The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-07-06

pointed; afterwards the number was IN =,
creased to four, in more recent times .o "
one METROPOLITAN and twelve suhragans
was restored to England. Although tue y
Catholic and Roman Church in England a.
this day has no material continuity wl.n :
the structures it raised, and the posses :
sions which it held, down to the sixteenth
century, nevertheless it's spiritual continui- !!
ty is unbroken. The lineage of the Catho-
lie laity has never been extinct; the sue
cession of its priesthood has never ceaseI
the direct Jurisdiction Of the head OF the
thority until the ordinary Jarisdietion
of it's Episcopate was once more re-
stored. In it's faith and doctrine, Jnris
diction and discipline, in its sacrame !,s
and Worship j. is Identical ca waer
Church of 5. Augustin 90, OF LIAM; Ginse mage
which the Venerable Bede describes in his
History of the English nation" AZ cele,
brates at this day every year the festivals
of s: Augustine, S. Dsvid; d., 3. G"sa' Al.
phege the martyred Archbishop of Canter-
bury, s. Edmund, King and Martyr, ). Ed
| ward. King and Confessor, 8. Edmund ob
Canterbury, S. Richard Of Ch,chester, o
I Hugh of Lincoln, s. Thomas OF therefore,,
s. Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury and
MARTYR for the liberties of England, aud
multitude of other saints of Saxon ana
ROYAL blood, whose names, elsewhere FOR
. gotten, are commemorated in the festivals
land prayers of an unbroken tradlti"n "i
. . 200 years. We lament, indeed, TIE loss
| OF our noble inheritance of the English PEG :.
pie, which, next after the inheritance OF
n unity with the Church throughout the
l. world, is dearest to our hearts,
j Such vicissitndes ns these have never
y passed over any other ,!p Ts.,SSh from s.
"a Patrick to this day abides in all it's change
N Eiess identity and unbroken traditions OF
y faith and Jurisdiction, the Church of the
.. people. The Churches of Africa have IN
n. never been restored. The Church in Spain
i was for a time clouded by A,ianisn, but
v. never ceased to exist and was soon cleans
40 ed of it's stain. Twice to the eyes OF mer
u extinct, and twice restored, the Catholi'
y y. faith aud Church In England exists tu'
N. and complete at this day.
y" It is eminently and visibly the Church o
d.. the poor. Although, indeed, the Lineage o
,is q few great historic names binds the Cath
or Ole Church indissolubly to all classes o
he our English monarchy, nine-tenths OF lt
ne flock in England are amongst the poores
ce of the land. For the last forty years it
m churches have been open to the English PEG
Ia. pie; they have habitually frcquented them
ha they have been present at it's worship
!a0 thew have heard it's instructions, they hav
of become familiar with its memoers I'LL
The fears and the terrors of Ignorance, and pre-
the iudice, and hostile Misrepresentation haV
lis given way, not before the refutations c
as Controversy, but before the plain dictate
of honest common sense, founded on VIVA
me thew have seen and heard for themselves
The The Catholic Church at this day has one
a. more entered fully into the public and pr
or. yate life of England. 1t takes its plac
exD amongst the public institutions of the LANE
to 1t bears its part in all public works of edit
our cation, of charity, and OF utility. Its oeps
BUS, fcent action is acknowledged even
rec those who have least sympathy with 1t.
arts The statistics of the Catholic Church
Is England are as follows:-
'aa n j. The hierarchy, consisting of an Arc
.iar bishop and IL Bishops.
u So - 3, Thirteen Cathedral Chapters, consis
the ing each of q provost and 10 canons.
foot 3. Thirteen dioceses, with ,62l clerg
nrge 4. Public churches and chapels, ,Ol6.
sod, 5. Greater colleges, 6.
the 6. Lesser colleges, 10.
snyt, Z. Schools for the middle classes o.
e nnn poor-in London, 900; in the rest OF En-
ami land, about SOU.
rust 8. OF the converts about 10 are of
Their contemplative life and all others of eve
Give kind of active charity, chiefly for educ
are poor, for nursing the sick, for penitent
at at ries, for reformatories, for orphanagcs,
10y asylums and homes of every SORT.
vars .. The number of Catholics in Engla
lief and Wales, by every test at our commat
the of baptisma, etc, may be put ut MILL
find and a-half.
OF The disinheritance of the Catho
a aslH Church in England, by the cruelty of
kind sixteenth century, was so complete that
en- religious body, in the land subsists me
poor strictly upon the voluntary prlnclple.
ev- churches and schools have been entire
III a built by the offerings of it's people.
tnay; Bishops and its clergy are in like mann
' ths almost altogether, aud in great part
MO wholly, dependent on the aims of tn
'arth flock. 1t may be said, with truth, that
5, be very large part of the clergy subsist chic
onor on the offerings of each Sunday. With
t-felt exception of the larger churches in cit
and towns, the greater part of missions
parishes have an income less than tn
and outgoings; nevertheless the generosity
the people and the good providence
rdph you inSke Jp ri Cro hod1 in Eonia1S a,
prch sists more habitually on trust in the pro
lces, dence of God and this state of power
to, has the bes. aud the deepest effects both
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