Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-04

gytesrn Jerome states Il. a. 4 hlstofica fact,
snat thls goVernment OF the Churches by
| ptesoyteta alone continued until, on account
4i,s s9ta,ndalous quarrels, II was thought sEps.
SDnns 20 ,h Wy the remedy Of choosing ons from
fbn Pst 'he pte1byters and placing him over
government Of the Church. mi sSsatipE . ,ne
penor ecclesiastical order, aid NOT take place Al
little and IittIe E'efTsPanLaitas,that 10, 'by
OF one presbyter over the others vas a bamS5
s9 ,a iiIi was rot Imposed By authority.
Of day knew this very well. Jeromc 49,
the .ptesbytsrs originally became bisbops
much 10 he same way AZ lf an army should
one % themselves, and call him arch-deSeon.
AZ this testimony, And much more, may be
t fnr we'll summed w "a the works OF Dr.
~, 4 the tsStinony Of Jerome, one Of b..
vi. miRl'tea own wltneases-one whom he him
iSSvnnsyn,s' iilustrlou.,i-one who, IN the
Iass.sy " iaT The most learned and most clio.
~ geGfb o. ~ The QhriStlans and the prince
more deepiv ,b SiiiHines Can anything be
Won ~ Jerome OF the whole subject OF Church
hSp .pa u And yet, in the face Of this,
10 the Romlah Communion. will stfiI 1890
shst they ate ne only Church Of Christ on
Ssp.s 10 na .SsE 9P1Ely haze the right e dis
Thus far we have reviewed The no,n,.
brought 20 our notice by DR.. white ia III a.
his June discourse The qsmsinS.r n az tso q
Witnesses he undertakes TO fortlfy BIZ an an
peal TO the early Councils OF the Church. Let
Us, then, follow him 10 this new field OF OBJ
servAtion.
An EeoLEsrAsrfoAL quAoNRE.
The reverend Doctor has tfeated ua TO a
chapter upon these UouncllS for the purpose Of
showing that some OF his witnesses attended
them and perhaps likewise thinkinB to over
Whelm the ordinary reader with an Imposing
~ S5Ses o. IA, RsPsi a 1S, number, Sy s,,.S
sIa fIsH s,,nspRs from ~ Part, e ne Thea
subject 70 the Jurisdiction oItho bishop, o., as
he styles him, the Pope OF Rome and that by
80 eonyonins and so participating IN those as
semblies they all recognized and confirmed the
Doctor mi ht suppose tSiS styis " arrums nd
would be satisfactory to the members Of his
own communion IL natural enough, but that
could misleAd any who arc al all aequNintsd
with the early history Of the Church u really
sptPtiaing. We can only Aeoount Tor u 90 The
resource for braclnF up his wituesset, no re-.
iSS;ttGd 70 this tsS5siehsd iLssloySnt sort Of
zoe t ,. ~ ~ w. 1870
Gstieai history. we call 20 mind the estlma.
tlon in which they were held by Gregory Of
Witnesses, who said ia his old age, and aftsr
long experience, Z" l ncvsr knew a Council TO
come 70 a good end',-.thst 10, - to come to.
sSii h and indeed always to add tumuH TO
tumult, 10, aa you arc not Ignorant the greater
Infamy, I salute these SynodH affair on.
9SS S S ~ %sSs mSTe 70 2,
same purpott. Opp, Paris edition, isi2, vol
q, Do. iiG-iii and $3.50
TO the Doctors hbofs In this quarter, let US
give some attention TO the first counoil-and
Ia macy respects the most lmportant-thAt
which was held A. ID. 525, at Nice, a. city Of
Bithynia, In Asia Minor. The Doctor says,
for example, that this council was held under
the presidency OF the leEates Of the Pope o.
TO Photius ia the ninth centuries as suthori.
ties for the statement. He does not eonne-
toend to give US the Language q these wfiten
had really said It. This mode q gathsring
evidence has every advantage but that ofbeing
true, and every merit but that OF being ighIl
anythiuE about the matter save what they
have derived from othera before them. Pho
and aslasius Is so much later than Eusebius,
from whose life OF Constantine he literally OK.
tracts all he has to say upon the subject, that
ID would seem to be time wasted to pause upon
their testimony. The essence oft 70 summed
up in Greek and Latin version ofGelaaiun,
to be found in the Aeta Ionehiorunl Paris edi-
s iS9 i 5iSo y0 81 JcrdoRs 10 spsiO, %who OBJ
tanned the place OF Sylvester, bishop Of soyer-
eiEn Rome, together Win the homas pt,esa iy
was present In that assembly, NothinE Is
here said about the "leEates OF Pope Sylyel-
tsE PrS,hla,nS eyer me S,n a9Sa0 y,
place Of Sylvester, who was absent through
the inhrmities Of age, there 10 no lnumAtlon
in this passage Ths bn P psss S ~ Sgrs,d.n
secretary or jAuitori whether, In TACT, was
In or out Of the eounelli and We are LEFT 70
sTedibIe In relation 10 this famous assembly.
