Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-06-18
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EFiSCOpaS.

EFiSCOpaS.
The great propensity in men to lower the God
whom they worship, presents to the consideration of
the christian and ntidel subject full of interest and
instruction The christian may find in it corrective
OF the VAIN glorious boasng of the numbers and
thusiasm OF his party, and the n6de proof of the
providence of UmnipUtent wisdom and goodness in
keeping alive among men some idea of the absolute
perfection of tn" Trinity Such is the weakness
of human nature, that i'll the MIDST of worship. d.
reced by -rcguated affections, faith becomes buried
insensiby in the Usts of the flesh and the mpusive
dcvoee loses sight of heaven, except paradise of
animal felicity. ReTutcd miracles, zeal, enthusiasm
and rapid growth il Legitimate proofs OF divine favor
would eXat the religion of the MormOns above all So
cletes which predicate their claims upon doubtful
basis The great mass OF mankind, however grovel-
ling their nature, has strong religious impulses In
capable of coming UP to standard which exacts pu.
ry OF life The only evidence OF genuine iath they
embrace eagerly, any systt IN which lowers God and
Heaven to the level OF their own appetites and pas
sons 1t must not be supposed that mention is made
OF the M0rmons to detract irGm the society of which
Epscol os, is an unworthy member; but for the sole
purpose oil Illustrating more pa paby great truth by
an extreme case. may, perhaps hereafter exempt
y this important TRUTH and endeyor to show that not
Wi hstanong the mountain which is established upon
the tops Of the mountains very far above the plains
of Shnar, hch lie at their base; vet the descent
from the mountain TO the plain runs through uumer-
Gus, nsensible gradatons. At present Let return
to pscopso, and his inGorser Episcopos affects to
be very learned i'll the primitive fathers and Pfesbu
eros gives credit to his pretenSions. The learning
of the former is alftctation, and the confidence
OF the latter is placed On page 5, of the pamph
let Epscopos says: III it were necessary, | could
bring forward the opinions Of all the principal fathers
upon whom Puseyisn confidently relies disprove
their lavOre Iht orv' Reader would you not, from
this assertion infer, that Epscopas has read the Faith
crs extensively EPscopCs proceeds, ''for Still
ngflee has said and all who have any respect for
the truth and honesty of Episcopas, takes it grant
ed that he has read Stllngheet On page 4, Episco-
pos SAYS that it is not his ambition be original but
page his ambition to appear learned gets the bet
ter of his discretion and that adjunct of vanity the
personal pronoun is adopted, the securely to ap-
proprate to himself, the credit OF learning from the
Fathers, and from Sulingheet, when, in truth, he
was ignorant Of them all. He puts in the mouth OF
Stlngfeet the following words, to wit: 81 believe,
upon strict inquiry, NJ .dna's judgment will prove
true-that Heron, Austin, Ambrose, Seduus, Prim-
asius, Chrys Jstom, Theodoret and Tneophy act,
were all of Ariuss JudgmCn mt as to the identity of
both name and order bishops and presbytors in the
primitive church and that the reader mi4 hit have no
scguples about his learning Episcopos emb, fishes the
above by the quotation marks, "lrenicum, p 30I.'-
All this show of learning is made from half dozen
lines on page 20I, OF Powell ON succession. Episco-
pos. though from sheer ignorance of the Fathers and
Slngfleet and from too little attention to the or
biography Of Powell, the magazine of his literary am
unrn, H. mistakes Arus for Aerius. The omission OF
/ he Ii,
writer. who does not affect acquaintance with the
Fathers but it is beautiful little trap for the housing
Episcopos Arus and Aerins are as different ndivid-
uas, as Bonaparte and Julius Caesar. Arus was a
Presbyter Of Alexandria, and gave birth the heresy
of Aridnsn But AeriEs erected sect and ex-
cited divisions throughout Armenia, Pontus and Capa-
docia, by propagatng opinions different from those
! that comm MY &c :eived."-l Moshen, Cent q,
chap. 3, 81. What was his principal tenet Pres
buteros read and reflect. 1t will enable you to
many errors in Powell, and to turn up your nose
! in contempt OF such scrbbleF as Epscopos. MJsl-
iem at the same place, says: One Of has principal
tsnets lcaS, that bishops from Pres
byteS by 0ny dlrine rght but that according the
institution OF the new testament, their Offices and
thority absolutely the same. This sect arose
until the 4h century 1t sLort-lived, that
its history occupies but paragraph The followers
OF Aerus adopted the Aran heresy as TO the Trinity
but the Cogma that there no difference between
bishops and priests, peculiar to themselves. (See
British Encyclopedia under Aerians All have now
seen who AerGs was, and what was his heresy from
the of his schism, an important lesson may be
learned. He aspired to the bishopric but his ambi-
ton disappointed. Another was assigned to the
vacancy, and Aerius turned his back apon The Bishop
and denied the dignity of the Office. Advert Eps-
cOpcs once more. Observe with what apparent learn
ing he adds after the OF Theophyacti in the above
quotation the following words in parenthescs, wit
And he LStillngheet might have added every other
father of note.)" What LolGness He pledges all
i the fdthers and Snlnngheet IN addition, when, in
truth, he has never read a father, and I'll venture a
wager Cf EPiscopos will pardon my bettrg propensi-
ty,) that he cannot tell whether Stlngfeet is mod
ern Dutch Philosopher, contemporary of Jerome.
/ What Episcopos says of Wlcklff, may be found in
Powell, at page l45, and 2Ol; of Cranmer at l5O and
202; OF Whitaker at 2C2 of Usher, at cO9; of Cox,
at $50; Redmayne $50; Hooker l59. The docu-
ment which he calls declaration, made of the unc.
tions and divine institution of bishops and presbyters
and the names subscribed thereto, are found at page
I45 What is said of the book Of orders. is taken
from 1853. What is said Of the acts Of Parliament,
and the names Of Burnet, Cosn, Grinda &C., were
taken from page ia. At the close OF this parade of
learning, Episcopos adds, The above quotations are
mainly from Powell on Succession, a work which
would be Of service chnrchmen, If they would read
it." The said quotations not only "mainly,'' but
entirely from Powell, and Poweil's remarks are also,
liberay retailed without quotation mark. Or credit
Episcopos says Of himself Il could bring forward
opinions Of all the principal Fathers. &c. and BY