The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-01-26
The Athauasian Greed.

The dispute in the Anglican Church, over
the service Of the Church, continues and |
grows more violent with it's continuance. |
There can. however, be no reasonable
doubt that the ''liberal" party. shaping It
self more and more to the theological stand
ard Of Dean Stanley who rejects all p eotsst
auism began with the denial of the grand
doctrine, which the Athanasian Symbol
was written to teach the world. that the
incarnation of the Son of God, His assump,
ton of human nature, was not an isolated
event ia the history Of the world, nos
Temporary, transitory fact but a continued
reality, in the work of saving souls, unto
the end Of time.
1t was the central point, the cardinal
doctrine Of Professionalism, to dissolve, as
far as possible, the humanity OF Jesus
Christ, aud to destroy the faith of centuries,
that this human nature, through it's union
with the divinity, by divine Person, was
a perpetual factor in the salvation OF every
human soul. Professionalism made open ana
direct war upon the true doctrine OF tne
Incarnation by its errors on grace and JUST
fcatiop. According to its false teachings,
the Incafn alton was, On the part OF GOD,
useless, protitless act. The children OF the
heresy OF the sixteenth century are fa.M-
| fully following the footsteps of their fathers'
IN opposing the Symbol of st. Athanas1us.
accusation against them, that they are III
variance with the early teachings OF CHRIST
| ianity. ..,,
| Gradually all the sects, that are still
| called but no longer answer by formulas
of faith to the name OF Evangeiica', nave
rid themselves Of all positive doctrines that
grow out ofthe trntb. that the Word of God
I was made Flesh. The hand of consistency
| ia now leading the most conservative OF these
scots to remove even this divine root OF
Christian belief, and to throw it's door
wide open for the entrance Of modern Free
Thinkers. who discard the divine nature of
Jesus Christ, as they have tortured His as
sumption of human nature into religious
absurdity, and blasphemy.
In o Church whore there 10 no authority
to proclaim q dogma, and no authority
more than human to enforce the submission
of reason to q supernatural truth like the
doctrine of the Incarnation, it is not posi-
BILE to suppress the rebellion of reason
against the acceptance Of what it can not,
by its natural powers, fully comprehend
victory, which the "liberal party" of the
Anglican Church hold over the orthodox
party, that ia fast dwindling in number
and influence. The Augiicans who persist
in their illogical position, Of adhering to
the incarnation, and resisting the Church
which rose into eternal life from this doc
trne, can not long resist the pressure Of
the forces of patnralism in their midst:
A supernatural creed, to live, nnust have
O supernatural teacher. The absence OF
the latter leads inevitably to the extinction
Of the former: Nor will the compromising
phraseelogy with which many Anglicans
still aging to the moorings Of ancient
faith, clothe and at the same time deforu
the dogma of the Incarnation, proven
ultimate defeat. 1t is only q retreat which
reveals their present weakness aud fina
!. helplessness. Itannounces beforehand, tina
> the history of Anglicanism, will run paral
lei with the record of every other shade o
Protestantisn that it will abandon tn
defence of Jesus Christ az the veritabie Sol
. Of God as we'll as the Son of Man, ant
leave him to be crucifed anew with it's ap
= Free-thinkers of these latter days. Catholi
faith alone could compose the AthaDasia
! symbol-and the Catholic Church aion
= with it's principle of authority can defen
= and preserve it Cincinnati Telegraph.