The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-11-12

i So sAs0S VIC A1OAy 0uO8t 0u6l
.no@ Win yous-and therefore It is We
70 'Eely that the Paraclete was absent fro
X your council in Baltimore and it il il
as likely that doubtful teachers ma
II aooouug believers. And it is very certs
'usS believer who doubts does not belle,
as al; but instead Of belief possesses on
s"as most uncertain Of all uncertain thin.
opinion; and though that ~ouio;or
r DC episcopal, it is not on that account n
} less uncertain.
ana what accumulates uncertaintie
around this matter is the fact-that tn
opinion OF these Bishops as to thu. mean
ing OF the word "Regsnsrate, .11 as +
'ne effect that is not wrought in Baptism
con1radlcss not only the Sacred Scriptures
not only the teachings of the Fathers, no
only the declarations of the most iliustri.
GUS Episcopal writers and preachers-bu,
also the very text of the Book of Common
fray or. Now, add all these contradictions
eoeether and multiply them by the uncer-
'ainties Of so-called belief which they will
cause and divide this product by these
Opinions" which are publicly taught. in
the same church, in opposition to the
B'shops' opinions, -and the result of this
'"eo'ogico -arithmetical problem will puzzle
any mathematician on earth,
The word Regeneration" is found tbrica
IN the New Testament-and the same word
IN other forms of speech is freouent,v
found and wherever found it implies a
spiritual or moral change. It does no sucb |
'"'pg.:is the "opinion" of the Right Rev
erend Bishops. Right Reverend sirs our
opinion isjust as good as yours and "a safe
% follow. We hold you, however, as
nero matter of consistency, to your Book
d common Prayer. By it you stand or
all. But the council of Baltimore contra
''cts the Book of Common Prayer. Which
highland which is wropg-tbe Risbons
r their Book
What does the Book say i-Here If 10 ~
'ack and white. (see page 155. Book of ,
ommon Prayer published 1860 by Daniel
ana Jr No. 3sl Broadway NY. "oues. ,
0"' How many sacraments hath Christ
'aatncd in his E,o
ny as generally necessary for sazyatou- :,
at IS to say, Baptism, and the Supper of ~
Lord.--Question. What menuest
0" by this ~ord Sacrament ?-An.
e'' L mean a" OUTWARD and cisible sian =,
a" '"'rard and spiritual grace oiyeu "
to us; ordained by Christ himself az y 81
ans 'rhereby acc receire tie same, and n -,
age to assure as thereof. VI
question. What is the out,card. r;s;bze 'o
or form in Baptism ?-Ans> Ua. ~
j-'e"e'e'n tho person is Joptised,, In The ~,
me OF me Father, and Of the Son, and Of "
Holy Ghost. SO
cues. What is the invartz, sp;rituo1 en-
zee (of baptism)9 Ans. A DEATH TWO pr
, AND A NEW-bIRTH UNTO RIGHTEOUS e''
IS: FOR BEING BY NATURE BORN IN s,SS tee
, THE CHILDREN OF WRATH. WE APE res
sEBf 10y Baptism) MADE THE CHILDREN "o
ant
'oes not ga death unto SIM implv
oral chauge"S Does not a mem b;rth
Righteousness imply "moral "o'
nge'7 any
Ch'fare" Of 'rraA made children of OF
e'-does not that imply "moral .no'
'ge u And all this the Book saws ia JAN
aeht by baptism! And the Bisbons in una
imore, in spite of the Book, declare sno'
no matter what the Book saws. Then 'he
If "opinion - that M &c ,,ou., "'y poly
Fought by Baptism. That is-it ia q IL IN
extesnal ceremony that produces no In
IN the person. That is-it ia an ont. VI
form-but it is Dot the channel Of in. the
Re grace. That is-it is pouring few anu
of water on the forebead ",e" ject
lothlng more. And as no moral cbanoe po"e
Fought in the child by Baptism. the IN a
Is IN the very same state after Ban. form
ana before it. That is;--it is not necss. CONS
at all. That is-The Lord made n s sGea
mistake when he SO emphaticallv
Unless man be born again of fA1
and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter ef0ns
he Kingdom of Cod" an en-
assur;
same Book of Common Prayer, Page been
L" Baptism, WHEREIN I the &C
7ae member Of Christ, (can Won he. and e,
member of Christ without a "mora1 agreea