The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-11-12
THE GREED OF THE OLD CATHO-
LIOS.
Their Compact With the Anglicans.

The proposition agreed to by the con-
ference at Bonn between the Old Catho-
lies, the Greeks, and the Angllcans, with
a view to union between the several bod
les, are as follows:
eve agree: [. That the apocryphal
OF deutero-canonical books of the Old
Testament are not Of the same canonicity
with the books contained in the Hebrew
canon.
'II That 10 translation Of the holy
scripture can claim authority superior 10
that of the original text.
sIII. That the reading of the holy
scriptures in the vulgar tongue may not
lawfully be forbidden.
CIV. That in general it is more fitting
and in accordance with the spirit OF the
church that the liturgy should be In the
tongue understood by the people.
"V. That faith, working by love, not
faith without love, is the means and con-
dition of mans justification before God.
''VI. That salvation cannot be ner-
tied by merit of condignity, because
there is no proportion between the lntl-
mite good of the salvation promised by
God,and the finite worth OF mans works.
ssVII. That the doctrines Of opera
superorogGt,onis, and OF 'tes0o1as
gaer;torun1 saaotorunn' e., that the
overfowing merits of the saints can be
transferred to others, either by rulers Of
the church or by the authors of the good
works themselves untenable.
"VIII. That (a) the number of the
sacraments WIS fixed at seven tlEst Ii the
twelfth century, and then was received
into the general teaching of the church,
not as tradition coming down from the
apostles or from the earliest times, but
as the result Of theological speculation.
CD Catholic theologians acknowledge
and we acknowledge with them that bap-
tism and the holy eucharist are 'pr9acl
yatia, precipato, erjaaaa safastas nostre
sacramento.
ssIX. That holy scriptures being re-
cognized as the primary rule OF the faith.
we agree that genuine Tradition C.
the unbroken transmission, partly oral and
partly by writing, of the doctrine deilv-
cred Jesus Christ and the apostles is an
authoritative source of teaching for all sue
cessiye generations. This tradition is
partly to be found in the consensus of
the great ecclesiastical bodies standing
in historical continuity with the prl1nl-
tive church, partly to be gathered by
scientific method from the written docu-
ments of all centuries.
ssX. We reject the new Roman doc
trine of the immaculate conception OF
the blessed virgin as being contrary TO
the tradition of the first thirteen centl-
ries, according to which Christ alone is
conceived without sin.
"XI. We agree that the practice OF
the confession OF sins to a congregation
or to priest has come down to US from
the primitive church, and that. p1rged
from abuses and freed from restraint, it
should he preserved in the church.
"XII. We agree that indulgences
can only refer to penalties actually I'M
posed by the church herself.
There was O. long discussion over the
following proposition, which was finally
in substance adopted:
eve agree that the way In which tine
word 'fiaoque WAS inserted into the Nj
Gene creed was illegal, and that, with &
view to future peace and unity, 1t IS
much to be desired that the whole
church should seriously set itself to CON
slider whether the creed could positively
be restored to its primative form without
sacrafice of any true doctrine expressed
in the present western form.
A resolution recognizing the validity
| of Anglican orders, the members of the
| Greek church declined to accept, and ar
other resolution affirming that the lnvo
cation of saints is not commanded as {
duty was also rejected by them.