The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-07-25
than suit their views, to the Confession OF West

munster or the DEGREES oil Trent. -.
ms point Is one which we may properly, ana IN
afnendly temper, d scuss with our esteemed prem,
rem, the rectors OF ST. Peters and 81, Marks ana
10 one which seems 10 US 10 possess moie sPe-
ciai interest than Bishop Onderdonks declsion, IN
regard to Mr.. Careys ordination tor the actlon at
| 81. Stephens wholly new and unprecedented,
and such as, II II be sanctioned, VIII render every
future ordination IN our Church liable 10 be turned
into an occasion OF pain and agitation whereas
| bishops ordination of person whose opinions are
dlsssteful TO OF his presbyters, is matter of
constant occurrence indeed, considering the nledi
character OF our Church. beticeen sectarianisn and
Caiuintsm on the one hand, and Romdnism the
other, matter OF unavoidable Occurrence. is
possible that any person should be ordained in oar
Church tcho Is not clear ON The crime of heresy and
ON the other hand, rs equally impossible that any
person should be ordained in our Church tchose OPT
MONS on matters NOT OF faith, hdrnonize, on all ueo
logical points, pith those ofaH the prssbytrs of the
6hu'ch and these discrepancies of opinion, icethsr
horne.icdrd, or Gensva-trGrd ciA generally, and
peciaiy IN the Of young men, be bold and strongly
mdTSed an proportion to the drdOr OF then feperd-
n'eat, aud their ignorance Of the practical duties Of
their profession. Many candidates hold opinions ia
TOO " close alliance ,ct the errors Off the Wssnaii-
ster Confession 10 be agreeable to High Chu~ctnen,
and many more hold opinions in too " close alliance
,oith the errors of the Church Of Rome" to be agreed
ole TO LoD Ch~chsnen; and, what we wish to know
Is, whether every clergyman who 10 dissatisfied
with candidates opinions, and has slgnihed his
dissatisfaction TO his bishop, is afterwards al liberty
to disturb the peace OF the Church, by obtrudng on
HIS olsIOp IOeSt, In the very act Oh an Orulnd-
ton which the bishop has resolved, and which the
protesting presbyter knows he has resolved to hold
For, be il observed, it has not been the decision
| OF Bishop Onderd0nk, but 1t has been the attempt
on the part OF the Rev Drs smith and Anthem to
stop HIM from carrying his decision into effect,
which has created the present excitement in the
public mind, and exposed the Church TO the taunts
OF her enemies; Eor ho,cecer Jrigh1ii the array OF
Mr.. Cdreys opinions may seem to those tDho haze not
studied the controversy betioeen The Church and the
Roniansts tall Others cM merely smile at the alarm
erirced by the authors Of the pamphLt,) the Church
at large, but for the strange disturbance at st.
Stephens. would never have heard of Mr.. Carey
until, in the lapse OF time, he should be known -as
we have not the shadow of doubt, If it please COP
to spare his life, he will be known-as a faithful
and laborious parish priest, and (paradoxica the
assertion may seem TO sOme) the effective and un-
compromising opponent of the distinctive errors of
Rome. We hold it, therefore, 10 be matter Of
great Importance TO ascertain whether the Church
or the Rev. Drs. Smith and Anthem, be responsible
tor the late disturbance at ST. Stephens and for all
the disgrace and modification, and heart burnings
which have grown out oil II; in other words, whether
the action OF these reverend brethren is authorized
by the rubric, under which they have professed To
act, or Unauthorized by II, and proper occasion OF
discipline, should the bishop see tit TO nfct t-and
In order to meet this question: shalq quote all that
part OF the pamphlet which relates to it.
A third point which we endeavored to make, was
founded on the distinction between crime and i'm
pedlment; the former word being understood to re-
and morals and the latter to caaonical disqualified
tons, such as, tor the most part proceed from de-
feet rather tnan crime. This Distinction familiar
to canonists, and for which we quoted the eminent
names OF Lyndwood and Gibson, is dismissed by
our reverend brethren as a 'qulbble."
