Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-08-27
From the Catholic Standard.
The Council Of Rose,

We learn from the London Weekly
Register, that some seven or eight Angli
can clergymen have determined to proceed
to Rome in December next, for The pur-
pose of attending the General Council and
obtaining from the attendant Bishops an
authoritative opinion respecting the va
lidity or otherwise Of their orders. Every
endeavOr will also be made to form a union
between a large number of Anglicans and
the Catholic Church. These gentlemen
have already put themselves i'll communi-
cation with several Of the authorities at
Rome. and have met with every encour-
agement; they have determined to ask
one OF the English Catholic Bishops to be
their spokesman before the Council.
We cannot. like the secular press, pre-
sumo to Announce the precise object for
which this Council is called. It will he
enough for us to know it when it is made
known by the proper authority bat lndg
ing from what han already tranRpiTed, from
the extensive preparations in ST. Peters,
and the desire Of the SOVEREIGN PONTIFF
that the Bishops Of the different D:Oceses
to record their views T:pun matters re!at-
ing to the prosperity OF their respective
jurisdictions, important results may be eX-
pected The Ciciha Cahofca which may
be regarded as reliable authority, gives a
list OF questions which will occupy the at
tcntiOn Of the COnucil at least for aome
months These consist OIL. Rites anu
Ceremonies. II. Political and Ec:csl4.
tiI,tl Affairs. Ill. Oriental Churches and
Missions. ". Rationalisnl. '. Dogmat-
ic Theology VI. Eccicsiasticai Discip-
line
Already are the Bishops who live in re-
mote quarters OF The world beginning TO
move Romeward. Some of the American
Prelates are already OH their way to the
Eternal City, and before many week, more,
the last Bishop OF the American Hierarchy
will have SET ont in order to be present ut
the first session Of this vast assembly,
which, like the multitude Of ,)ernsaleru, on
the day Of Pentecost will consist OF Par
thians, Medes, and Elanites, anl the in
hahtants of Mesopotamia, Jndea, and Cap
padocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and
Pamphelia, Egypt aud the parts Of Libya
about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews
also and proselStes, Cretes and Arabans.
This Ecumenical Council, to which we are
all now looking forward, will be the nine
teenth General Council Of the Catholic
Church, following after the first COun-
ell of Nice. held in A. ID. 325
the first Council of Constantinople held in
A. ID. 3S1; the Gonncil Of Ephesus, A. d.
43l; the Council of Chalcedon, A. ID. 45l;
the second Council of Constantinople, A.
d. 553; the third Council Of Constantine
pie, A. ID. ESQ; the second Council of
Nice, A. d. 767 f.; the fourth Council of
Constantinople, held A. d. $40 the first
Council of Lateran, held A. d. 1928 the
sc cond, third, and fourth Councils of Late
ran, held A. D. 1139, A. d. 1179 and A. ID.
1916 respectively the first Council OF
Lyons, held A. u. 1916 the second Coun-
ell of Lyons, held A. D. 1874 the Council
of Vienca, held A. d. 1912 the Council
of Florence, held A. ID. 1910; the fifth
Council of Lateran, held A. d. 1912; and
the Council Of Trent, held A. D. 1916 to
1865. The Council to be held in 1869 is,
We believe, to be called the Council OF
Rome.