, 1874-05-11


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mo tTac crcod: Soon some Of thotr number not
mt,oroly hold different opinions, but strike at
profcased, aud attompt to tear 1t to picccn antl
destroy its iniluenco ThoHe men would cor
fanny tall nn9or THO torn herotio. HereBy Ia 4
nerttaoloaa uonla o. truth certainly revealed
dol dlsbelleyaa slc Scriptures md tho oroods /,
hefetica only misintcrprct thenl. Thoy uphold
tllem just aH atrongly az tho orthodox, but IN
another way.
might be two bishops with two parties IN ono
taloooBo, and both might hold tho orthQdox faith
without any donial or difference, yos only ono
of The Two Diehaps could lo tho true aud lnwfut
natHpr sno %1 ossor nns he an nfndor yet
are ar. alilorenoes in mattars oe opinion on pointa
Wherp tho Church allows dinorouecs Of opiniun
70 10 eana,detod horesios. Tint word eau only
he applied to an nttor rejcctson Of doctrines
nI;t weh auSoyo tno very essence OF tho Christian
failgiou. For example,: Tile supreme divinity
q ohsist IS Of TUG oasonce OF true faith. a
', .aali u199nyinf that would 20 hereto to. tho
Whoio Uhsistlan world, except that enthusiastically
nnat ,a. Po6t!oa ot II Which IS heratlaal on that
pnng. o9e q man holding aomo peculiar theory
aoous the inspiration OF tho Scriptures auoh as
tnak y waa verbal, or only tue true thought in-
sp.sea, or tue writer simply guarded from
ss H,.or, wuio not 10 herotio, for tho Church
na'sas'9n at t o! 1ho scriptures she teaclos only
y Nv sno 10y upo ia tna Wotd OF dod. givo
ti,ut; Estsa;o ohnion, subject to correction,
t1H"rai, 'nu Jlusen OF England anu IN our own
crnuo o.rn mnnn y, ncn @ might aoli very great and
oiar onasn nos Won oo convicted OF heresy, aaye Oh
iinly rin,, ~ u'eGnnu teaonlng as regards tho
u,i snc na,cr, ouass' nrnaI uosn you Gaa savior,
.; uu Wy Eene1al croou-quoRt1on OF tho lNepira-
earo1 81 - a"Ss So ri IT, Church hns boon yeFy
nrent nri1la 10 ~ tl,.t ~ noin, ~ mntter ol
which on tIc mn hm,,d !. 10 ~ ooay IN
to hold yiowa on liz ,cl ,,a., ;r dGT 'nan
slightly from tho Roman v;ow nv tTa oma W,4,'i ul'
mud only in tho samo dorroa from ~ Gu' hnraa,
and boidost zwinrlnnsn ~ n,o thn tno at pgtoss
whore nan nan hniI r. ho 1nu n,,,o.ns usnes
ono side that ovon hon;an, ~ Nv ;oun' ;euopsSs' W
oopt administered hv thoap IN i1'hVaa o.
and on tho othcr that EpiSeopnoy Z
where vo, na,, ho r;o;H on'9n Ta,,B;,;a Bosellmehs
90 pleaso or m Arm,n,ons ~ ~ a''nast u yen
yo,' az nInnao =" A44i14"4 u 'ne Artn'nlhns II
do not n m'ean tn aav flint hoo,,so
hold such viows without bona traG for !; ', tem1 ona
theroforo o o,1pht IN hn,S tI'e, s''1" ~ ~ .nu!,
to bo ulMletston t1,nt tbo chrn; ,,s ~ nv w.sn
Of falth. cIonr an d,a.;uot aaJ ,,,,n us f1.o
The great body Of ber chro, nun md "v.ys vI,;yn , aor
hold iu uniHou, What mn tryinn to uot hofnrss rs
you il tha naftorof arosv a ~, " ~ GoiEte
yran cathol;oty IN II. er :o ana say .hasn nor
Church hns not soon It tn draw ~ nI nos se
narrow limos, or on any but the grayost cauaoa.
to bring mon before hor tribunals as portinacious
horetles. aud at thia point lot us correct au
Impression thai tho celebrated trial in our own
diocese was for horesy. That question mover
entered into it. It was on tho point Of priests
having tho powor in himself to Change az ho
pleased tho words OF tho public service. Ttnt,
and no accusation Of horesy, was involved or
tried.
OF coureo, bevond the Catholic Church GU
cannot expect borcsy 10 be defined from this
place. canuot DO expccted to teIl wbnt maI,oa
Presbyterian hercsy, OF Unitarian nerosy, for wo
are SO divided that what III horcsy in ono place
may be orthodoxy In auotllor. II hold the 81
viutty OF Christ would cause yo,,r expulsion from
ono party to reject it, your disuissui from an
other. But no matter what constitutes hcrovy in
any religious body, there is groet principle iu
regard to this thing which is common to
them all aud which I wish to state.
That principle is: The right Of any re]irioma
body to determine what Is hurosy. and 10 cast ont
OF It's fold all those WHO porsiutontlv toach tlat
heresy. '4'A 'i'es
Churches arc accuaod on all aIdos Of horasv-