The Church of Ireland's diocesan system is based on the 900-year-old system set up by the Synod of Rathbreasail. However in recent years, declining membership has led to consolidation into two provinces, and the mergers of some dioceses, especially in the south and west of the Island.
... are
confined to several passages, viz., the merit of good
works and transubstantiation (iv. 2), purgatory
(iv. 9), and the worship of saints (i. 13, ii. 9, iii. ...