The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-10-08

10 my sermon you will ind that | have never stated
that the material substance IF MAJ Is the image oil
God, but that man az his material substance Is an
image of God. There Is a great difference. 1t is
the whole man, body, soul and spirit, who is the
image Of God not one part OF him alone. 1t is bis
material substance which makes him a risi6le image
OF God. In like manner Jesus was " God manifest
IN the flesh so much so that He himself asserted
that she that hath seen me hath seen the Father -
Yet il was not His materid! substance alone which
was God. The spelling therefore of the image need
not be Looked for In one par; Of mans being alone;
though | freely grant that, If your bones are out Of
joint, and your visage the most repulsive, you may
safely put down these defecs 20 original sin mas
much as We are told in Scripture that the =. vbols
creation groauath and travaileth in pain together un-
tl now, and We ourselves which have the first fruits OF
the spirit groan within ourselves waiting for the adop-
ton. 10 vii. the redemption Of our body" q, You
need not ~despond, however, for YOU NAV still hone n
see the - King in His beauty" aud q be ike Him
when He shall appear" and when You shall have
been renewed - after the imageof Hin that created
you.
Fourfhly, you insinuate rather then at,emnt 70
Prove that have made a mistake in nv statement
respecting elFol and ei30lOn, VIZ . that sj;oD nv
no means conveys the same notion as e5en the other
Greek word for image" namely, eiidoa l. this
q specimen Cf Honolulu criticism Because in Lid.
dell aud SCOTS Lexicon they are both TT translated in
certain passages by the same word; mus they in one
particular branch OF study, therefore. convey the
same notion l assert that eiFOR by no means con-
veys the same notion as eiioIoa to the minds Of
Correct classical stu tents or OF theolugians have
already referred to PIato's use of the word; and this
will be found 10 be its usual and proper use in the
best Greek writer's; whereas eiloiOa usually couvevs
the notion of something iIlusory, unreal, and faI.r.
Thus, | think, "A fair example of its most proper.
Classical use may De found in the Ajlx Of SophocIes,
W. 1851 commencing 'orogar,'' sc. The ,lo,i.
cily they certrin!y TO not cun,ey The same norinn
False Image worship i called iiolatry not e~jE20.Lo.
There Is IN the Kings sumner palace a sacred
picture, brought from 81. Petersburg by the Rev. W.
Scott. This, sir, is called by the Greek Church sfkon
NOT slIOIOn. IL Is a fIfy IS ypu Snv ~, =. 1 ~
interest III fixing any substantial o. material sense
upon either Hebrew, Greek or Ensl sh words" rhnt
should trouble yourself So much with your
lexicOns. (gl
Filthy aad lastly Here, sir. is no Question Of .
root, or a Greek synonym. wish there
were, rather than that We should differ on what.
lust call, a necessary article OF the Christian Faith.
iet | will sull hope that you may be induced 70
this matter. | will only now pat the
chief arguments on my side, ana defend IN yselt frurn
he somewhat rash accusation of yourself, and an
quantity, that | am Inconsistent with the
eaching OF my branch OF tn. Catholic Church.
lssert, then, that Jesus WAS @ made IN His human
nature 'of fhe old material substance of man." and
y having flesh aud bones ascended up into heaven
herewith. You deny both. You say 1.-The first is not
doctrine Of the 3inIe;'' the second you contradict in
hese awful words, i" the Sa'iour's body in Heaven is
Tot Of flesh and blood" Some scripture proofs |
alrendy given on me first =uni ct. Let me
epest them and others: tue word was made
&" He took not on him angels, bur the seed of
IN hNCh pas W ttt same Aut>D 1uu .
God sent forth HIS Son. born of a
Jesus increased in stature and wisdom
lie Was g anhungered, - " thirsty SC, sc. Vide
ernon [ appeal to your readers wherher or no
passages DO not go to prove that Jesus Clri>t
las born. grew and suffered as other men. II SO.
as He not Ut the old material substance of man
not, l can not understand what He was. You
- he acted as man, took the form of man. &c.
he hereto Eutyches said the same before you. He
Splained the mystery of the Incarnation thus
lat "Christ's body passed through the Virgins
omb as water through n pure channel" He re-
the old error of the DUceie, which made
hrist 10 be man only in figure and appearance, not
with other men. The Council of
"A ID 45l, condemned this heresy in
ese words : Christ is one. God and man. the
me cOnsubstantial with the Fat her according to
) GOdhead, and the same cOaSubStan initial with us
y, Canon 81" therefore was this article put INTO
Cnurch's creed, to preclude any such heresy.
