Daily Republican., 1878-11-04

one another. This law is expressed il
rrvel alton, as we'll as written in ouI
hearts regarding corporal or physica
= matters, and is a. much and as really
, universal as the law of gravitation.-
Children are dependent upon theil
, parents, people on one another ; crops
upon labor; physical strength upon
the proper use Of food, remedies, ply.
, sicians, &c. Now the angels and saints
, are not useless creatures in reference
. 70 mans salvation, but as we repeat in
the creed, 1--WE believe in the commu.
Mon Of SAINTS" so the church acts, and
ther. is still a shadow OF i. among
Anglicans, who for what reason never
could understand, still observe in
some way "All saints day" which
the Catholic Church now (to-day,
Nov.', properly celebratess To return;
II it was, therefore, allowable for an
archangel to be deputed as minister
ing spirit on such occasions as these;
if countless numbers Of such cases in tn,
Old Testament are related in which
} they were sent to perform Offices for the
benefit of men. as witness those who
appeared at the gates Of Eden, and to
the Patriarchs. and, to instance one on
ly, that Of the angel who delivered
Jacob from all evil, and who is asksd
to bless the children, Genesis xLvII, l6,
and the continuous employment of an
gels by Almighty God during the whole
period of the church through prophets,
priests and kings, in no way derogated
from the worship due to God alone, how
can the respect which the Church shows
them in any way diminish our love for
God, or our knowledge that they are
His creatures interested for our own
salvation, and Offering to God the in
c.nse OF our prayers, Revelations VII
3; how can this be in any true sense
called paganism'
1t is hardly credible that any man of
learning should found his charge of pa
ganisin against the Catholic Church on
her teaching. in common with all the
Oriental churches and the High Church
Party, including DR.. Pusey and many
| VI liit ttdCueIs anu tuetlDtTS VI DlsIop
Lees own establishment, concerning
the Real Presence of Christ. Yet /, is
not unlikely, as we know from other
sources of Bishop Lees slow church I"
principles, that he had the doctrine of
transu discrimination in his mind when
he uttered his calumny against the
Church. 1t behooves us, therefore, to
show that there is neither Paganism
nor Idolatry in this teaching.
The Catholic Church teaches that by
virtue of the words of conservation pro-
nounced in the name and by the au
thority of Christ, on the part of a valid
ly ordained priest, the substance of the
bread and wine in the Eucharist, or
Holy Communion, at Mass, is changed
into the Body and Blood of our Lord,
leaving only the external appearances
which are subject to the senses and
may be judged by them. Hence
that wherever the Body of Christ
is, there, also, must be His blood, Son
and Divinity, for He is no longer divis-
ible since He is a glorified body, and
his undivided and indivisible Body ex-
lists personally united with His divini-
ty forever. Nov, to adore Christ in the
Sacrament of the Eucharist in this man
ner cannot be paganism; cannot be
idolatry. But to refuse to adore Jesus
Christ where He is present is blasphe
my. The truth Of this doctrine is not
to be ascertained by speculation, or
feeling or sentiments but by an exam
ination of its truth from the constant
uniform, unchanging teachings Of the
Iatholic Church. But if mere argu-
ment be in question il | have to say
the very least, as good right to search
the Scriptures as any of our adverse
ries, or Bishop Lee himself, and if
gravely come, in common with two
thirds of Christendom, to be thoroughly
satisfied that is taught in the Scriptures
by Jesus Christ our Lord, how can any
man dare, even on his principle ofpri
vate judgment, to charge me with pa,
ganism or idolatry.
must now conclude the duty which !
have had to perform, and | hope the
friends of Bishop Lee both see and ad-
nit that had no personal feelings in
the matter against him, and have en-
deavored to treat him with due courte
sy. have not shown any ill-teelings,
and ifany word may have escaped me,
which might seem disrespectful, or b.
50 interpreted by i'll advised persons,o or
the unlearned, 1t was only used to ex-
press my deep sense of the religious i'm
portance of subjects of difference be
tween us, differences upon which the
eternal salvation of myself and others
depend. | may also, add, that in this
defence of the Church against the
gratuitous and, as think, utterly un-
called for charges of Bishop Lee, had
and have in view, not so much
the interest of the Catholic Church
in Wilmington, Delaware, as the
ueneft of those who unhap-
PLY know neither the Catholic
Church nor her doctrines, unless
through distorted mediums, and who
because of the respect in which they
iVlu tne NfhtIdplc ScHtltlHah "iShpi
# there were no answer made, b"
confirmed in their errors. The
r.futation we have made goes on gener-
al theological and scriptural grounds,
und to say the least, ne hare as goat a
right to our teachings and doctrines as he
hoS,and ii cannot be tarIy denied By him
an any one else. But VT have infinitely
more; We have the constant teaching
ot that church against which "the
gatps of he'll shall never prevail" st.
Matthew XVI, Is. The Catholic Church
can never be destroyed by anything
said or done against her by individuals
whether they be high or low in anthori-
~, or even by princes, or whole ma
tions. The Supreme Pontiff is indeed