CHURCH AND STATE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY I The Revolution of 1688 drew its main source of strength from the traditional dislike of Rome, and the eager desire to place the Church of England beyond the reach of James' aggression.

Yet it was not until a generation had passed that the lines of ecclesiastical settlement were, in any full sense clear.

The difficulties involved were mostly governmental, and it can hardly even yet be said that they have been solved.

The nature of the relation between Church and State, the affiliation between the Church and Nonconformist bodies, the character of its internal government--all these had still to be defined.

Nor was this all.