, 1875-10-30

Fourteen srnrs ngn thai Rcntlcmnn prracl,nI in
!'liifalnlplia rcrtnon for tils " Bishop Whit"
that tin Liturgy H. ,e1t to tho Ilb'c, sl,n tsf'k
must worthy ii ravo5onco and trnHt Ife do
eihrHd 1t fila bnaincsa that uecshJn 10 ek-
tn't Tho adaptation, Of tlo ptsyor.no9k 10 be
which divide tho lrotcntant Dnrissinn family,
an'l thnH In lo 4 bond of union ami cnf','n'b!Dn
ln QUO Visible Church OF tue hs1ns f'l' Ito
declared 'tfat IL cmbolicn, n. no othns unn- {
np'roa vointno sloer. tho ancient Md primitive
Catholic t.,ll Ut Chrlssa Church. Not
taMostc IN my corrnpt, or nelVu't':d' Or
ofrsiye renao hae c.tno ;ai, ., a,,,,,as J., tho
oncn delivered to sl,o saints.' This tcrn.on va.
rewritten and preached by E!shop Cuulmins
heloro tic Convention OF tho niuccAa Of ken-
snckv, In 1867. Tho preacher waH no h0vics at
TIM limo. 1Io had aeen heaslY II half century,
n1nl had served twenty.tWo yeara III tho nluts:ry
VI tho Church.
bishop Cntnmins mentioned ~ pecnarilY
marking tho religious character Of orr aga The
lonRing for uu'tY," and said: 1T II tho profound
fcciing that tho presons atato Of Chrtasondom is
not wllat itH Divine Father tAnt|1or?l doatgnnd
1t to no. IIis prayer that Ills people may ho nll
spectacle Of divided aud warning cI1r[stendom
(Chr(ste eenmiens ga1nlont to TO torn and rons)
il grief to tho heart Of tho Divine Master, and
| mighty hsndcrance 10 the final triumph Of lfia
| Kingdom"
All ci,n1chmcn ngres With tho preacher III this
yow, but What is his remedy for the existing
| cvl2 This mote Of promoting tho tlna! TIL
un,ph Of Cnrist'a Kingdom Is one which l,e hero
declares hFipgs Esict to the heart Of tho d.
vine afaater. Lis mode OF roetursnE the Bcauleas
| robe Of Chriat, now t0rn and rent is to rend 1t
yet moro! III 15G7 he said: :" l propose for my
| tlleme, tho 1snoss Of Tho Donk OF Common
Prayer to no tho bond OF unity. tho manual wor-
rhp for all The confeesions which divide lro.est-
ant Cl,rissendom, tho golden Chain to restore tho
Anciont unity Of tho Kingdom Of tho lsedccn1er."
| But In 1873 La proposed to give up tbln bond
20 back 10 tho Proposed 1:ook Of 17s5. lie
! gavo to 1t higher character than III hiB pub.
llahod sermon ho had given to tho original book
| OF which II waa pertnrs!on. commend TO your
correspondent tho true and striking language Of
| Bishop Cutnulina
What sutsItue thought that this Is Tito work that
God has eo,n'ntted ~ us whose brtr'eht il tho her
20 @ e. .n 81 M "py Of sseni IT. Cnras
thin taonrhs In Ill it's funesa would Of itsef clcvate
te church to sstus neye1 set stained !n tlta gc..
voice nj strife nmonG ourselves uto silence. 1t would
ultimate 70 tho nobeat en.lsayora after character
p'cy. nohle works Of loyn, TO provo to a nrn whst
ChSreh TIT j. would sos,rsin ati hsrsh judgment snl
! condemnation Of tloso whom we soek 70 hrnx Into
ali who profess and cali Themselves Chrtstans, .ts
in tho ways and sud aak for the old raths wlere
4cs 10 ss ,ar sna p @ u s
this fe.t Of fst things Goss back nder ths rhetet
Of tic oil FooErc2 Ut Fathers house. Cons Rnu
| adoEo our lnhar1tnce. Come with lid.
