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ity, and that it involved the Church in the odium of the follies and heresies of various sects. Episcopal, as a term, was not distinctive, because there were other Episcopal bodies. He preferred the title "The American Catholic Church." Mr. Williams, of Virginia, glorified in the term Protestant. Does the Church still protest? The Articles are explicit upon that point, and any change of the kind advocated would subject the Church to suspicion. Rev. Mr. Hines, of Tenn., inquired if ld not recognise as rightfully ours, without denying their own principles. Mr. Hines said the term Protestant was common to the innumerable seets who disgraced the Christian world. He moved that Protestant Episcopal be stricken out. Mr. Williams argued that if you strike out Protestant, you march more than half-way towards Rome. When changes of this sort were proposed, there must be some reason for them. Mr. Pearce, of Alabama, said that the term Protestant Episcopal originated