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Church Rudiments

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Rudiments

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Imperfection. 1 positive
2. comparative

In an institution or establishment or system of institutions or establishments
Imperfection is either positive or comparative in positive
with relation to the end, to the attainment of which the institution
&c are supposed to be directed directed: comparative, in comparison
with other institutions &c directed to the same end.

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1. Inefficiency will appear
the clearer by comparison
Objects of comparison here
1. Established Scottish Church
2. Associated unestablished
Churches in England
3. Associated unestablished
Churches in Scotland
4. Unassociated unestablished
Churches in England
5. Unassociated unestablished
Churches in
Scotland
6. Irish Church established
on the English model
7. Irish associated unestablished
Catholic
Church
8. Irish associated unestablished
Presbyterian
Church
9. Other Irish unestablished
Churches associated
and unassociated, if
any

Concerning Of inefficiency a clear view judgment can scarcely be taken formed
without the end of a reference to some rival institution &c
directed to the same end. Objects Rival objects of comparison for the English
established Church are 1. Scottish Established Church of Scotland
2. associated unestablished Churches in England and Scotland — existing under the rule of
the English and Scottish established Churches 3. Established Church of Ireland
established on the model of the English. 4. In Ireland,
unestablished but associated Catholic Church. 5. Unestablished but associated Presbyterian
Church. 6. Unassociated Protestant Churches

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Most general end of
government as to religion
greatest happiness,
greatest number

End Fit or proper most general end of human government in relation
to religion — greatest happiness of greatest number of the members
of the community in question

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Most general means
advancement of useful
morality

Most general means, advancement of useful morality
morality useful with reference to the happiness of the present
life.

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Temporal, though in
comparison of eternal
worthless, sole interest
will which government
ought to attempt to operate.

In comparison of directing the greatest happiness or exp
in the present life is but as a grain of dross in
the butt: but it is only in so far as concerns the
happiness of the present life that it can be useful or fit
that human government should interfere — that the powers of human
government should be exerted employed.

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Useful morality mode
of its advancement — by
1. diminution of aggregate
mass of mischief from
major transgression i.e.
crimes and other offences
2 — from minor transgression
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3 Encrease of mass of good by meritorious, serviceable, i.e. happiness

Modes in which useful morality may be advanced —
1. by the reduction diminution of the aggregate mass of mischief
produced by major misdeeds or transgression distinguished
by the name of crimes or offence

2 by do of do produced by minor misdeeds or transgressions

3. by increase given to the mass of good producible
by acts deeds positively serviceable and meritorious.

8. Offences are numerable: numbered they form the clearest tools of the utility of

Offences are capable of being numbered and registered, transgressions
not. Such major transgressions form the clearest if not the
only
only practical list of the
utility or of a Church.
Utility or inutility
or imperfection of a Church.

Identifier: | JB/006/025/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Date_1	1812-11-05	Marginal Summary Numbering	2-7
Box	006	Main Headings	church of englandism
Folio number	025	Info in main headings field	church
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d2 / e2
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	john dickinson & c<…> 1809
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	a. levy
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1809
Notes public		ID Number	2758
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