New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-11-02
roLERA1Y0y IN THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

THE POLICY OF THE CHURCH-THE UTMOST FREE.
DOM GIVEN TO BOTH HIGH AND Low CHURCH
IDEAS.
To The Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: If there is one historical truth clearer
than another that the Episcopal Church has for the
past 800 years comprehensive of different schools
OF dogmatic thought and Ritual practice. At the Re-
formation period there were parties damctrcaly
opposed thou Oh mutually tolerant. On the one hand
there were the High ChurchmeE-the old Catholics
who maintained high ideas OF the sicraments and re-
tanned most of old Eucaarstic Ritual On the other
hand o new school in sympathy with the Continental
Reformers with low Zwingian views OF the Sacramento
and with strong dislike to the old Ritual usages In
order that these two schools might live in the;
communion as little Rubrca Law as possible was en-.
Specifying what Ritual must be observed was
very little, in order that the Low Seho9l
Heed prd moi raScs we're few ia order tina, the
High party need not be forced dqw1 Inns ae arts
as to ritual usages omission not being prohibition, me
Ritual RHm except what was rubrieay prohibed and tie
Low Church. II they pleased. Observing ony re few
usages rubrically required. Thus In one Church were
comprehended the two EXTREMIST state of things
possible had Ritual Law OF mieate aud OF rigid unl for
The same compreh.n.ivcness has marked this Anglo
American Episcopal Church through all her hstor since
their work noby on one side; While an Andr -Ss aud =
Land ana Cosin have been tolerated in doing theirs
| both in doctrine ana Ritual practice seems to have
| been must have escaped from many OF our minds.
yanced men as Dr. De Koven DIR. Ever &c. Take for
example great Bishop Andrews. Road MS own ac-
count of Ritual IN the celebration OF Holy Com
| munon, found In his Notes on NIehoPs Cominen-
TT. priest sfter the Collect. descend. Of the .
alteration towards the altar then turns to 81, lso3e read
before the minister up to the Altar aud Knees down I'm
medae after the Collect the priest shall read TIE kp' Her q:
priest or there be none that eIeeueh TIE
and thea turning Esaass The Egs aud SSp,L
isg syneOans Nionum Afer the Cred Leeta coat''i:n
Sresd the priest 'dS'e' and then s. % te TIE
altar utO his hands the priest from eyndng table on The south
with luen Secondly. Bishop Oas the waebread
the altar heu the p1ssI standing up shall say The prayer
sss poS BE napkin ready pao:, cssn.sS ss1S
Myce rsspceas dad Psalm LaraCo in iania meas.
This Is only partial description OF the Bishops
Ritual for the Altar. And yet there not more
learned man than this Bishop Andrews, q de.
termined and resoute opposer OF the Ronanisis-for
proof OF which only read his Responsio ad Beai mi
| num-" But he did, no more than equally sincere
now do, escape the charge OF Romanzng. The follow
log is fuller description OF his Rtuaism by the Puritan
| Prynne In "Cauterbury's Doom 30
Lo her. in this place and ea you have ass az Altar aud secondly
with in them blnn for oblsions aud gt canister
waters, ehalee With the picture Of Cht engra,ea oa H.
water to mix with the rsdssha side table basin
for the polged and pe TO wash Ia before
to~el to wipe their uabsowed fingers 10 burn
In at the Fesdng Of the hst Lesson the Poph
little boat out Of wheh the hsnkhense Is poured Tura
ta directly borrowed from The Roman ceremonial nowhere
bat In Popsh ebspes churches You
chapel ami Popsh ineinaons By this Roah
10 include such Andrews In her fold has beeu
the liberal policy OF the Episcopal Church for $40 yess
Has the time now come for This tolerant nineteenth
century 10 reverse that policy aud substitute an IRON
uniformity OF thought aud ritual Tor the tIno honorrd
com rehe nsyenessf
NeTar6. Oct 20 lS'L