New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-12-06

ceeded 10 examine 10 ~ well I could with the mate
rails at hand and now beg leave to lay before your read
she result Of this investigation Each extract will
be given and then the comment
hearty gb worsbpu friend and brother give you
isST ., these lines S% mine Own hand ma im nov
IsI not be eondeIs mine name; but yas forced to ,e
upon me all s honor eu' wish you TO tnos good mCei mat
esteem not but humsne dignity In The ministry OF CHRIST We are
here IN Bnsand think none o,asse Life Of Andrew oAnder by
Comment.-Archbishop Parker wrote as follows; " The
18th Of December 1882 was consecrated Archbishop OF
Canterbury"-tStrypes ParkerNol. t., p. l13) Conse-
quently he could not tell anybody year before that
date that he was placed in the See Of Canterbury Bu
unless he astonishngy ignorant Of the aairs OF
his correspondents he would not have written that
anything else to Osiander who had been dead about SIX
years (born 1893 died 1881 But this precious morsel
processes to be taken from the Life OF Osiander by
Ecoampadius The latter died in 1885, so that at least
80 years after he was dead he wrote the Life OF
who survived him for 20 years. These facts would
render II unnecessary TO give further heed to the able
article of AlterHs,oreus. but since have taken.'he
matter In hand will go through it..
H.eg yrcns in the dedication Of bis History Of Rer.', pub
noble and shi Roys Lady we iisi you for having given
mo of your gracious favor and love for the pure hysnse
demanding that they should receive another imposition Of hands
Thus igsC3s Lady have dealt bio" at the root Of Inc
COMMEMORATIVE tenor OF this would not correspond
very well with the state OF feeling between the English
Church and the Luherans. occasoned by the latters
cruel of hospitality TO the English exles In Queen
Nary's reign. | have never heard OF any History OF
Heresies by NJ Flaccus Iyreus. There Is no mention
OF any such among his works: ,.o, p.,. 70
scSenLe Tint right cody habits aud
canterbury himself and said II was no more than thing Of iorn
Comment.-Beza may have had a correspondent
named Schenkel. and may have written tins TO him Dt
II he did he wrote what was untrue; Tor Coverdae N
bis e4h year. was oonsecrated Bishop OF Exeter ana as
such the "Aaronical habits" He was eected
when Mary gained the throne and after Elzabetns ae
might have been restored but preferred prl
waite and less onerous position being then ia ms 'S
year. At the conservation of Archbishop Parker be
wore his long black gown" but whether that was
" Aaronical" or ironical cannot say.
G S% SSs vas i h iSJ n%u bs had no d ord
he received Prauort from the Reformed Preachers
S S,s R;aOne' r'A 'f f'''' N tue 'O'''" O'''''
'Conment-The work is wrongly named. II Is "De-
launes Plea for the Nonconformlsts which was writ
ten or printed IN 1854 I'm 1914 there necessity
for apv plea against the Church) Page G contains
such Statement: that made above. There Is none
such IN the book Probably The reason rs that nothing
Of kind occurred. nave taken tine trouble OF
examining the Lber Regis the lists OF parishes then
existing and find in the Province OF York Homiirth,
which Is not a vicarage, but chapelry attached TO
another parish which is not Tenby. The latter is
seaport FAR away in South Wales, where the Archbishop
of York had jurisdiction In fact there is no Parish
could not have appointed minister to IT: GrynGus
Henry VIII 20 collect the opinions OF learned men on
the subject OF the divorce went TO England in 1884,
flee returned TO Basle and died in 1910 But according
10 Histocus and AlterHisoTcus he must have revived
50 years atorward and gone back to England 10 be mace
vicar OF a parish that has no existence!
Doctor Horne Of The EIc the reign Of aa was ct a.
o. Foreign Reformed Churches od forbid would
the Gs'p 90 no, s oa 0So A. a.. 30 room stymps 20 ba
luger Thrd zuhch Letters second edition. 1871
Comment.-Every one who has read any proper histo-
rs the Reformation period in England knows that Dr.
