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tto'e a HoPt'' nnd Patience witch us day by Jay, :,
ana bid the desert blnom with beauty vernai
pi.il !al inc clrthly fades in the eternal.
ERNEST REMAIN.
'RoA1E, THE CAPITAL or CATHOLICISM "-Hra
FOURTH LECTURE IN LONDON.
On "Wednesday, april II, II. Ernest Renau de-
ivered the fourth and last lecture Of his scrie.
ut St Georgr's Hail, London, taking for his
theme " Rome. the Capital OF Catholicism"
1t Was Rome's masterpiece to have succeeded
| shortly before the accession of AntonInus fn
making gall butuntsersal the belief that Peter and
Paut had founded Christianity at Rome In per-
| lect1y mutual accord, and had seHled there this
| work with tholr blood. Romes ecclesiastical
destiny WIS fixed from that timo In Christian
dress, she was still to MAY through a new series
Of centuries her pnrt-rcgcre impcrio pop
| ulos. Under Antouinus and Marcus Aurc-
| Illus Ro1ne's greatness eliminated, her
reign over the world seemed undsputed,
no cloud was seen on the horizon
| Tho centre OF Catholic orthodoxy Of the future
| WIS plainly there. Plus had succeeded Hyginus,
and was Us firm In safeguarding the purity Of
| the faith. Gordon, Marcion, Yaentinus, Mar
cellinus were punished from the Church by Plus.
Under Antonfnus tho germinul bud of tho Papa-
cy was already we'll set The Roman Church
grew more and more Indifferent to those hollow
speculations In which Greeks, seethtng with tn-
tellcctual notivity, but filled with the reyeries
Of the East, took such delight. The organtzn-
ton Of the Christian society the great busi-
ness Mt Roma. Caring ttt,e far snoc,iat1on H.
terly hostile to doctrinu novelties, her trained
practical genius was watching over the develop
mcEt Of discipline and the hternrchy.
What WIS created nbout 120-l30 ii the Christian
Church was tho .Episcopatc. But the creation
Of the Episcopate was emiuently the work of
Rome. But the ecclesia presupposes little
n'o4stou5' !" on'c~u' us rlcuenano' 10" sas'
consisting OF fresiaent assessors, ana nm-
clubs carefully make proyfsion that these f,,uc-
tions should hc oa mich rcstrfctcd 90 nosa3h1a IN
TT t1.,,1s ~, a++-ih,,+aa. 49, 49, oas', - ~
Is something precarious IN their nature which
puts IN end to the club US soon rs tho circum-
stances which created it have ceased to exist.
INC jewish sSnaeoss nave mucn more contln-
uity, although the synagoeal ottice~bearers have
never attained to the rank Of q clergy:
1no esos. 's'*s' y. sp.seop. vonss.''
lnsrectors'' became very cary Tue opiy repre-
sen.aelseso1 y, me Inulen nna atl1'ost !m mneo'ate
importance vas brought about. Betwccn the
nrashv+ari ~ ~" an,s1nni tharo uns onc Sha hs
haoitually seating himself in the Presidents
chair, absorbed the powers of the rest and be-
cau,c the cnfsconos or the prcsbvtenos in n
,,.,r-nt..-+ ,o.,,. rho ~,o..t;r .,n+r,I.,,t,1
proeHuaent sense. 1ue "o1aalp conIl7outeo
powerfully to crystalline this unity The cuchar-
fstic act could only be celebrated by a single
non,or, and npozt,d the cclol,r,nt ,rith crtromo
i,,or....aa rs;s a>,eoona. -, r,a,,,o,a,s,,,
l"pottai'cc LUIS ep'oeopos' ~ A...' 'o1ous'S
short time, became the head Of the Prcsbyter- |
alto. and consequently of the whole Church. |
His cuthedru. placed On hiph and hay- |
49,. 49,. ea, - ~ ..,.,";- ho.,,
lng .laa 1o'" y! al al"cnall, ocea"e " |
chair OF hono7.-the symbol OF the prlnacy. |
Each Church had thenceforwArd but one pres
hvtcrn. in chief who WAS called in sense ex-
o;ss,s, ae .t1 ,a* o-.,oo>,.>..s nas,1as 49,,
o!us''e oi tne 1es1 eplscopoS' hes'ueS tnls
Bishop were seen deacons, widows, a council OF
I,,ehoJ, h.d hooor,a tha eo,a snccosa,r - +ho
nlsnop LAY 'Seo"o .uo oo1o sw'. y, ,, 40
apostles; tne tay oeHo'er nAu tota4s alsap-
nral Antafotfr.1F a1fhnrdfv daar1ni n hf. /