Man OF the substance OF His mother, born in the
'r!d; perfect God. and perfect man. of a reasonable
al and human flesh Su5siSti Rg'' Gath. CIR ST.
eu9eus, al the end of u century, long before.
We the r tional argument for this coBsubstantiality
our Lords human nature with Our own. 'sIf
saith he, = had not taken flesh from the
~ earth, tie would not have coveted those earthly
wherewith bodies which be taken from
ere are ted. This was the nature which felt nun
after long fasting, was DESTROYS Of rest after ira
il. aud even with extremity of grief melted
ny itself into bloody sweats." (Adven. Hmres.
3, c.. 81 M
passing on, is it necessary, cir, here to assure you that
substitution Of the Sd General Council at Ephesist for the '
u 'hticeuon vas merely a" oSersisht'-a clerical error. l
pose, l must call U?( The four Greek words GL5th6s; teIe6s
Gsugchut0s, have been from childhood too inde!i 1
impressed upon my memory to allow the to forget the four :
l-hereIics, whose errors disturbed the faith and pace OF the /
iyided church and mad these terms the watchworis of
is I ur y N mr. mr. 80 ~ 80 -, ~ ~ % c"r, su ue "u[ ora ~Gniiyla- q
Id On the same grounds -Punctuate the word in the same r.
, when used respecting the College of Apostles. because
4 of them contendci winch should nc the greatest" or he G.
rich in 81. Pau's days, when he withstooi St. Peter to he u
or when be lament-i that there were divisions amongst :
iiscipies. But SUI the fact is the came. The church uas oil
.Vided as long aS there Was active intercnmmunion between -
branches even though there were divisions in the church. u
an schismaiics arSexcommunicat- from the churh,
IRE cannot form divisions oft d Your suggestion tat to
y have been referring 70 4 disurderly meeting AT Eph,sts, &c
equent to the General Council in that city, is as absurdas I"
reimbursement for an occumemcil synod Of tie -,
now 10 your second denial Of Catholic truth. ". &c
( >sviour's body in heaven is not OF flesh aud blood.n Yu
cham by asserting this truth. that the the Est HISi b az ne =.
sh and bioyl.' which 1 am bound to as-er, by the arlrcI,s ~
y church' Your scriptural argument for this denial, :
Illogical. Thus; you say, " Flesh and blood cannot inherit an
geo VINO ma teer SAD that "ur Saviour's flesh aui no
is in heaven without Ills spirit. The flesh profteh
i mans, rhertiorSy. follows that SpTi Lo ori f body le bssv- n ~
Of he:h and blood The whole human nature Of our
&c approach " with oltuess through the veil that is TO say.
(Heb- 1oO How can We have - redemption through IN
"Thecup of blessing which we bless i NOT then. 10,
ling to your theory, the communion Of the blood Of
-! We can not then have eternal lite n US, for We can vol
al the " flesh Of the son OF Man, nor drink HIS blood - ~ s,;
ohm 81 That our Lords body WIS changed after his re- sai
rtlon, an IS now IN is gioiihsd state far above our COM thc
nsion' | fully and thankfully admit, 80 far as that -.
"pHes gFONEH u GtIelope1ent, ana Increase in ~
nor change OF substance The whole fore of St. wo
argument, Il Cor. 49, tends this way But some men
~. How are the dead raised and with what body do they sal
:" Now mark he does not lay they do not come with
and 6lood; but " thou fool, that which thou sowest Is not ti
except it die. Thou sowest not that body which bis
DC but bare grain God giveth % every seed has sun
Gn the Gle-k 10 idion soma Now here is the chqaIe. fro
seed Developing into the green herb &c: But the sUb o,c
Of the green blade is the same with the substance of "s'
I'd " 10 sUsTy seed its oLcH 6oIy" to iGion soma
1uli resi Up: Buffers chapter Gu personal IDENTITY. Won
see This argument more fully illustrated. You are y6ur- o.
Try different now from the little chubby infant you vere -
r mothers arms; yet you are the same substau G, the =
and blood. -