New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-20

the rulings OF the court above to decide agast m
knew he law, the rubtc. and the doene vi '"o
Church OF England
HOW CARDINAL MANNING AND OTHERS WERE LOST
From the first the State judicature did nothing In us
relationship 10 the Church but deny IN It's decisions
pretty much every article Of the Churcs faith II be-
gan by rendering heretca decision on baptsma re-
generation in the famous Gorham case Ths lost US
Cardinal Manning and many others. who went of to
Rome Al all the bishops, save two, signed docn-
ment rea rmmg the doctrine which the state court had
denied. And recently Bishop Cummins actually went
n into the sin of schism because bapIsmal regenera-
tion was the doctrine OF the Church IA things went
ana coming TO more ana more sorry pass bSbop
Bloomfield begged Parliament put IN van, 70, 'o 10
appeal. which she could accept ana authorize
IN ,6 place uae cSmmtee of the pPrvy Council
Finally evrntuaed that by the decisl ms oi inc ate
man Gomd fe as p sc as
the Incarnation and the Resurrection; ana we nave th
Communion American, English and Colonial, has
formally declared 10 be hereto ana eXcommnnica'S
Africa spite OF he Church and by tue authority ana
20 yer OF this state idcsturt. .o
FIRST along Catholics really ana seriously trea 10 co
form themselves the rulings of TINS court notNtH'
standing It mere STATE court and notwi1stan9-
Cont If Arches But IL iound that the court III
order 20 put down one point OF ritual Woud auopU q
PRINCIPLE and then. when another pom, c.le up m"o
adopt another inconsistent with or dnmetrIoHy OPP
posed to the FIRST; as II was ola tnS a. nd Scn
wnoe thing was drifl'ng MO an lheAlIicio hiu i1
lous mudd e, they gave no at emptmg to comply.
ABoIlsHJNG The ECCLESIASTICAL CoUET.
For thirty years the Church suffered under continued
series OF mscarrages of justice She bore 1t patiently
simply protesting against IL. But at last the ultima
tbule was reached. For Parliament actually abolished
the final yrstige of ecclesiastical court when the
Church still held 1t took away from her the Arches
Court and the Official PRINCIPAL Of Canterbury ltse mp
instead entirely civil court with Lord Prnzance as as
Judge If both ConyOcatons had accepted and consented
"a h new court II would perhaps have had eccesas-
fhe od
an IL might nave been competent 20 decide, su9rctto
appeal TIE state court cases 81 doc,fne. Hcipne
and worship. But not only. bu boih COnVOcalohs;
tnat York aud that OF Canterbury, dstiHoy rtJeeeu
this as Church curt. So that al lasi the Churc1 wa
entirely handed over to the tender merccs Of The state.
Three years Mr. Gladstone published the oilowlhS
W, ris: We cnurcnmen have long Deen suffering from
n gross violation of the true rational ana legal
orier of Things Churca m tiers ana therefore OF our
STREET rights AS Englishnen me aet Is tne otlee %,
England the right Of the Church to manage her
oT ard Penz NEE mas al las boldly pronounced 1t to ue
Illegal 10 oncy a di.nct direction OF the irlyeiOOoA,
and now at last priests nave aise' u lu' ' S o %
patience, after seeing MT Pure as rem eFo" pchneSs
and uounded 10 MS grave; after seeing mr. lO'th
broken III heaitr 80 that ne can no 1nger aae enae
of parsn; after s"e ng large ana nonrishns copgro
GA ions brOken up, aud important WORKS among tue
nnDbbsd and her sisters OF Mercy SPIT upon IN the
streets b., rbald Protestant Toughs--nFlcs> saw nave
ARISEN aud Will endure not another day ls Ifdnhicai
uurption of the state over the Chuieh honhded Oh as
tue STATE Is by IN. moo, >, lilo, 90
500 clergymen, who are Catholics but VINO nave not
vet adopted the vcsiments u irOhucc tueI a. one.
me oooe m, me ia>t Ina-slid that the action
OF tue 100 clersymon who were tuat dy, al tne can
of me Egsn Church Unon 10 iutrUduce certain vest
iueuts " wn.ch IOnd wreck the Church ana Itdu
anarchy This OF course; Is lhe VIA IAN % a nli t
wrecBeisdved nom those Who nave u'ed 10 "recA "er
One Of Tie most amazng facts OF all has recently
trauspueu Ole ol the minority on the supreme Behch
ma ,ss man THAN late Lord Cnier Baron he ~, has
ho,Gly ami lad gnanly exposed what went On behind
the jldc cuttn w1lie tht word was NaiIg lor ono
OF ne niqd ous decisions lie DiorLhei Tue puo,c
mat 1t was re olved by the orty OF the Semen TO ue
eide the matter, not according 10 law OuI aceorulns
pubic policy ana popularity IL - nao" e,Tin
on the Engli,h Judicial ermlhe winch VIII never coine
OUT. Some ancient judicial COMMITTEE ssiu among te
selves Oenlnd ne curtain al fI!'y NouiV, "ir 10
we let TINS movement go on All the poor IA
bsrers as well many OF the cD VIII beheve ON IT, ana
the Romans in disguise Will take away our nalies
from Parlifmen Go 10 yc EnO" hotiIhg d. All ioi
consider mat IL IS erpedem Jor as !haJ-ohe Oh TWO
nriesfs should 20 10 pr4sJn."
