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    1 st . It is proved that- M ; Malan lias vialafed the' ancient and legal usage , which enjoins evety minister to send the catechumens he has instructed to the pastor of their district , for examination and admission to the

    Lord ' s bupper . 2 ndly . It is proved that M . Malan has acted so as to lead the catechumens to believe that in whatever place they are , and without legal admission , they are authorised to approach to the table of the Lord .

    3 rdlVv It is proted that M . Malan has left his catechumens free to apply for admission into a Sectarian Church . 4 thly . It is proved that M . Malan has violated the rule of the Consistory relative to the abjuration prescribed for those who would pass from the Romish Church to the Reformed

    Church of Geneva , by declaring that such forms of abjuration are not necessary . ; 5 thfy . It is proved that M . Malan in giving his signature has assumed the title of pastor . 6 thly . It is proved by the writings of M . Malan that he considers them

    only as Christians whom he distinguishes by the name of rndmiers . > 7 thl y * It is proved that M . Malan acknowledges only a small number of the clergy to be faithful pastors of the Church of Geneva .

    8 thly . It is proved that the conduct of M . Malan attacks the authority with which the pastors of the Genevan Church are invested b y the ecclesiastical laws , and diminishes the respect and confidence which they must enjoy to render their ministry efficacious .

    All these facts being established , the venerable Consistory , having again deliberated , decreed that the Moderator should ask admittance to the Council of State , to make known its determination , and its motives in the following terms : ( 29 th April , 1823 : )

    " After having deliberated twice on two different days , the Consistory has resolved to suspend M . Malan from the sacred office of the ministry ; forbidding him to preach the word , to

    administer the sacraments , to -celebrate marriages , as a minister to instruct catechumens , in a word , to exercise any ecclesiastical function ; and the Moderator of the Consistory is directed to present , with this ex-

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    tract from the records , the following ' address to the honourable Council ' of State . . " ' Most Honourable Lords !

    " * The venerable Consistory having verified the correctness of the details concerning M . Malan , were led . to inquire what use he had made of the privileges conferred on ' Mm b y his ordination to the Christian ministry ,

    and this is the result of their inquiry . " Contrary to the order established by law and custom , the minister Malan , after having instructed and examined young catechumens , has exhorted them in a public assembly , holden at

    his house , to receive the Lord ' s Sup * per , without having sought the consent of their pastors , without having applied to them for examination ; nor did be enforce on them the duty of receiving it publicly in the temples of the National Church , which the Consistory

    regards as the proper mode of its reception . M . Malan has not respected the rules which he promised never to infringe . He encouraged a young lady not to appear before her pastor . A youth of the Commune of Plainpq lai § > instructed , examined and received

    by him , shook off the pastoral authority , ' and received the communion last Christmas , under the auspices of M . Malan alone . After this fact was known , and the youth had undergone an examination by the pastor of his parish , who had summoned him to

    correct the irregularity of his proceeding , he refused to appear in the temple to be admitted with the young catechumens , alleging that the officiating pastor was not acquainted with the truth , and did not preach the doctrine of Christ . * The clergyman was M . Cellerier , the younger .

    " ' Contrary to the order established in the Church , contrary to the written Consistorial rules long in force , M . Malan has permitted a great number of Catholics to partake of the sacrament with the Reformed , without previous abjuration , asserting that the act of abjuring was needless . f

    " Contrary to established order , he assumed the appellation of pastor in ¦ - ¦ - * -Um \ - »!¦ ¦ Ml I II Till i i . W J . _ > IJ * This was a most extravagant assertion ; no man in ^ Geneva is a more sincere Christian than Professor Cellerier , and no one is held in higher and wore deserved estimation . ¦ - * ¦

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    68 Professor Cheneviire ' s Summary of the late

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1824, page 68, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2521/page/4/