[Bowdler, John]. Episcopacy: Divine in its Origin, and Unbroken in its Succession. Providence: Published by Burnett & Blodget, 1843. First Edition. [12339]
Removed, newly sewn into an acid-free wrapper, brown blotchy stains on the tp and first few leaves, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 32 pages. Good. Pamphlet.
"B. F. Moore, Printer, Providence" printed on the verso of the tp.
A defense of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Includes a list of bishops showing a supposed succession from the apostles Peter and Paul to Manton Eastburn.
"The scriptural and historical argument for Episcopacy, has been as fully and clearly stated, as the abilities of the author would allow, in a pamphlet so small as this." - p. 30.
A "high-church" Anglican defense of apostolic succession promoting the view that a succession of bishops is God's design for the church, and that the English church is the best example of it.
