An Answer to Dr. Mayhew's Observations on the Charter and Conduct of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts

by Thomas Secker

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First edition

First edition. 68pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Modern cloth, leather label. Adams, American Controversy 64-17; ESTC T97686. Item #372085 Thomas Secker 1693-1768 was Archbishop of Canterbury when he wrote this response to Boston minister Jonathan Mayhew's attack on the Church of England. The issue at stake was the appointment of bishops in North America, which Secker thought were vital to church governance in the

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