Essay 6, Footnote #05
So part of Rashdal's argument not to the point
For this reason I have not thought it worth while to discuss Mr. Rashdal's tu quoque, addressed to the High Church party. I should admit that it would have had some force before 1865; but now any difficulty that a High Churchman may find in agreeing to the statements of any particular Article are prima facie met by the difference between general assent and explicit belief in particulars, on which Mr. Rashdall lays stress. It is possible, indeed, that the divergence between the opinions of some extreme High Churchmen and the general scheme of doctrine set forth in the Articles may be too great to be fairly covered by this difference. But Mr. Rashdall has made no serious attempt to prove this; and it would be difficult to demonstrate it cogently, owing to the inevitable indefiniteness of the effect of the change made in 1865.