The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1872-09-15
w1scELLANEoys FOREIGN NEWS.
ENGLAND.

The Protestant Bishop OF Alncoin has aS
cepted the invitation of the leaders of the
new German sect to be present at their
Congress shortly to be held at Cologne.
He is careful, however, to explain to his
diocesan clergy that he goes, not as bishop
of Lincoln, but as DR.. Wordsworth, and SO
nobody is committed to anything, and
everybody is quite comfortable. Every
body, that is, except DIR. Wordsworth HIM
self, who is not Mt all comfortable about the
doctrnal orthodoxy Of his new friends:
He asks DR.. Wingerate whether the Old
Catholics" could not manage to believe
little less. They have rejected good deal,
but they have not brought themselves
down to the standard of Anglican beiief-a
fact which we recommend for the consider.
alton Of those who profess to 6elieVe Ne that
lie doctrine" At the Munich Conference
last year I" the Old Catholic faith is de-
clared to rest upon Z" the dogmas OF Pias
w." 1850, which are presented ' q as neGes-
Wordsworth, "if you profess the faith Of
\ the primitive and undivided Church, do
| you revert to these new doctrines !" Why,
indeedi Probably because they, like Dr.
! Wordsworth and his friends, draw the line
between what is old and what is " new"
precisely where it suits them. We have no
doubt that the Eutycians complaised that
the doctrines proclaimed at Chalcedon were
very " new doctrinal fgments." and never
proclaimed before 45I. DR.. Wordsworth,
itative, because they do not condemn him /;
. aad for the same reason do the Dollnger-
ties receive the DEGREES of Trent. so on
precisely the same grounds that one re9ects
the DEGREES of the Vatican the other rejects
) the DEGREES of Trent. And while DR.. W in
gerath fails to see that the DEGREES of the
f Vatican were not any newer in 1879 than
8 those of Trent were in 1854, DR.. Words
worth forgets that those of Trent were not
D any newer in 1864 than those OF Niciea
n 80 mat thn n n .
o tiquity Of definition that signifies The
d real question is the authority of the body
y which propounds 1t.
8 The AtAGnasiaa Creed.-We understand
8 on excellent authority that the Eaode by
!. which the opponents OF the Athanaslal a
s Creed will try to effect their object will b
e by the introduction OF very short bill
} (already drawn) into Parliament mex
TT year, by which it is proposed that " ate
le the passing of this Act no clergyDen of til
t. Church of England shall be sus.ected t
any prosecution for substituting the Apos
ties Greed for that commonly called til
Creed of st. Athanasius in Divine service.
20 ~ 1t will be the fault of those Who are re
u solved that the doctrine of the Blesse
-, ~ Trinity and the Incarnation shall not oe
u, ~, come open questions in the Nations
~. Church it this willy policy tSiumphs.-
,s Ckurch Times.
ne ne III. Gaubetta and the ASsemLy.-The II
of pxbligue Franchise, NJ. Gambettas orga
Mt announces that it suspends its agitation II
is q dissolution of the Assembly as no long'
.se opportune. Various explanations of tn
no step are given, but it seems most probab
tE' that M. Ganbetta sees that the less the al
m vanced Radicals put themselves torwar
ant aud the more NJ. Thiers can be convince
no that Jhe Republic is Moderate and Conse
zen vative, the sooner will lie be likely to pre-
an for a dissolution himself Moreover, Z
she prospect of speedy riddauce of the &c
ia mans, and the ceu uviction that M. Thle
est will not hear of q dissolution, or any Co
elf stitVtienal change, VII Che ahVaue: 10 sol
elf might have possibly led the ex-Dictator
sti the conclusion that a few months bSeathi
ery time can do 40 harm. But it is now asse
fsr ed that NJ. Theirs intends, after the rece
ex o. to bring in a constitutional bill, creating
,w5 Upper Chamber, and giving the Cover
.N,- ment the power of dissolving, the const
,ays of the Upper Chamber being first obtain
MS The appointment to Frepe& Secs.-lt v
not be remem bered that the Bishops designa'
tied to three or four vacant sees in france ha
be- had their conservation delayed by a cont
this versy between the Fre0ch Government
and the Holy See us to the form of the b
!, TO The Holy See used the words nemtna
ldia nobis," and M. Theirs insisted on "nei
rho, navit" alone, apparently under the lMpr
tue sion that the use Of that word would inn
not that the Bishops were nominated in
tiers modern sense, that ie, appointed Sy
buse civil power. This controCersy is, howeS
npiy now at an end, search having been an
not as to preeedents, which was rendered a,
king lengthy and difficult by the fact that
PIN registers of the Ceuacil of State have b
and, burnt. The result of the inquiry is
Ioret cut Of $50 Balls Of appointment iss
titles since the Concordat. AlO have the o
win, navit nobis,- and only 40 the simple "n'
1, let inavit" There has therefore, as the Mo
the observes, been no encroaehment on
3 lie, part Of Rome, but only fergetfui1es
our precede1t-eaused by the rapid polIt
n we changes which have taken piaee-oo
the part of the French Government.
The Belfort EortifeatioaS.-Consid
uneasiness has been caused in France
We statement that the Germans were addin
ard to the Notifications of Belfort, which
,g the supposed to imply that they meant to K
icated it in violation OF the treaty OF peace
senior was then explained that they were 9
,,ired, finishing works begun by Colonel Denf
oung, the French commandant, during the si'
man, But next came n 1cjoinder, in the shap
he has letter In tue Ldt1e Wlltteu oH VnS q
under repeating the allegation that considera