| On "Divided Votes" in the House of Deputies | |
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| On the Use of the Word "Mission" | |
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| Quotations Showing Conflicting Opinions Regarding the Meaning of the Constitution Enacted in 1789 | |
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| Quotations Showing Conflicting Opinions Regarding the Extent of General Conventions Power | |
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| Official Church Acts Showing the Relationship of the Episcopal Church to the Church of England | |
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| Civil Court Cases Involving the Episcopal Church | |
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| On "Sovereignty" | |