, 1880-12-26
CHURCH AND STATE.

CHURCH AND STATE.
THE PROSECUTION OF R1TUAL1sTs In THE
ENGLISH CHURCH.
Last Sunday evening the Rev. F. G. Ever,
DID,, Rector of St ACCOMPLISHMENTS New York,
preached sermon in defense Of Rltua]ism
and the incarcerated English priests. Dale
and Enraght, in which he declared their
persecution to be illegal, unconstitutional,
and yindictive, and urged them to persevere
in their martyrdom for conscience sake. In
reviewing the historical connection between
Church and State in England, the reverend
speakc gave the following summary Of the
acts Of Parliament:
Under tho, terms Of 2ith Henry VIII; all
ecclesiastical causes were To be determined
by the spiritually and not by the temporarily.
At TINT time there wus court cullcd tho Court
Of Delegates" which by the appointment and
had spiritual functions. For any court thus to
hare spiritual functions constttuttoraaly 1t Is
necessary for 1t to be created and established
not only BY Parliament, which Is tho legislative
body Of the State, but also by both convocah lions.
thut OF Canterbury und that OF York. which nro
the legislative bodies Of the Church ln tho
course OF time. however, this Court OF Dele
gates was abolished. and Parliament erected in
It's place Us a court Of tinai appeal the Judicial
ea9ns of us IS ceurt Was It ereetsa By the
consent OF the Church? MOI When tho change
took place tho Church OF England was IN
conatose state; the houses Of conversation were
practically nil; nobody cared nnything about
doctrine; there were no ecclesiastical causes;
IN short tho Church vas not eonsideFed u,,na 10
. has to work for while before its fatal defects
nre discovered, 1t was So with this new court
her lcthargy, when she began to put OF her
starch buckram, and intoerable responsibility,
and so to work herself: when her children be-
gan to take an interest In what sho really
fuught, and when serious ecclesastical ques-
dons going to the very root Of tue Chr1sttan
Startled @ % to ind % t6at without her viii or consent
causes Of doctrine, discipline and worship had
been Transferred by the State to q court Of final
WIS court on which every single Judge might
be personally and Violently pretud1ccd against
the Church's doctrines. might be actually an IN.
learned he might be ID State law. Lord
% ehanko % Of the 'o court ' Of final % appeals from rom
the "Dclegates" to the "Judicial Committee"
declared subsequently that he had no idea ut the
time that his act involved d trnnsference OF &C.
clesiastcal causes from the court with spiritual
functions to the purely temporal court. The
worst ct It has been .,ll Gil aiong at the the JUDICIAL
Rhasty senbaucc Of having something to do
With the Church because it contained power
less episcopal assessors. However. though the
Upper Court was State Court, there WINS still
left to the Church for while Il Lower Court with
spiritual Jurisdiction. called tho Arches Court
Court first; but when they we're decided against
kationalistic and Protestant views and in favor
Of Catholicty, as set down In the Prayer Book.
they were invariably appealed by o1tr friend. the
enemy. up to the Stute Court Of lnnl appeal,
where the Catholic decisions of the Church Court
below were almost Invariably reversed, until
fetal principal Of the Archbishop Of Canterbury,
was compelled in new cases brought before him
according to the rulings Of the Court above. to
decide against whut he knew to be the law,
the rnbric, and tho doctrine OF tho Church Of
England.
From the first the State Judicature did moth
ing In Its relationship to tho Church but deny
cburebs m th II % beFan eyres ressaerng its hcrep
tcal decision on baptismal regeneration in the
famous Gorham case. This lost us Cardinal
Rome. at once ali the Bishops, save two. signed
q document rcathrmtng the doctrine which the
State Court had denied; and recently bishop
schism because naptismAl regeneration was the
doctrine Of the Church. As things went oil and
Bishop Bloomfield begged Parliament, bur in
vain, TO give the Church All ecclesiastical court
of final appeal which she could accept and au-
thorize in place of such au incompetent court
as the Judicial Committee Of the Privy Council.
Finally 1t oventuatcd that by the decisions Of
Church % Of England, even ii ho did not believe
such fundamental doctrines RS tho incarnation
and the resurrection. And we have the Anonl-
ally to-day of Coleuso. whom the entire Annli-
can communion, American d, English, and coloulal,
has formally declared to be heretic and ex-
communicate, holding nevertheless hts Cathe-
dral and Bishopric in Africa in spite Of tho
Church and BY the authority and power Of this
Stutc Jud feature.
At first Catholics roally and seriously tried to
conform themselves to the rulings OF this Court,
Notwithstanding 1t was mere State Court, and
Notwithstanding the decision in their own favor
" me thai qe rer 4e n nwn
one point of ritual would adopt a principle, and
them when another point came up. would adopt
posed to tho FIRST as it found that ut last the
whole thing was drifting into all ine1tricabto
not to say ridiculous muddle, they gave up IT.
Church suffered under a continued series of Mis-
carriages OF Justice. She boro it patiently,
sp axanst T. hut at tie
abolished the final -estige OF an ecclesiAstical
court which the Church still held: It took away
tirely civil court, with Lord Pcnzance as its
Judge. II boEh convocat1ons bud accepted and
consented to this new court, 1t would perhaps
have ilnd ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, like the old
Lower Court Of Arches and it might have been
competent to decide. subject to appeal to the
State Court, cases Of doctrine, discipline. and
worship. But not ono only bur both conversations.
TINT of York and that Of Canterbury, distinct
lust the Church was entirely handed over to the
tender mercies OF The State Three years ago
Mr.. Gladstone published the following words
from gross violation OF the true constitutional
and legal order of things in Church matters,
and, therefore, of our strict rights as English
men, The fact Is, '' the State Of England de-
nles the right OF the Church to manage her own
affairs In her own way.
Lord Penzance has at last boldly pro-
nouuced 1t to be Illegal to obey distinct direc-
ton Of the Prayer-Book And now at last
priests have arisen, and after years Of patience;
after seeing Mr. Purchas rendered pcnn!less and
bounded to his grave, after seeing Dir. Tooth
broken in health SO that ho can no longer tnkc
charge OF parish. after seeing large and -four
portant works among the poor stopped: after
seeing their church buildings mobbed and their
Sisters Of Mercy spat upon in the streets By r.
bald Protestant roughs, priests, Isay, have arisen
and will endure not another day this tyrannicai
usurpation Of the State over the Church, hound
ed on as the State is by the mob: The English
Church Union has now called on 2. 2.50o elerEfulen:
who are Catholics, but who have not yet ndopted
the vestmeuts, to Introduce them at once
The Bishop of MaDchcster-I quote from IN
English newspaper that came last mail-said that
the action OF the 800 clergymen who we're that
day at she call OF the English Church Union TO
Introduce certain yestments was one which
would wreck the Church and lead to anarchy.