The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-04-21
Tha Episcopal Church.
BY REV. R0BT. L. STEVENS.
XII.

in tho following quotations made
from the ca'ly writer's Of the Christian
Cbarsb, u Is hoped that the reade. will
perce've double otj-ct not ouly tn
sho" that tie Apostolic Church was
Episcopal 10 form. bnt also ~ give in
formation concerning the early maftyrs
and cbamDi,na of tbe fsitI. IL viii he
observed then that aJt only Incidental
references 20 Episcopacy are brought
forward bat the connection with the
previous subject is in sous degree re.
tAinel
lgnatius, Bishop of Antioch, on bis
way TO MAriyrlsm in Rome, while A
prisoner wrots his seven famous letters
% ths EPtesiAes. Magnesians. Trail
i"as, Romans, PbiladeIphians, Smyr.
naeaEs and TO Polycarp. The lif. II
this matyr was alluded 70 in the frst
Article NUMBERED * article X he.
log also numbered * by mislrinfJ.
There was also a quotation from MS
Epistle - the EphesiAns.
IL will he remembered that the date
OF these EpiAt.es il about 1O7 A. ID.
ann that tho shorter form Of there
letters IS always quoted.
Tho address Of tbs Epistle 10 tho
hagnesiSrs aud the frat six chapters
read thus.
"lgnatius, Who is slss called Tbeo-
phorus, 10 the (Cburch) pleased in the
grace Of God the Father, in Jesus
Christ our Saviour, IN whom / salute
tue Church which - az Msgnes:s. near
the haeander, aai with it abundance
OF happiness in God the Father, and in
Jesus Christ
"ChaP. !. Having been infJrned Of
your godly love, 10 we'll ordered, i re-
Joiesd greatly, s@d determined to COM
puns with yOn in the faith Of jesus
Christ. For as one who has been
thought worthy the most honorable of
all nsmes, IN those bonds which | bea.
about, | commend the Churches, in
which / pray for a union both Of the
heeh and srnit of Jesus Christ, tbs
CONSTANT snn'cs of oar life, and Of faith
aud love, 20 which nothing is to be
preferred, bus especially Of Jesus aud
the faihsr, ia whom, If We ssdurs ali
the assaults Of TIE prince Of this world,
and esc4pe them, 40 shall enjoy God.
Chap. >. Srucs then, have had
tss privilege Of sscing yon, though
DAnas your mn,: worthy bishop, aad
through your worthy Presbytsrs BAsus
aud ApoIIonius, aud through my fellow
servant the Dsaco-, Soto whose friend
ship may ] ever ENJOY, inismush as he
Is subject To the bishop ss 10 lie law
sf Jesns Cariss | nov write 10 you
Chap. 3. No~ it becomes you also
not 20 irrst your Bishop - fatniliarly
On account Of his youth, Tut to yield
him all reverence, having respect t.
the power Of G..d the Father, "a hav.
knowa eTen holy Presbyters ds, not
Judging rasbly, fron the manifes;
youthful appearance (of the Bisbop)
but as beins themselves prudent il
God, submitting ta him, OF rather uol
20 him, but 10 the Father Of jesus
Christ, the u shop Of US all. 1t il
therefore fitting that va should, afts
no hypocritioAl fashion, osey (you
B;shopl, in honor OF Him who hs
wilied us $50 to do), since he that doe
not 50, deceives rot 10y such conduct
tho Bishop that is visible but seeks t
mock Lin that is invis be. And q
such conduct has reference not 10 mar
bnt to Col, who knows all secrets
Char 4. IL is ftsing them, nc
only 10 be called Christians bat TO b
sn in reality as SONS indeed give on
the tile Of Bish-p but do all thing
without him. Now such psrssns se-u
to me to be not possessed Of 90
conscience, sesing they ara not siea'
: fastly gathered togeshsr according
the commandment.
ChSp 3. Sesing then, all this,
have Al end thsse t~e things al
s;multsu, ously set befsre us-dest
: and life and every one shall 10 uui
his own place. For as there are tv
kinds &c coins, the sae Of God, Il
other of tho world, and each Of the'
! has it special al-character stamped upc
: il, $50 il it also hetel The unbelie
3 ina are of this world but the belle
: ing have in love, the character of &c
. the Father by Jesus Christ, by whur
il We ars no. in readiness to die IN
his passion, his life il not in us.
: Chap. 6. Since therefore l h&v
: in the persons befors mentioned, bshe
the whole multitude of you in fai
aud love. l exhort you to study
de all things with a divine hsrmon
/ while your Bishsp presidss in the pla
of God, aad your Presbyters in Il
place of the assembly of the Apostle
. with your Descons who are most de
TO mo and are entrusted with the min
y try Of Jesus Christ who was with Il
Father before the beginning of tim
aad in the enl VAS revealed. Do
a all then, initiating the sams diyil
It conduct, pay respect to one anothe
> and let no oae look upon his neigh,
: after tie flesh, but do We continual
& love each other in Jesus Christ. L
4 nothing exist among you that ,n'
}. divide you but he ye united with 20
Dishor, and these that preside ov
you, as type md evidence of 20
/ mrort.l'ty."
:. Tns other letters Of this writer a
Q full of passages of like nature. Ign
thus almost repeats himself jnst as a.
t man writes letters of similiar pu
/ port to nis friends when dealing vii
| similar subject. A good illustrate
i ol this is to be found in the Epistles
= st. Paul to the Ephssians, Phillil
y ans and Colosians. Thus in writiI
. to the Church of Smyrna Chap.
Ignatius says "see that ye all folio
a the Bishop, even as Jesus Christ do
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