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TIE OLD CATHOLICS.
+ The latest reports which come from Cologne
Thare tho second Congress- OF Old Catholics il
.now in session, are not of favorable ooun.
plexion for the SUCCESS of the new movement
| The Congress embraces some delegates OF great
I ability, such as the Janzenist Archbishop OF
Utrecht, the Anglican Biahop Of Lincoln and
Ely, Pere HJa:inthe, and DIS. Doellinger,
E.:schultze, Koryelius, Huber, and Friedrich, but
there is evidently want Of homogeneity in the
Congress, d Hant Of followers in Germany, and,
consequently, b want Of money, without which
not even spiritual revolutions can be accom-
I plished. Tho Old Catholics, who still claim to
T be Catholics, have maso said for them each
f'day, .Fhilo portion Of the delegates, who are
E. 'Protestants, hnTo special Protestant service,
l. aud this dissimilarity soems to run through
! the whole movement IN various ways,
I and prevents concert Of purpoae or Of action.
7 First, IN tho following OF tho new movement,
thore II apparently / vey eerioHs emba1rass-
| meut. Tho ars* Congress WIS held at Munich
last year, and it WIS expected that, before the
n,eaking Of the second Congress, thousands Of
p1asts in Germany would identify themselves
With tho moyernoRt but it is stated that the en-
tire number of priests within the Old Catholic
org aoiz~tion In Germany is only seventeen In
Bat aria, uharo it was hoped the revolution would
gai1 tho drmest fosting, it docs not seem to
har . made any headway at all, the Bava1iana not
taEh Ing kindly to tho innovations made by the
reft nners> With 80 s11au constituency, the
obs heles against which they ara COM
pail cd to labor Ge both numerous
and serious, and do not fu1niah
yeE cheerful outlook for tho coming year
Nortey, which Is tho mainspring Of refozmations,
Is WILL "a Of business, seems to be absolutely
wanting. Money bain8 wanting, Of course,
ehurrhes a<e wanting. Ths expectation that tho
Govornment, which sJmpathizes with the move
mont to groat extant would provide them with
church property, has not bean realized IN any
practical Why, one or two little chapeIs being
the e',m total Of favo1s whioh they have obtained
1t Barlin- The most discouraging featurc Of tho
schisan is schism In the party itself Hyacinthe,
Frohirha1nmer, Anton, and others advocate
complete Withdrawal from the Church Of Rome
sad tho foundntion OF new Church, while the
Nun1ch leaders insist upon preserving
connection with tho Roman Church,
and oarr5ing on the reform within the Church
hne~ The Anglican Biahops themselves a1e also
divided in opinion The Bishop Of Lincoln,
rho u Roman Catholic, In Ill respects, except
in maintaining the dogma Of infalbiHty, takes
sides with Hyacinthe and tho others, while
Dean Stanley agrees With tho Munich Reform
ers. The schism is serious ono, 30 SERIOUS in
fact that the Munich clique hos already
seized upon tho recent marriage Of Hyacinthe |
as good CAUSE for recommendation. A CORE
sPondent writing from Cologne states that the
Congress win ask the Governments Of Germany,
Austria, and Switzerland to recognize the Old |
Catholics as constituting the Catholic Church in
Germany, and give them tho protection
Ut tha State In the preeeut |
attitude Of the Old Catholics, it is extremely |
doubtful whether such resolution Will hare |
any effect The policy Of tho Government has !
been to maintain the supremacy Of the State |
and Its Independence OF the Church, and on
this basis the Jesuits were expc led, the reasons
Alleged being their interference with Affairs of
state- There is very little reason to expect that
the Emperor and Bismarck will assume the caro-
Of = new Church, with all their other RESPONSE
biities Of State, which are just now Of no ordi-
nary character, unless it can be demonstrated ]
that the new Church will conduce to
the security and pormanence OF the
Empire. 4 Church party, however, which
is divided against itself At the very outset Of
religious revolution, is hardly in u position to
make any guarantees for the future, md, instead
OF being an upholder Of or contributor to the
welfare Of the German Empire, it is much moro
likely to become pensioner upon it. The re-
form has evidently made bad start. There are
loo MANI reformers Of too many opinions to &C
:pmpiah anything against Church which is =
Init in purpose and work.