The New York herald., 1869-11-22

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indeed, throughout the East, and numerous Arans,
who had not received the teaching OF the Council
heresy, the exact contrary OF Arianlsm, appeared,
ana has to the present day never teen fuly eradi.
gated rom the eastern Churches IL was TERMED ne q
| no human body, or human nature, but was In all
| respects divine and oAly divine Tho Church was
| ut this period very much divided, indeed Tor
throughout the East the Episcopal authority was
almost entirely In the hands or The Arian
bishops the lay people having embraced Mani.
chesm as an antdote TO 1t, and the lower
| clergy aloae holding that would now be termed the
true doctrine these points. For tnls reason, and
also account of the great laxity OF morals which
had become prevalent In the East, the first Council
81 ,a which ls % tne second On the is list
principles OF Chrstian. faith which had been
attacked. THIS Council met IN the year ssl, and
reaillrmed that which the Council Of Nice had pro-
claimed namely, that God the son is consabstantial
and coeqnal with God the Father; and also that
that he was 'perfect God and perfect man." Hardly,
| however had the first Council OF Oonstantinople
closed It's slttings and pronounced its decisions
| decisions which, by the way, confirmed by the
PoDe OF Rome before they were promulgated), when
aro new Sno lepss OF as
Council OF Ephesus, the third upon my list was con-
yoSed In 43l. Ihe Council OF Nice and the First
Council OF Constantnople had efectually set at rest
the questions respecting the divine nature OF God
| the Son. ana had also spoken out and proclaimed
the opinion tnat Jesus Christ had no human nature
to be erroneous. Wi as yet the Church had not OIL
ciaily, 30 TO speak, defined in what manner or how
| Christ was the son of God.
| About Ghe year A. D. 41o or ais, Nestorius, an
| arcnprlesl in ConstantlnopIe began to teacn tina
there were in Jesus Christ two persons united that
the Son Of God being OF these persons aad wholly
sanctied the other, or human person, but that the
former had never died, had never suffered and had
| He was born at Bethlehem, and who suffered and>
died on the cross was the human nature aud human
Inc aSSe Of same beng TO
| pat this doctrine, which seems to US westerns
KIND Of word PLAYING almost upon sacred subjects
affirmed that Christ had divine and human nature
and that both were united In the divine person that
IL must be said OF Chrst and therefore OF God that
| He was born OF the Virgin Mary, suffered, died,
arose again and IN the same divine person ascended
| into heaven. The proceedlngs OF the Council OF
was Condemned. But the heresy exists still In the
East and Is prolessed by very large body OF people
called the HISTORIANS, who reside cnieny IN the pro
vince near tho size OF the ancient Ninevah.
But before the Council OF Ephesus had terminated
its sitting another heresy also speculative aud also
| from among the GreeKs) had appeared. This was
| the peculiar doctrine OF Eutycnus mead OF u mo-
unity OF tue person OF Jesus CHRISTI Euychus denied
| the uuaiity Of Ills natures. Here those VINO held
with .he majority were defeated; The Council
held to be OF no effect as regards Its latter de-
cisions and tho bishops appealed to another gene
raj council, which was held at Chalcedon In A. d.
451, and affirmed that 'Christ was consubstantal
with God the Father as regarded His divinity, and
consuDstantial whitman as regarded His humanity;
perfect in his humanity, perfect in His divinity;
true God and true Man. without confusion change
OF either nature; not divided, but united, or one
only Son OF God-the word made hesl."
Ihave brought you down to the end Of the Coun
Gil Of Chacedon, the fourth general council OF the
Church, and nave thus disposed OF the first half OF
second Council OF C0nstantn0ple, or which Will
treat in my next. as it would lake up too much
space to finish 1t In this letter.
Criminal Reminiscences-Hare, the Alleged
; AccompIice Of Burke, the Murderer, Beg
gins in London.
The London Echo Of November publishes the fol-
lowing extraordinary revelation
A venerable old man is now perambulating Regent
street and It's vicinity soliciting ready aims
which an enlightened English public is ever disposed
to drop into the extended palm OF age and indi-
gence. The features OF this interesting mendlcant
have probably been somewhat altered during
the forty years which have elapsed since he
adorned public station I'm the dock at Edinburg).
the thousands who have beheld his elilgy at Nine.
Tussauds. In that famous Chamber OF Hor-
Eng Ensand's waihalla and winch certainly
holds out the most formidable threat OF
there stand in an obscure corner two mean little
dwarfsh figures represented as II In eager consnlta-
tton. The visitors on turning to his Catalogue fnds
that they respectively the ikenesses OF the no.
torious Burke and Hafe-the former or whom was
hanged at Edinbrrg on the 2otn OF January, 1929.
Ii the visitor be not old enough to remember the
public excitement OF that distant period. when even
single murders were rartes and the Strengthening OF
panun and Horner undrealned Of should we
say, unrepOrtedH-he will further read that the two
miscreants convicted OF suifocating people Tor
the sake OF selling their bodies for dissection. Burkes
crime was then deemed portentiOus tnat he had
| the honor or actually adding word to tie Eng
sh language, and the verb, ITO burke" even
yet survives q convenient metaphor applicable 10
violently suppressed projects, as the guliotine
records all generations the benevolent Invention
OF the abDe whose name 1t bears. such was the fate
OF BurAe-hnself "burked" by the Calcraft OF the
PERIOD but made immortal In waxwork and IN
slang. But what Of Hares His penalty, 1t seems,
must have been more like that of the wandering
jew; for, nave said there he is to this day,
begging in Regent street.
Tne secret OF his identity has oozed out. and it
is feared by the fraternity to which he now belongs
that 1t may injure the trade OF them some time
since took measures to vindtcate his character. A
beggar, whose age and appearance might cause him
to be mistaken Tor the excOnvct, wore pacard on
his breast stating that he was mot Hare"