Transactions Of The St Pauls Ecclesiological Society 1 PDF Download

Excerpt from Transactions of the St. Paul's Ecclesiological Society, Vol. 1 Before he sat down, Mr. Beresford-hope said that he could not help pointing out how the original Ecclesiological Society had developed. It grew up from a desire to see what was the real mission of the parish church of modern days; to realize what were the essential features of it as compared with the old English church; what were the elements which should be declared the absolutely best through changes and reforms, what should necessarily or wisely be dropped, and what were the features of modern times which might most usefully be carried out. Let them look at the Cathedral now nearly finished at Edinburgh, where the Church was a dissenting sect, and they would see much cause for congratulation. The same spirit was spreading in Ireland. It was a great mistake to suppose that the Church was dead in that country, or was dying; on the contrary, it was fighting a good battle. And was upheaving the ground very much as it had done forty years ago in England. They would probably be surprised-when he told them how the principles of Ecclesiology were working amongst the Irish people. There was quite a furore now for adding chancels to the bad churches of modern times. Architecture was progressing mightily there, as might be seen in Mr. Burges' new cathedral not long completed at Cork, which was of grand proportions. Then there was Mr. Street's restoration of Christ Church, Dublin, which, in the hands of the architectural surgeon, had come out as one of the most exquisite specimens of the art of the Middle Ages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.