‘ Synod to declare Prince Edward Island part of the Diocese, but the application was never made, and a jurisdiction cannot become part of a Diocese until some such formal declaration is issued.182

Judge Savary Writes a Second Letter to Church Work.

The correspondence between the two continued in public view as Judge Savary responded to the letter by Canon Simpson in the November 24th issue of Church Work. His letter, entitled ”The Ecclesiastical Status of Prince Edward Island" began by stating that the difference of opinion between Canon Simpson and himself was due to differing understandings of What the word "diocese" comprised. Canon Simpson understood it as connoting a territorial area; while he regarded it as signifying an Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. He explained his position more fully:

My point is that every territory over the Church people of which the Bishop of Nova Scotia exercised spiritual Jurisdiction by virtue of his letters patent, constituted a part of his diocese, which was called the Diocese of Nova Scotia I still hold that by giving the Bishop spiritual and ecclesiasticaljurisdiction over Prince Edward Island, the authorities made that part of his Diocese, although, Deeds have been drawn and statutes enacted and Canons adopted which appear to draw a distinction between that province and the rest of the Diocese, and which especially in the case of Statutes was necessary, because Nova Scotia and RE. Island were separate and distinct civil provinces.183

At this point Judge Savary went back to a point he had raised in his first letter when he argued that "The Bishop and the Synod surely claim and ‘ exercise the same jurisdiction over the Church in both Provinces." He went on to weaken his argument with two points. First, he maintained that the Letters Patent gave the Bishop ecclesiastical jurisdiction over P.E.I. and this in turn constituted the Island being part of the Diocese of Nova Scotia, but he then conceded for the sake of argument that P.E.I. might not have been initially a part of his diocese. This conflict occurred when he said:

But even if we assume that previous to 1875, RE. Island was not part of the Diocese of Nova Scotia; the statute of that year made her so to all intents and

purposes by constituting one Synod as well as one Bishop for the Church of England and in both Provinces.184

182. Letter from Canon Simpson to Church Work. September 11th, 1909. ‘ 183. Letter from Judge A.W. Savary to Church Work. November 24th, 1909.

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