So far az tue ru aspect of the is concerned it
Council after solemn dciberauOn beAind curtains, not
az to what was law orTuDrc constitution but as to
dissenting votes outside the Church, aud of the Low
Cnuch votes lneide pas decided tna the nls ruoea
commandi the gsn prayerbooh whicn declares mat
Igs yestments etc. "sha be retained, and snail be
~ @ shall not be retained AID shall i'll
~, ne. md mi Her Majesty Que n Elizabeth had after
all repealed that ruDrc hundred years before IL was
Bishop Abraham. writing from the Ltchfeld Cathe-
dra Close under date OF the 16th OF last month, says
.R.ylng on these statutes OF Church aud rean, Eng-
snuen nave been lndaced to take holy orders in the
CITrcn of England Whereupou tbe STATE, having OBJ
tanned services Of gentlemen to munster 10 Tue well
hemg OF me people. violated the compact and being
physcay stronger than the CnuIch, destroyed her
Curt Judicaiure put on al oihcr purely farhament
airy instead, and sent the CLERGY TO prison. u they
resisted were just as much bound to protest AGAINST
tb,s volat OF of asticc and honesty as Hampton
was when King Charles l., supported by the JUDGES o.
the laud. made the unconstitutional ana egai ueahu
Alas, Inat others OF the bishops must be criticised.
Bat tney are and there IL nothing specai III Tue
imposition VI Ofdauing bands whereby aiiDie prlesI
suddenly rises a mlred and nfailibc bishop sorry day
It IS the liberty of priests ana ayneh III ther re-
enpctye and Just subordinate spheres II any man or
men tile Church are too Ioit1 I"i clicish Inc Eng
lish bishops are appointed by me siate' tney are
named by the Premier for conservation with puOent
forecast TO the nature Of their V9tes III fafameht SUI
seouentIy: they are 0f the State and, as
body they would be more or less thar human were not
many OF Eiasan TO the core Ia tins struggle ne
tween the Stat aud the ChurcD they nave waited ui
tbc state courts rendered Their extraordinary de-
csions TIL those courts have legsiaed " not mo
law of the Church they niDk 1t Tor the public
good that tDat law should not exist ana then some oI
the bishops have stepped IN and acted no1 as o,sno
to enforce its decisions They do not claim oOedebcC 10
themselves but TO me oi .he T 9Sev baVs
proved 10 fathers In law, and not aners IN Goa III
Is not the first time history that the defence OF the
liberties and RIGHTS of the Church has fallen upon the
priests and laymen.
THE REASONS POR NOT YIELDING.
But IL may be said, Why yield these points OF out
ward ceremonial commanded 10y the rubrici Why go to
ia for themf 1t does not strike the public to ask, Why
il these Of external ceremonial are so utterly
frivolous not foes cease attacking them so vio-
lenty, spending hundreds OF thousands OF dollars
AZ ,bey have to put them downf Why do the Protest,
ants themselves make such an ado over them CATHOLIC
churchmen do not claim all the wisdom III the world. but
certainly they may be permitted modestly to be wise
enough to sec II worth the Protestant while 80
bitterly and sbbornly attack these externls and to
exhibit 80 feeling about theu III quite as much
worth the Catholic while Just firmly TO defend them
These things mean aud set by the Church III her
rubrc mean aud by us, III our obedience 10 her 10
mean the most vital principles OF Christianity itself, We
see the Incarnation denied we see Bapdsna Regeners-
tion. Real Presence of Cnrst 10 tue eucharist ue
absoyng power OF priests and tde prayers ior the
dead trainped under foot. We see the Whole divlne
the very existence itself OF tue Anglican Church. III Is
tins and only that dorentates her IRON The sects
Christianity presented by the sect and Christianity
as presented by the Church not alternate forms OF
one thing; is the other Is 1ase
there Is an irrepressibe conflict between them
We are struggling for the very exlstence
On earth of our Church and OF Christianity itself a. IT
Was enforced on the world by Apostles and early
Fathers Ii is HE death with us as system III -
SIMPLY astounding that at this close OF the nrst nall
century this Catholic movement, men Will stli chatter
frA,to fheXd