CHURCH NOMENCLATURE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 105, 27 January 1908, Page 7

CHURCH NOMENCLATURE.

One of "the minor effeqts..of. a.,general union of Churches would b<f,foVrc7iion> many aiffi--culties.-of nomenclative: ' 'Wo regret having unwittingly affrontodjhalf a dozen denominations a 'few days ajjo oy saying' that the Rev.. Charles Inwood Till occupy twoof t»e-i«HI- - iiv " Nonconformist}' {j-afpft'siduring ins stay Tbe.jrord Nonconformist, xr*.: Tcro at once reminded hy ministers of tttrv distinct Churchos, is ift&pungless in New Zenland, whore tho-pp Church, mul to many persons^'obnftxioius, as-.tend-ing to support tUe'-idwi of a paramount Church to Thich othaf, denominations aro in■fereirtially subordinate,-, The namo Free Churches', which in England ifi a fair substitute for NoncMifwinictj-is likewise unavailable in Nov Zealand,;:, There the Anglican Church, from which' at' Home H marks difi- , iinction, is also "frSo.". Evangelical-is' a vague term in which..-it-he Anglican Church has part, so that Wo "dfe unable,_ without offence, to say anything more definite about 31 r. Inwood's intentions ;ihan that he will preach from two pf the leading pulpits of this city. R-olirrions-noiiienclatiire many other pitfalls. the Roman Gatholic (so called hy the Stato) only t»lera.tos 'that' name be-. cause it-is fastened fofc.ftiih English'law, and calls himself -simply .Catholic; To .restrict this name to State-called Roman. Catholics, however, is grievously to affront tl'.o Ang- J lioan and other denominations, which claim to bo also Catholic, while to somo-'mirids that' love strict accuracy " Roman CathOlic J ' :aiul. "Anglican Catholicare -alike contradictions of terms. Even : tho words scct, denomination, connexion, . and ptliers . havo to lie applied with nice discrimination it various susceptibilities are to'bo Jcspectcd,