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Correspondence (1716–1725)
Eastern Patriarchs and the Nonjurors, ed. Williams, 1868
9. No. 9: The Nonjurors to the Chancellor of Russia
MOST NOBLE LORD,
These are to return your Lordship our humble Thanks for the Trouble you have been pleased to give yourself in promoting the Union between the Orthodox Oriental Church, and the Catholick Remainder in Great Britain. And as an Affair of this Nature stands in need of Inclination and Encouragement from those at the Head of both Church and State; so we hope your Lordship’s Countenance and Assistance will prove considerably instrumental for the Success of so great an Undertaking. We therefore humbly entreat your Lordship would please to continue your Favour and Protection, without which we are afraid the Business must languish and miscarry. My Lord, as to the Archimandrite, we are entirely satisfied with his Conduct and good Intentions, and hope he will still reside with us for the carrying on what he has so worthily hitherto engaged in. We are,
Most Noble Lord,
Your Lordship’s most obedient
and most humble Servants,
ARCHIBALDUS Scoto-Britanniæ Episcopus.
JEREMIAS Primus Anglo-Britanniæ Episcopus.
JACOBUS Scoto-Britanniæ Episcopus.
May 31, 1722.
A Son Excellence Monseigneur le Compte de Golowkin, Grand Chancellier de Sa Majesté Impériale de la Grande Russie, and Chevalier de l’Ordre de St Andre, &c. à St Petersbourgh.