The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-28 00:00:00

MORNING SUN

PUSEYISM.

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THE PRIMATE OF ALL ENGLAND SUSPECTED.
Addresses are pouring in daily to Lambeth
Palace, calling upon the Chief Shepherd of the
flock to guard them against wolves in sheeps'
clothing. Protestants begin to suspect that he is a
dumb dog that cannot bark, and, if we judge from
the answers of the Primate, to their eaiTest and
conscientious entreaties, they certainly havo cause
for alarm. The answers to their applications afe all
the same, and simply amount to this—" I will
give due consideration to the subject." While the
subject agitates the whole kingdom, and threatens
to make an awful schism
_in the Church, the
most Reverend Father in 6-od, Primate of all
England, and Metropolitan, seems to look at it
as a matter which he has yet to take into his
consideration. The following address and reply,
just published, show that there are good reasons
for alarm. The Catholics rejoice and say, the
present successor of Thomas-a-Becket will yet
perform high mass at Canterbury :
TO THE MOST REVEREND FATHER n GOD, HIS GRACE THE
LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, iIIIMATE OF ALL
ENGLAND, AND METROPOLITAN.
We, the undersigned lay members of tLe. Church
re-
of England, inhabitants of Bristol and its vicWitY,
' garding• with dismay the views recently inculcatea by
the authors of the " Tracts for the Times," and their ez-
tensive and baneful influence amongst the members
of our Church, venture to address your Grace, as the
chief ecclesiastical guardian of the Church of Christ, in
England, persuaded that many of those writings are
utterly repgnant to the Word of God, at variance with
the plain meaning of the Articles, Liturgy, and Homi-
lies of the Church of England, and contain the essence
of many of the most fatal errors of the Church of Rome.
• This tendency was clearly discerned, and joyfully hailed,
two years ago, at Rome itself, as appears from the fol-
lowing extract from a publication issued under the sanc-
tion of the Propaganda College :
" The attention of all good Catholics, and especially
of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith,
cannot be enough excited by the present state of religion
in England, in consequence of the new doctrine propa-
gated with so much ability and success by Messrs. New-
man, Pusey, and Keble." The extract concludes with
these words :—" In such sort as to leave but little dif-
ference between their opinions and the true faith, and
which difference becomes less and less every day. Faith-
ful ! redouble your prayers, that these happy disposi-
tions may be increased."
We, therefore, humbly entreat your Grace to take
such measures as may seem most advisable for obtaining
from the Episcopal Bench their authoritative and united
condemnation of those opinions, of which several of the
Bishops have already expressed their individual disap-
probation at their triennial visitations, and amongst the
est, the Lord Bishop of this diocese on a very recent
ccasion. _ . _

We now solemnly and earnestly commend this matter
to your Grace, to whom the charge and oversight of
the flock of Christ in this part of the United Kingdom
has been committed by the Chief Shepherd and Bishop
of our souls; and with the utmost respect we beg to
subscribe ourselves,
Your Grace's most obedient and faithful servants.
REPLY OF HIS GRACE.

Lambeth, Jan. 24, 1842.

GENTLEMEN—I have the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of an address, very numerously and respectably
signed, by lay members of the Church of England, inha-
bitants of the city of Bristol and its neighbourhood ; and
I request you to inform them that in compliance with
their request, I will give due consideration to the subject
to which they have solicited my atteution.—l have the
honour to be, Gentlemen,
. Your most obedient servant,
W. CANTUAR.