On this point our brethren have failed, owing,
doubtless, to some ebscuTy in our language, to APP
ITehend our meaning. We pay no heed TO what
they call the popular sense OF the word crime; for
the popular sense OF ii must vary according to the
state of public sentiment. We understand by crime,
an act contrary to the fundamental laws of Christ
and his Church; and taking heresy in the Churchs
sense to denote doctrine contrary TO the fundamen-
tai faith, Gas expressed in the Apostles Nicene
Greedy we hold the writing or preaching OF heresy
to be, in the eye Of the church, as much crime, as
the transgresslon Of any Of the ten commandments;
hence we argue that II the errone opinions char
ged on candidate amount TO heresy, they should be
preferred against him as crime, and that IT they are
short OF heresy there is room for preferrlng them
al all under the rubric in the Ordnal impeachment,
as we understand the word, referring to merely ca
nonlcal disquallhcatons and those chiefly et detect
For instance, If Dr. Smith, or any person present at
St Stephens on the day OF ordination had risen In
his place, and stated as fact within his knowledge,
that Mr.. Carey had denied, either in word or wri-
ting. the Divinity of our Lord, or his Incarnation,
the Resurrection, the General Judgment, or any
fundamental verify of the Catholic Creed, this We
should regard as charge of crime, and one which
would require the blshop-who is presumed to have
been before Ignorant OF the CHARGE stay the ord
nation until he should have time 10 investigate Its
truth. ....
But this view, il is objected, proceeds upon the
falacy that error In opinion is necessarily CRIMINAL
We answer, that fundamental error In opinion, or
such error as conIadicts the fundamental or essen
lal faIth when manifested in action, is criminal !;
and, that a. error in opinion, not fundamental, 10
blameworthy IN degrees proportioned TO the ma.
lignity OF the error. II this 10 deemed "a fallacy"
we fear it will be hard to prove that men are respon
sbe tor their opinions, or tor the actions that How
from them The question OF the sincerity or insin-
Gently OF men IN holding and propagatng error, Is
thata and, har rnd htnha
than an ecclesiastical tribunal "The times OF igno-
rance God wlnked at"
There are a number of points in this defence not
little curious, and we will have occasion in the
progress of the controversy TO advert to them par
tlcularly II Is an excellent specimen of biological
generalship. AS have stated there is very
full avoidance Of any approach to Carey's heIetcal
opinions. This only confirms the popular belief
that he is ready to drop any time into the Of
Rome.
The disseners," az the Epscopalians some what
contemptuously style their Protestant brethren OF
other denominations, areIooking on all these move
ments with great attention They laud Doctors
Anthem ard Smith TO the Skies and looking for
ward to the open schsm, which will, they antici-
pate, swell their forces by large accessons from the
now distracted Prelatcal church As specimen
OF their tone and language, take the following
From the New York Evangelist)
THAT DISTURBANCE Yet the
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church did not
deem sentiments like these, of the Tankest Popery,
to be an impeachment to the ordination What sad
detection from the purity of the church il once
was, does this indicate! And what fearful proxi-
nifty does 1t evince to the denominations OF the Ro-
man church, which is Antl-Chrisl, and upon which
| the curses OF God have been denounced. Drs
smith and Anthem APP ear TO be aware OF the vitality
| OF the issue which their opposition to the Bishop
clude their tract by the follow ing statement oil it,
:" But the matter Of prncipe involved is Of wide
scope and awful moment 1t covers this whole ground
Snail virtual conformity with Rome form not form
impeachment to ordination7 and does not ordination
held in despite OF such conformity furnish sad melan
choy proof growing Indifference to those great prn-
cipes for which, at the Of the Reformation, marty
died, and gradual assimilation Rome which promises
at dist mt day identity with her in faith If union
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