, 1877-07-29
aThe Priest in Ahsolution ~
Finds One Supporter in
His 0bscenity.
Supposed Discovery Of the Tomb Of
David at Jerusalem.
Ceremonies Attending the Crea~
ton of the Latest Appoint
ed Cardinals.
General News from the Church
at Home and Abroad.
Movements Of Pastors---Pious Smiles
Church Services To-Day.
CHURCH CREEDS.

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CHURCH C1<EEOs.
xHE BELIEFS or MEN IN MEDIEVAL AND NOD
khS 1lAss'
line eleco7 VI I,l'1esnuom -. ~ .ne ei.'e o.
aTpsk py tue he'. Dt" En1ip schoh' "hlcn has
been iatcls puoi'eieu ~ 1ao na1peEs' II L
gathered from many sources, IS IN many Ian
guages, and the labor has OF course been more
that Of compilation than Of original thought
ry oEc,1Nrs1c41 GREENS
.-, ,,n,,a-s+,,a ~. ao..u.,
OF Fs3"oo&e W. u"ue' ~ o.'aa t"e ooee'i"ai con~
LESSONS OF ancaen1 Cn11sI1anllY WINCH arc TO-
day either formally confessed OF tacitlY &C.
tnow1edred by the Greek. Latin. and Franpc1i.
s,u,n,n,t.,r fh,,chae ard fo-u -. hoo5 ~
o1 l1'.s ns.aas than 1h. 49, ~. ~. u.s.u ~
nuion bet"ecn tnem. ineFe are 1hfce OF these
Ecumenical cseeds-the Apostles, the Nicene,
and the 4thapasiau Creed, ihe first is the ear.
,;a~+ sbo-tes, and s;nn1ast uh;,a +ra w. II,
NOV sue4 ss' ~ sus wv nv
ofit- These three creeds contain in popular
farm the Fundamental articles Of the Christian
f.;tb as.pacess.rv md epfsc;a,t <or eotvat;,,
41l,.' =, .1,e - - 49, a.. ~ a'..o.o1,
anu e3nooa5 'ne 1esoles u tne great ooc11'na1
controversies OF the first centuries. They are Il
profession OF faith in the only true and living
f,od Father, Son. nnd Ho1v Ghoet VIM made
-,aa..-oa ~ 80 ...,.tian.
~; .eo @".,-oa aa' AN sauet1oso us.
1hes 1oho" tne oroer o. doo's own reVela-
ton, beg glnnlng with God and the creation, and
ending with the resurrection Of the body and
1ifa svar,ast;no satt;no fo-+h ~. ,-+;o,.s -
t.;t, =, 49, fo1=,, ~ ts..- 49,. 49, - a~. -
'".a III sne 'o'Aa " 1aeeo iatnes 'han ooea,as,
use. The Lutheran and ANGLICAN Churches
hayc formally recoonfzed and embodied tho
+hrso fra,,,.,.,;a.1 .-assa -: - sae4-., w.
sranda91s mh1e viii, tr;ra1 - e1cent,ons '. ernn
tha diseent,,, ,acts hsre tie,1
~. H., -,os-d ~ -ha n-;v;, ~ ~ e.in., .ns
a7 T. :. - W su 91 -. .n5 posses
- sara1 - ~" dS AnoS " w. SaI =. anoaa Eao" ~
ths :; .'s"" ia,oa ~ w.
~ seu1u 80, ~ VIZ oetssSo ~
co,,rs.d hr H., an ;,l "he *
,, W .he " .ts:t4y uey u toasnIs' 9i'
=. D. ~ .,aG ~ 49,, ia4; ~ nnsis.
cho.t ,,ou,r,eroad hai;a." u lug e. nG1s
thar 1n';.rtt, ees W n - uou' -. .uf ~
xont,,,nd ~ u' ,,' Sh;st y. otS ~; ~ eonn'
os.a 'G !; i ~ ~ ,a In.1ae, go as ~ ul. ~
w. ~. 1Uau ,s.a,a,; -. tha ~. u. vi, ~
,nare3 n,raw' ~ .Sufforog ,,nacr Pont;1e tp p;-
1o,aI ph;1;a s1n.soan,iad ~, ~, ). 49,.
-, ~, Ma,h;ss e,ani.tn; ~ 4r ;th ~ ~
,r. aan l;fo n4ar,ost,I an,, ni,H .re
tnmef' ~" ta4;.:e anG A.sA s; IuS
i,s+ +e''t,,t ~. ~, th "aa ut;ts
the ;1t-s;a i,sh;i;t ~ t ~ 10y ~;
~ ~ shen isean'e'
The point, the silence OF the Apostolic Fathers.
and the fact that the Apostles; Greed never had
general currency in the East, have completely
exploded the idea Of an apostolic authorship.
Tic Niccne Creed is the Eastern form Of the
primitive creed, but with much more definite
and explicit statement Of the divinity of Christ
and the Holy Ghost. The Nicene is the first
creed that obtained universal authority, and in it
three forms nar be distinguished: the original
Niccnc, tho ENLARGED Constantinopolitan. and
the litter Latin. The original Ncenc Creed
dates from the first Ecumenical Council, held
At Nic:ea, 325, and closes abruptly With the
words s'and in the holy Ghost" but adds m
anathema against the Arians The CONSTANT
noplc Greed adds all the clauses after Holy
Ghost but oolits the anathcma- The Latin
torn differs from the Greek BY the single word
FaiaYue, which was the chief cause OF the
greatest schism in Christendo,n- The Greek
Church taught the procession Of the Holy Spirit
from the Father alone. while the Latin Church
has, since Augustine, insisted On the double pro-
cession ot the Holy Ghost from the Father and
from the Son also. The Athanasian is the other
principal creed of the ancient Church, and its
origin is fully as obscure as that Of either OF
the others. The name Of the great father Of
orthodoxy secured tor the creed almost nndis-
putcd authority, though it is almost certain
that 4Athanasus had nothing whatever to do
with its authorship. 1t is, in effect. precise
summary Of the doctrinal decisions Of the irst
four Councils, and resembles the older re