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XCMS - Church Mission Society archive - 1799-2009
G - General Secretary's Department - 1799-1966
A - Administration - 1799-1955
C - Correspondence - 1799-1949
3 - Incoming home correspondence 1799-1867 - 1799-1867
1 - Incoming correspondence 1799-1804 - 1799-1804
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CMS/G/AC 3/1/34
Title
Letter from Secretary to Dr Hawker
Extent
1 item
Date
1800
Description
Dated August. Asks for explicit views as to whether only ordained men should be sent as missionaries and whether unordained missionaries will be cramped by subsequent subordination to ordained men; bishops cannot be expected to ordain every man who is capable of service as a missionary; they have offered no objection to sending catechists; lay baptism in emergency has long been countenanced; hopes for his continued support despite differences.
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