The New York herald., 1845-02-04


the Chaldean HISTORIANS: "Receive this oblatlon,
my God, for all those who weep, who are sick,
VINO suiier uader oppression, calamties, and inhr.
mties ana Tor all those whom death has separated
from us" Here, then, we have the testimony Of
the Cnaldean HISTORIANS IN favor OF the practice OF
praying tor The dead we have them incorporating
It In their liturgy, and will here remark that the
Rev. Horatio Southgate in his travels in Mesopota-
MIA, is compelled to admit that the best Informed
among the Chaldean HISTORIANS in that ceun-
Iy, beneve IN Purgatory, and pray for the dead.
Inc Armenlans when they celebrate for soul
departed say =" Remember, Lord be mereful
and propous 70 the souls of the dead and particular
to those for whom we offer this holy sacriice"-thus
proving that they believe in the doctrine of Purgatory
The Greeks OF the patrorchae OF Constantinople have
used for more than eleven hundred years. tw lurges
under the names Of st Basil and st Chrysostom which
contain the following recommendation of the dead "We
offer thee also for the repose and the remission Of soul
ofthy servant departed in place OF light from which
rest where he may around him the light Of thy
tenance" Thus these Greeks likewise in the solemn
vice ofregon pray for the dead believing in the doctrine
Of Purgatory and this liturgy is followed not only by
the Greek Churches Of the Ottoman empire which
are dependent upon the Patriarchite Of
but ALSO by those in the west, at Rome, in Caabria
Apulia Georgia, Mngrelia Bulgaria. and the whole OF
Russia Also the confession Of the Russians
IN 1913, we find the following remarkable passage "On
the seventh article of the creed read that souls after
DEATH obtain salvation and remission Of their
BY their repentance, any their part but by the
the unbloody sacrifice which the church offers daily for
the living and dead" The liturgy of Alexandria or OF
as fellows :-"Be mindful also Lord of all who have
slept and reposed in the priesthood and in every rank Of
the souls Of them the bosom Of the saints Abraham
isaac and Jacob" Sc The liturgy ofthe Abyssinans
Ehiopans:"Have mercy Q my God! on the souls of thy
servants men and women who have been fed with thy bo
iy and blood and have slept death in thy ath The H.
urgy Of the OrthodoxSyIians and Jacohtes"Agan and
again Commemorate all the faithful departed-hose
who departed in the true faith from this holy altar and
from this town, and from every country-hose who in
the true faith have slept and are come to thee the God
ind Lord of SDiTltS. and of all flesh, w
seech, entreat Christ God who has taken their
souls and spirits to himself that through the nnumerabe
acts of his mercy he would render them worthy to
ceive pardon of their effences and the remission OF
their sins, and would bring and them to his kingdom
Ryre-eleison" In the ancient liturgy known by the
nsme Of St James, and explained in the fourth century
iead:-"O Lord our God be mindful Of all The souls
whom we have commemoratcd, and those whom we have
IN the true faith Abel the just till the present time"
Sc" ST. Cyril in his physiological Catechism written
expressly for the instruction Of those who converts
from Paganism, In which he tells them explicitly and
clearly as he possibly can, those doctrines Of the faith
hey were to hold, says:" When celebrate the sa
crfce, pray in the last place for those who do
parted from among us, considering that their souls
ceve great assistance from the tremendous sacrifice of
aars Thus, therefore, St Cyril in teaching those
whom he appointed to instruct taught them the doc.