While the Anglican question ban nothing to
do with bringing ChriAtondoul into organic
union, wo cannot permit the truth OF history to
be ignored. England. In rejecting = usurWng
lapacy, foil back on her ancicnt catholiu rights,
and began to ronew and rcgaan. as hce old law.
all her primitive relations with Ill the Apostolic
Bocs. When Horny Will and his Bishops then
resumed this ancient position, oycu tho popo
did not venture to separate hs adhcfeuts from
tho Church of England. Tho popo did not
withdraw them from tho Church Of England un-
til tho tenth year Of Queen Elizabeth, and. till
this, oil hs adlercnts semained In communion
with their proper church. and .leo IN bis com.
munion. Thla fact provoa that tho Angl glfcan
l,iahopa aud clergy ucre fully recognized,
At Nomo, so long % tue popes Ind
WA not tin 157d that Plus ]. issued his Ball Of
accommodation agatnst Queen Elizabeth, IN
uhlcl, also, ho presumed to dopoao her, and to
! override atl tho laws of England. ~ to tempo-
her ancient canoucal rights, by which tho
l}ishop Of homo had no authority whatoTer over
her ctorgy and people.
Your correspondents suggestion is true.
Whon O l}lshop or Priest reyolta against tho
eone shey X ys BY @ sesy fas sspsysa s q ii
authority. Bat this Is begging tue question. Il
is assumed tlat tho Pope had Jurisdiction In
ENGLAND. y xh.t .hs ca.o, sanon'3 It ,,d, T.
tssGsssfo sfsrne's .s wore osdssaed A and oom ~sI
stoned ,Yaa tho Anglican Church, and not the
Church Of ofllome-mucll less the modern Roman
Cathollo Church," to which thoy mover belonged.
lawful church The AnRllca.). but no. Warlatn
| aud Ctanmer. Tho legal title il stThe Church
Of Engls usod BY ss. Gregory a. D. os7).
When tho Patriarch Gregory. Dishop Of Rome,
sent Augustine to convert tho sa1ons. tho mis-
siouary found thoro an existing British church.
tat,ng from Apostolic tiinas {Hodo, Hist. Eccscs.
Lib, l.. chap: xvii Augustine himself was
consccratel 1lrBs Archbishop OF Canterbury.
h,s church bccazno ono, by fusion, With sho
Hons e1tondcd to England. Yet oven in
early and dark times, It was powerfully resisted
and barred out by the CONSTITUTIONS OF Clsren-
don aud other zealous safeguards OF tho Grown,
ard tic National Church. The Church Of Es.-
glana is 60 called in Magma Chasta "a: d. 12i5).
aud WAS mover " Roman Catholic Church, in
England. bays Stephens, tho tufiss: IN his in
PRODUCTION to De Lo!mo (vol. l., p. 177): " Tho
only teaeenJaut representative OF successos Of
tho ancient BHtish Church and OF that which
Gregory sout Augustine to plant among the
Anglo Sa1opH is tho present Church Of England;
to which Church tho property Of tho monastoEios
! properly belonged."s We can give your optrs'
apondont moro Of this aort al nauscanl. 80 that
bishop Cuu,tninB must geek some other procodunt
for the claims aet up for linn.
Now, will your correspondent. leaving the
hiothodists and Episcopaliaus to dlscuea among
themselves thesr union, join will, ma iu endeA'
yorlng to restore "tho obcdienco and unity ol
the Fxitl,. aud its profession BY Unltod Chris
tenuom;" VIII he join with mo in ''couccrnsna
himself 70 bring his oHn e1ampla end that !v1 ot
hss people, back to the original pattern2' vii
not this adopted by oil, bring such oonsov-
anco among Ill Christians. that they would soon
find themselves In tho likcieat way to reallzu
uulyorual co1acoel2 Ono Of our GREATEST DHhops
has exprosaca It substantially thus; "What
then silall 10 donea Shall We 10 to Iomo oi
Constant!nople7 Shall We require Homo and
ConstAnt,nopIo to como to uaf No. But w
will go all to uod-to Ills Truth, to lIlB Love
and thus come together again 10 Him.
80 H!,al! wo 20 to tho tresbyterans ard the
Mctliodists. Shall wo require them to como e
us7 No. But wo will all 10 to uod--t0 lfH
Truth, 10 Ills Loyc-aul thus come together
again In HIM.
Tho late Bishop Of Salisbury saids
am bounI by Christian duty 10 two things ~ II
seek thu restoration nf my own Chscl, N til" Ilrin.
iso atlern, ant t!j 10 rEoseta stMilar EsHt'ra"t
among others, till. by tho operation Of thn St 'tp
ait eanc,"l tho unity 0f Tho fn,th, untn I'erfsc
tnan into the measure VI lilo staturu OF The ful!nes
| Of Christ.