Iwould therefore refer 10 a small work OF
aome ninety pages, entitled History OF the
Boston edition, 1850, and also 70 the lectures
Of Prof Stanley, OF Oxford, New York edi-
ton, ls02, rom page ia to page go; A. The
nuthoTitIsa is given. From these works We
distinctly learn the following iaeul II was
almost Wholly an Eastern n9t Me &c SCUM
twelve were from Europe. IL was summoned
upon the sole auth GRITTY and under the supreme
drsGLoS Of the Emperor G99ssalssias Tao
This fact 1t 10 claimed by the RomAniata that
the two Roman prel5Ytetgt- y 10. END IkassR
Of the eouneIli and II Is also claimed by rheo-
was president, and by other Writers that Eu.
sebius OF Cesarea waa president and by others
still that Alexander OF Alexandria was preai-
siuS OF spain was pSssiissi. n the midit OF
this conflict OF testimony let eaeh man take
his choice, for BY using the convenient method
OF DR.. white, and garbling and oulling out
such statements "a he thinka will suit his pur.
pose, he viii be able TO show either that they
ell, as may please his fancy. DIT. white Afhtms
that "the whole as members Of the council
recognized the supreme ssSn h py q The
and II IL claimed that a letter OF tho council
received by the ConSuls Paullnus And Julian
10 the following November states tAAt the
views OF syiveSteT respecting the doctrine OF
the Trinity were oonourred In, and his advice
in the matter adopted. What wonderful
Now, upon this very point OF the supremacy
of this bishop or OF that bishop, OF this
church or OF that church, let US have tho tes-
timony OF tho council itAelf. Twenty oanona
for the discipline ofthe churches were adopted.
The sixth canon has this language; "WheTeAI
the Roman Church has always held the fret
fore the bishop Of stKIcxSadria may have
power over all, since this IL the rule In respect
TO the Romsa Church For the sane reAs? !i
oGhIAn churches, and moreover Ia the other
provinces, the churches Of the larger elties
may hold the primary" And again, the sew
enth canon holds this language: "Sinea an
| ancient custom has obtained, aud . vens rAhle
| tradition that Difference should be paid % TIE
S5IsGP q tS. Ss spesIa sif
| From all which It is evident that the bishops
| and churches obtained a relative rank aud
ROM STs np Y special Tsistion Which they have 70
/ Peter or to the other Apoatles, but from the
] different degrees Of promiDenee enjoyed by the
above al Il is evident that at the time OF this
council there were at least three Sees, which
stood upon an entircly equal footing Of eoele-
Antioch and OF Rome. but the Doctor In
| forms uI to the effect that the primary was
alone Ia the Roman See, because tho council
| deeTeed that for the annual observance Of
| Easter, the Church OF Alexandria should
| compute the time aud send II forward to Rome
10 order, as he says, "that the Pope Of Rome
/ might proclaim IL to the URiperidI ChuTehln
| This 10 about as near the truth as we could
! expect the Doctor to come on such . question.
But he failed to get out the other half OF II,
! namely, that q similar communication was at
| the same time to be made TO the SEQ Of An
tioehi so that, to use his style, the Pope Of
CiRreh SO much then for the testimony OF
| the cOunoil OF Nice.
But Ia addition to this, he desires to prove
| his whole RomiHh claim by asserting that the
| 100 Fathers of the Council OF Oonatantihople,
A. d. Ssl, wrote a letter to Bishop Damascus,
| asking HIS concurrence In their DEGREES, and
| he having eoneurTed, that mAkes him uni
Versal Pope, and renders the council eoumenl-
/ cal. And because Gregory and Cyril were
| members Of that council, as JAmes was OF the
| eouaeil OF Nice, aud because another Gregory
was confirmed bishop, therefore the head OF
the Church at Rome 10 the head Of all thG
ChuroheHI that 10 to say, my Lord God, th'
Pope ana SOVEREIGN POntif Of the world
Then, AgdD, because there was = council o
800 Fathers at Milan, A. ID, 355, at which