The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-02-14

the days Of the fathers whose texts have just now
Gent and which has through an uninterrupted succes
sion Of pasors handed down the doctrine taught in the
earliest times. then no matter how many more denom
look as the truo Church Of Christ. Again, Lac.
tsutius-coming back to the Western church-in his
Novaans or vsi.nnians or he or sn ny
other named after this they cease to be true
Christians for having lost the name Of Christ toy as
Inc church alone that retains the true faith She Is the
fountain oftruth tbs abode Of faith the temple Of God
life and eternal salvation Let no one deceive himself by
obstinatey contendng against her for life and salvation
are at stake" You the argument of Lacsntius The
Nsvatians ceased TO be styled christians Valentnians
were called after their founder The Maisiontes
likewise to be Christmas all these
sects there still existed the church which Catholic
clearly ancient united and pepetuasd notwithstanding
the heresies that sprang around her "Here It he
cOntnuss that the csAoc church alone retains tho
temple of faith, the abode of God. Let no man
deceive himself for life and salvation are. stake
stronger language than this and Is not his Ian.
suage the language Of the church at the present day
trims are We IN the former or bsottsd IL
the laterl But there remains grander authority yet
in the person Of st. Augustine a name which Is an
press myself must be heard with awful attention by all
Christians Of the present day Hear him in his book
tho hsad-and the body the church Whoever separate
from that head and FROM the sacred writings, though
not in the Church, And again 4" whoever dissent
from the church. that their Communion is not with the
est degree separated from that II is manifest that they
are not in the Catholic church" This is again power
a
does exist And again no writes:-Ep 2es I'D Fsiicam
10 the Catholic church, which, not confined to Afri
world there good and bado He maintains the neces
sity Of union and that union 10 to be found in the
the true church cannot lay claim to be true disciples q
Christ Another quotation from his book faith chap
10 =" We believe in the holy Catholic church For
heretics and schsmacs style themselves ecclesiastical
congregations But the former by their false notions
violate faith and the latter BY their criminal dssensons
believe. Therefore neither 6erstcs appertain to
the Catholic church, which loves God schismatcs
:, .hs requires the love e our nsghSo And
apostle. pronounced against 'chisnaiics awful
II you consult the epistes Of st. Paul you Will And that
:ects" are ranked among the sins excluding from the
with the spirit Of Christianity in dcnouncng not ind
vidua for We respect their personal convictions, but
in making no sraSs With hsrssy no matter how re-
not with individuals that have do is with truth
and error themselves One more text from the Holy
sent Thesane st. Augustine, in his le5th Epistle:
The Catholic Church only Is the body Of Christ, Of
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FORE wishes to have the Holy Ghost, let him beware
lest he remain out ofthe Church" II was not then the
doctrine Of his day. that every man could be saved
matters nothing whether he believed not These
may be tyled tolera Mt and bera notions they
conv q the ancient fathers Of the church They
are principles that the Catchoc Church cannot be
consiled TO- even though they may be encouraged By
Divine being no matter how respectable or learned
no may be who teaches the contrary even he were
vne the two propositions cannot be true and this
account the Catholic Church cannot be reconciled
e error nut yet she is charitable, and makes
all due allowances for individuals, on account
From what have said, must ell admit that Christ
tablshed the church with the intention that unity should
the early fathers Of the church recognised and taught
SCENTS itself are You convucsd Of the necessity q uni
hsre necessity for this unity them no other argument
rary the intention and prayer Jesus Christ and to
the doctrines and teachings Of ths fathers Of the print
necessity Of the s.stsnes Of unity bat that Is pos
sibs TO and ont where the true church Is where unity
the test Of the question is which was the st church p?
The first church the true church. ALL that separated
themselves from that church were schsmatics but not
church. and their efforts to propagate errors in oppos
ton to the true church, still the church must have
saviour This question Of the unity Of the church Is one
the greatest importance, and seems to be attracting
the attention Of candid and learned especially in
in st. Johns church, Brooklyn, ny the Rev. Mr.. John
SON. and cannot but pay just and public tribute of
brsathes in every ns WHILE the time after pc
rusing its pages, II only confirms tho doctrine which
have been ncucstiog TIL: evening viz the nscsssity
with me Ia the prayer ofour divine Saviour for unity
He argues that the prayer was answered at the
state OF unity for years" These are the premi-
which this excellent clergyman POUNDS his ar
srroneous for fJesus Christ prayed and was heard IN
the beginning, can il DO possible his prayer not eff
cacious for ali time II eicacous it fail to be so
stlil And fn was efhcscious and unity did exist fer
years, how Is it possible that admit the
clusion that that unity has ceasc Is not the power Of
not his as available at the present. a. Was in
the pasl And IL it his desire that unity should be
established in his church, how is il possible that that
cacious7 The Catholic Church. 6e says, il disunited,
and in this punishment II such be the case Christ
But the church established for the purpose Of being
Pepetuaod through all ages; consequently the church
must yet exist in all IL unity and integrity II Is said
the RoMAr, the GREEK, and the ANGLICAN. But renew
tho first proposition: Which il the Ancient Church
tanly 1t the true church. cannot conclude with.
out adducing some Protestant authorities in addition to
a Of s sm DR.
Goodman, that 10 of the deepest dye and greatest
guilt suppose We shall easily agree for indeed nobody
well doubt Of that who considers what So
vour took to prevent III what pains he took with his
apostes that they might be thoroughly instructed and
not to differ In the delivery of his mind to the world and
with what binary ardor he prayed for them upon
this very account And the apostles themselves answer
ed their Masters cars with their own diligence and cir
He that observes how industrious they
to resist ell beginnings Of schsm in every church.
to heal all breaches and to take away all occasions Of
divisions to unite all hearts and reconcile all
minds. How they taught people to detest this dis.
temper the bane Of Christianity, charging them
to the greatest caution against IT, to marx and avoid
all those that inclined that way, persons Of
contagious breath and infectious odious
they gave t-as carnalites the york Of the fssk
and Of the der He, say, that observes all this cannot
but be spprehensve Of the greatness Of this Isn But
he that shall trace the Of the church little lar
Their, will fnd the primitive Christians having in such
detesation that they thought equal to the
rious dolary, murder, and sacrilsger Here, then, 10
strong, though quaint and eloquent testimony Of the
Gent tsh Of the church. Samuel Parker Bishop Of OK
ford IN his work entitled Religion and Loyalty, pub
lished in London In the year 1884, says-sI will chsl.
lenge the whole world 10 show me any thing mora