New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-11-01
Protestant Pope.

The debate on II ,nday in rhe lower honse
of the Episcopal General Convention, res
pecting the assembling Of another church
conferences at L,mbeth, N tho archlepis'
cupal palace OF the vri'nate o, all England,
and under the presidtno, vt that primate,
presented incidents worthy ~ general NJ
t,ntion Tn, resolution Introduced by DE-.
Schenck appears harmless enough to IN
uninsii uoted observer. After Ieclting IN
preamble ito probAlisy 81 the reassenbliDg
IF hal conference 1t prop"s.d--
THAT the .mu4s Of clerical ard lay depu
ties respectfully submits tor the considera
ton uf the house OF bishops lis cordial ap-
prevail OF any measures that NAV De pro
posed by the church Of Eaglanh for the re-
asse ~ bling Vi th" Lambeth conference in y
second session; and that the foregoing pre-
au.ble and resolution 10 communicated to
r 4 house If b, shops Is u niesshg- from the
b Use uf clerical and lay deputies"
The All ptl"n OF he resolution was stnntly
ami warmly resisted, AZ imp ying an official
recognition and acceptance OF an invitation
not yet extended ~ the Archbishop .:
Canterbury 10 the Bishops Cf tine American
Church 10 attend this conference. and a.
tnlerstine y project TO create great pro-
vince vi th.. Protestant Episcopal Church,
embracing Grea, Britain and America, over
which the Archbishop ut Canterbury is 10
be metropolitan Or patriarch. The sentl-
,uents unaffected towards our English
cousins, by one or two reverend speakers,
were anything but friendly and ..ffactionate.
If they had been uttered in Democratic
newspaper, it's Political opponents would
very likely have said they we're inspired by
undue c"npaisance tO the Irish Roman
Catholic element of the Democratic Or
ganization, and bptokeDea hostility ON
the part of that organization 70 to"
principles OF the Protestant retorMa
ton or sOlne such rubbish. II Is
evident that even among the most cOnser-
vati, of the clerical and lay delegates 10
the House there was d strong current Of
Opposition to everything which locked llte
m association with tn, Church OF England,
anu which involved sIghb tn deal with
either doctrine. discipline or government.
AID therein the House gave evidence Oi
~, wisdom # this WurlI. In the enriy
ni.i or, Of tnis country It cas- one u Inc
uu,..uriunes 81 the Epecopsi Church ma
Il. + enc mie. cOuld ray she q "a E"gnsh w MY
origin and natural eympatkles. anu w.
in this same sense. the colonies a''e' AI'o'
,uu the new nation under the cnnhfitu
tim. were. English. l. il iu like Manner
.,ue Of The uecuiiarlfie. Of the Church ..
Rome that IL u political aLd mn Ina! View
tt.. -ource and fountain OF hrr government
are alien md iorefL a. us. No 0bo can say
Aha, mere ase OF power and popularity in
his country would be gwen t" that great
organizaflcu it aar supreme pont,H ana ter
biear.rchy we're felt t" be a. m orershiy
A !, er,can as the debate on last Midday ms
n, vn the Episcopal church to b But
suar from purely ee~,arian consi. ers,i,ns.
i. decisi, n IL which h cHEsAu,i, q CAME
aud tn. prudent resolution If friendship fOr
tho DnEhsh cuurch IT. finally adopted GU
n.',"n O. Dr. kegers, If Tx ~, can not
ial ~ " 0+si q s6rsos the ooeua - Will ~
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