Horn was made Bishop OF Winchester, not Of Bath.
aere rs no Third Of Zurich Letters except those
commonly called the Original Letters No such letter
as that cited above Is to be found among them. The
publication Of the Parker Library was spread
nj wears The first edition OF the First Series OF Zurich
Letters was published ls4l aud the first edition of the
Third Series 1886. But Alter istOricus doubtless had
advanced sheets furnished 10 hun by special arrange
men as his second edition of the Third series was Is
sued just five years before the first
b s , two S. ;ss, from k.9ss AS we're
~ % Of hi. M rs whereupon witt some heat he answered
s pity those pretend fault Bishop for bis act. DO not
Ton by the aadsbe Church Reorma and
s ls f t a. sSG a GsSi s% ''f.ss So ~
not troubled myself to search for Bishop Lamp
ugh's Life Of Archbishop Ward for the simple reason
that England never had an Archbishop Ward
Alter IiLsorcus ends his series OF extracts with the
one We want no more of the KIND They will not
however, in the sense OF accomplishing the purpose
leve that they actually Intended to deceive the
public Despite certain plausbleness In Their genera
appearance. they are marred by oIunders which any
one with little knowledge OF English Church His
tory would detect consequently suspect that
Alter Hstorlcus has been induisng IN hoax One
thing however If certain tue oVerwhe nlngy conclusive
extracts in what HstOricus calls this able article,
were made for the occasion Ike some OF That gentle
mans own facts"
Hsorcus has mis- TO settle with the public Despite
what he tells of his training at the Theological
VI,
Reor1ners," he had not sufficient knowledge OF the
history OF his own Church 70 discover the real charac
ter Of those extracts Or II he had the owledg he had
nct honesty enough to reject ana expose them is
psin'ul dilemma TO be III. For my own part am per
wien he quoted Ater-IIlstoricus, and enumerated
among swell authenticated cases those of GrynGus
Charitable enough believe that he knew better but
surely such persons should carry themselves little
more mOdesty. They should not speak with the conf
dence that accurate knowledge alone could warrant.
Tney should presume to speak Of the errors OF
subjects which they undertake to treat
Permit me before closing the correspondence to show
minis that for many years say 1901 the English
Church received and admitted 70 parishes VINO had
cation OF tins statement. the sole result of six weeks
writing with all the help that could 6e gathered from
an quarters, the following list OF alleged 10
point: r,,.. ,.,
vel never hoId q parish in England
. MARTIN Bucer Episcopaly ordained, had parish
g. Paul Fagius, most probably not Episcopaily or
:. John Knox. Episcopally ordained, was offered
s. X Cavearius, probably not EpiscOpally ordained
6. John Morrison, probably Episcopaly ordained had
7. Dr. DE Iaune, said TO have been admitted TO
parish, no particulars and 10 proof given.
& Francis, said TO have been Presbyterian. held
mastershp Of the Temple but when and how not stated
Q. - Cslendrini. non Epispocai. had no parish THIS
and last rest only only on the authority OF the
infdel Tnda
TO- simon Grynous, in connection with this matter
IL and r. Two in the Diocese OF Archbishop Ward,
ALI invented by Alter-Hstorcus.
such is the total OF the evidence that al the be-
ginning boldly declared To be perfectly overwhem
ing" Not one unquestionabe case has been adduced,
and vet Dr. Cummne hah had the courage honesty
TO retract his assertions
I Will not trespass again upon your valuable space
unless Dr. Cnmmlns should, over his own signature. de
sire continuance of the correspondence In taxing
leave desire to thank most heartily for the fairness
and Kindness you have shown IN publishing this cOntro
versy 1t often that the secular press will give
Episcopaansl hearing. but this timeSwe have
TO
generous liberty 10 your columns deserve the graft
tude and praise Of allcOncerDed.
JOHN HETBEBISGroS DRUM
Bristol, Pa, Nov. %. 1873
AN ANSWER TO HISIORICUS.
To tLe Editor OF The Tribune.