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FOUNDATIONS*83**for* throughout* the* rest* of* the* service.* It* is* not* making* a* presumptuous*statement* about* the* child’s* salvific* state,* and* is* not* at* all* contrary* to* the*whole* receptionist,* faith:conditional* doctrine* of* the* sacraments* found*throughout*the*Thirty:nine*Articles*(which*we*have*seen*above).*As*Dyson*Hague*put*it,**All* the* troubles* in* regard* to* our* Baptismal* Service* have* come* from* disintegration* or*misinterpretation.*The*teaching*of*the*Church*on*baptism*must*never*be*taken*in*segments,*nor*are* fragmentary* elements* of* the* service* to* be* excised* or* protruded.* Articles,* Catechism,* and*Baptismal*services*form*one*perfect*whole,*and*it*is*only*in*as*far*as*all*and*each*of*these*are*weighed,* compared,* and* mutually* interpreted* that* the* doctrinal* integrity* and* beauty* of* the*Church’s*teaching*can*be*maintained. 75 **This*understanding*of*the*language*of*the*Prayer*Book*was*tested*in*the*mid*nineteenth*century*in*the*so:called*Gorham*Case.*George*Gorham*was*barred*from*taking*up*his*role*as*vicar*of*Brampford*Speke*by*Bishop*Phillpotts*of*Exeter* who* found,* after* grilling* Gorham* with* 149* questions* covering* 52*hours*over*8*days*in*1847*and*1848,*that*his*doctrine*of*baptismal*efficacy*was*unsound.*Gorham*was*an*Evangelical,*and*held*(broadly)*to*the*view*I*have*outlined*here,*which*the*Archbishop*of*York*at*the*time*declared*was*“nearest*to*the*mind*of*the*Reformers.” 76 *Gorham’s*appeal*went*all*the*way*up*to*the*Judicial*Committee*of*the*Privy*Council,*which*found*in*his*favour:*“opinions,* which* we* cannot* in* any* important* particular* distinguish* from*those*entertained*by*Mr.*Gorham,”*they*ruled,*“have*been*propounded*and*maintained,*without*censure*or*reproach,*by*many*eminent*and*illustrious*prelates*and*divines*who*have*adorned*the*Church*from*the*time*when*the*Articles*were*first*established.” 77 *This* gave* great* encouragement* to* Victorian* Evangelicals. 78 *In* a* context*where*Tractarianism*was*seeking*to*re:read*the*Articles*and*Prayer*Book*in*a*way*more*sympathetic*to*Roman*Catholicism*(e.g.*John*Henry*Newman’s*Tract* 90),* this* was* a* resounding* vote* in* favour* of* the* Reformed* and*Evangelical*doctrine*of*the*sixteenth*century*Reformers.*So,*for*example,*J.*C.*Ryle*could,*without*any*hesitation,*declare*that,*“To*maintain*that*every*child*who*is*baptized*with*water*is*at*once*regenerated*and*born*again,*appears*to*turn* the* sacrament* of* baptism* into* a* mere* form,* and* to* contradict* both*********************************************************************75*Dyson*Hague,*Through#the#Prayer#Book:#An#Exposition*(London:*Church*Book*Room*Press,*1948),*295.*76*See* James* C.* Whisenant,* A# Fragile# Unity:# AntiDRitualism# and# the# Division# of# Anglican#Evangelicalism#in#the#Nineteenth#Century*(Carlisle:*Paternoster,*2003),*22.*77*See* Robert* Phillimore,* The#Ecclesiastical#Law#of#the#Church#of#England* (London:* Sweet*and* Maxwell,* 1895),* II.851:852.* They* associated* Gorham’s* Evangelical* views* with* those* of*“Jewel,*Hooker,*Usher,*Jeremy*Taylor,*Whitgift,*Pearson,*Carlton,*and*Prideaux.”*78*Some*Anglo:Catholics,*however,*left*in*disgust*to*join*Rome,*including*the*future*Cardinal*Archbishop* of* Westminster,* Henry* Edward* Manning.* See* John* S.* Reed,* Glorious# Battle:# The#Cultural#Politics#of#Victorian#AngloDCatholicism*(London:*Tufton*Books,*1998),*40,*64.*!