rines Of that Church. of which he authorized and
ordained minister. But St Cyril taught them Purga-
above liturgy therefore must have been taught by the
whole Church, and believed doctrine Of faith by all
nish read" Assemble in the cemeteries; read there
the sacred books sing there psalms for the martyrs for
all the saints and for your brehren who are dead in the
Lord and afterwards otter the Eucharist" Thus find
that all the urges of the whole universal churches
whether connected with the See of Rome not,
have incorporated into them the doctrine of praying
the dead and consequently that of Purgaory Now the
question arsesdid these Oriental Churches receive
his doctrine before they separated from the Catholic
Church. did they adopt it alter their secession Now
is not to be supposed that after their separation from
the See Of Rome they would have adopted the doctrine Of
pu thovt Ot
rhen they must have taken it from the church fcom
which they separated then must have existed before
in which was first promulgated, the individual who
vas the first to propagate the imposon-we must be-
eve as bracng to the earliest ages of Christianity
the very days the Aposes-to the times Of the Jews
who were the people Of God, before the suppression
Of the Synagogue. These arguments were irresist
able, and these authorities insuperable to the
mind Of the late excellent and learned Bishop Herbert
that he was compelled to admit what he styles "Papai
Purgatory or driven to the necessity Of believing in
intermediate state. where the souls Of the just well
the unjust were detained until tine day of Judgments and
rather than adopt Porgstory he was compelled to advance
essential point Of belief in the Protestant Episcopal
church hold in my hand Dissertation the State
Of Departed Spirits" by Bishop H. in which he proposes
show that this intermediate state is the belief
he Church Of England, that it can be traced to the
acsssS BY holy Scripture Recolect that anu ths
is stated, upon the authority of Bishop Herbert a
doctrine of the Church Of Englandthat do
go hell to heaven after death, but to third
place. where the departed remain until the last day
Now he says this doctrine be traced to the Apes
tolic times Now this must be by tradition-the
the fathers of the Church; and accordingly
looking the volumes which they have left pos
erity, do find single testimony these venerable
authorities which by any construction, could 70 10 e.
absh this theory On the contrary all the authorities
have quoted in the whole course Of my preceding lee
es clear evident as to overthrow this theory
Of that excellent prelae Of the Church OF England He
says is in conformity with the Sacred Scrpturesbut
to mind it is in direct contradiction to them In the
7th chapter and 9th OF the Apocalypse where ST.
John heaven opened before his face, be says Ae
al n sn no
and tongues, stood before the throne and before the
lamb, clothed with white robes and palm in their hands,
Sc Consequently as st. John places this grest multi
tude Of departed who had washed their robes and
made them white in the bloed Of the Lamb,' in heaven
there no intermediate place for them. They were
than before the Lamb before His throne with the holy
angels and therefore not in that imaginary place hch
styled an place BY this authorthey were
into that bsSnl region where they forever enjoy the
presence of their God From this it would appear
that the just Immediately admitted into heaven there
fore, the theory of intermediate place is manesty in
contradiction to the sacred Scriptures With regard TO
where il Is written that There waS certain rich man
who clothed in purple and fine linen and Jared sump
uousy every day and there was certain beggar named
Lszarus which laid at his gate full of and de-
string to be led with the crumbs which fell from the rich
mans. table; moreover, the dogs came and licked
his sores. And it came to pass that the beggar
died, and carried by the angels into Abra.
hams bosom the rich also died and
buried and in he'll he lifted up his eyes being in tor
And he cried and said Father Abraham have
mercy me, and send Lazarus that he may dip tho tip
of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for am tor
mented in this flame But Abraham said, remember
hat thou in thy life time received thy good things, and
Lazarus evil things; but he is comIored and thou
art tormented And besides all this between and
there Is great guph nxed so that they which would
pass from hence you OF; neither they pass to
that would come from thence fsprts could not be
taken into heaven before the ascension of Christ but into
mbu, patytsn, which destroyed Immediately before
the resurrection OF Jesus Chrso the wicked were I'M
mediaeiy condemned TO hell even before the birth Of
Christ the rich man died and buried, and in hell
he lifted up his eyes y and in that hell he called out to
Lazarus to bring drop Of water to cool his pached
tongne. Consequently he must have been in HELMET
In intermediate place Therefore II the doctrine
OF an intermediate psceas represented by common
individual asserted to bo conformable with the doctrine
of the ancient fathers the primitive church. and the Holy
Scriptures, opposed to the whole and all the arg
ments he has adduced in vindcaon Of his theory got
prove the existence Of pspal bu, christian Purgaory
He says this doctrine of his has not the most remote
connection with the doctrine Of Papdi Purgaory then
he gives definition Of what he calls Papai Purgaory
which, by the way is epithet do not submit to in
Christian for it ntmates that the doctrine was
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