The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-02-14

SONG tntrouuco@EL ks*pnor teDnST sytie
twenty ciergymen % ne tform-Dr Rogers
aiaer abiding to Fssher Esne's introductory re
mari .. procceasd tesay SFsS - n
Nothing ssad As aposs q the occasion 10
ther Kane8 fl1geessio4 ishAt M an agespi
growing IHtidelitNs vel shoql "a rsngthens olE
TOR ificati shss IS the ssnciegt Egyp tians tlld
This q prscissIy, sxelains>a the lecturer,
| what Rituaiista in England Eel and hcnee
their return to MARY ples % the Catholic
tss sis, u
okordinations reaching hack to The Apostles,
/ had been for three hundred years ignored BY
| tie great az the clergy and people, Eras-
and most sacred under Heaven. Henry VIIrs
fourteen questionaste his sbi&lops, so famous in
| the annals of the Reformation, had various an
sIsd ins ss saao.
Gated by Rit9sAists Id England. fGrnn1ner syas
very explicit, and Confessed that the command
of his Majesty was sufficient to make bishop,
without the laying ON of bishoPR hahd and That
ordination from Presbyters would certainly be
valid, III approved by his gracious and most
godiio mqjestic. = Homes the Risnalists-o of Eng
in Bariows ogdinatiop, by whom the succession
is said to havs been given to Archbishqp Parker,
In the time Or Elizabetfs No records remaiis,
under heaven, 60 prove thss Barlow was ever
considered very useless In Heury's tiIne,
shs high probability 10 that ha only obeyed tho
Kings congo 6eltre, without any "mnmmery 2
Sc6sy, who wsrs said 10 have assisted In conssZ
crnsfBg Parker. the lenrned assure us that they
prano1nced 10 pcrzs, bnt only laid their hands
gpos I'm. Esica u,agns e e nsnGsns Y con
without the proper 'ssrds, would be Insufficient
to convey saoraznantai grsSs. However, to ill
up all tlair iSregularit ties, Elizabeth passed p
old Bess, who Ma eniys I'll linking 81 the church
50 an engine on t0oasuf tho State; but the aafs
NEST men of Oxfarb feeling that the Church
sn be,sss 's mt nj
isfied. Thay had made great efforts TO clear up
these ohseuTfties, and thousands failing to have
their doubts ssitiiedr had sought refuge where
The Mag's Head story, though now admitted
by DIR. sLingard an& others to be false in some,
of its details, was, nevertheless, like our novels,
a. ssiSn founded on Jaea The poor psEses.,,
for 300 years, knew there Vas something wrong
about this ordination; and if their tradition Of
it varied from strict historic accuracy, the.
blame should fall on bigots and usurpers, who
deprived them of the sources of knowledge!
And since these Orders could never be proven,
beyond all remote doubt sufficient, the suspi-
cion of their inyaldity like the Inerest faint On
yirtne, hurls the whole fabric to the ground >
Bat admitting, for the sake of argument,
that the Anglican Church had as perfect q snc-
cession as the Greek Church posseeses-still the
capital dafeet In both was the saine--a body
In every society--ffom the wandering tribes
Of the desert to the most highly conventional
etates--such feaa was abs0lately necessary;
and If Christ established n society which wns
80 embrace sil nafions and ages, it was more me-
eeseeEy In this than In those, for two reasons
First, national prejudice, similarity Of taste,
email body In unions but when all nations aud
ages were to be embraced in ore to fnl6l onf
Lord'sRrayer 9 ather. grant that they may be
One, az Thou and are One, that the world may
81, principle Of aaity wac more necessary than
in ordinary gcyefnmeilts; and since Mecea--
sayy in ordinary gevarnrents5 and more neces-
sary In thu, therefore such 9 priaciple Of unity
was established by ouP Lord. -
second, in no ordinary government was such
a question to hs settled as that regarding the
true canon oil Scripture. Thousands had dis
these books, and IL Our Lord left no head-no
principle Of ddty--the carly Church could never
have come to D. decisien--a minority re-
port .-a protesting squad OF bishops would
on could never have been decided. The Ce-
rinthiana.A even in st. johns time, disputed
some Of onr books. Cerdon and Mareion, in
was written by an evil spirit, and that only
Lake and the Epistle TO Tisns should be re-
ceiyed. -s-P
most of the books DC Ale Ness Testament. The
A1logi Albuenses, Barjolenses, Concordenses,
Apochriphi, Lutharnns, GrOtians, eg all along
the march of the Cats &c Church, disputed her
canon Of Scripture. slnen, IL there was not a
hend to Ghrigfs eesietys 10 call together and APP
pFove-sts eeaneiisJ how eets1a tltaee councils
be trustedf Mere partisans might have called
them. IL enc bishop was - much the head as
ene: hAr, who knows but thst the bishops who
rejecs~do Tour Sculptures might beright after all,
and hence; boast Of an hfaflf-
BILE Bible, they have en- their own principles no
eerfaiaty that their canon Is the true oae I have
said thus nslsh about ths canon of Scripture,
only for the sake of fllnstFation for if ordinary
head To decide ordinary
QUESTIONS, 80 much the mere mnse that society
have nm enthusiastically head to determine 80 mo-
mentoas . question rs this FAick q Tie Word
~ C0Hf II seems 70 me, sometimes, That men
In their iRFeverence and folly, would degrade,
II they could, the Great Legislator of earth be-
low Lyonrgus or Goson--far @eneath Bismarck
Washingt0n, and MgPeleon. No, he lifted the
capstone amidst the shoats Of tho angelic
Wien, pointing TO Heaven With awful soiemni-
tys he cried Thor art Peter, and on this
rock build my Church and the gates of Hell
shall not prevail against 1t; and behold Iigive
unto thee the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be
bound in Heavela p ui