New-York tribune., 1886-05-19
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

KING EDWARD THE SIXTH. surrcme Head n An An
Historical sketch ry rEEprsIck GEORGE LIZ tp W.,
Crown Syc pv. xNlx.. 21!. London; Birhs " o'.cr
Ncw.Yo.k: Caiholic Publication Society C"tnl"hy'
The p,ircpal importance Of this work h~s III inc
fact that its author ia tenehcsd clergyman o' inc
Church of England. Dr. Lee is Vicar OF All SAINTS
Lambeth and we'll known both in this country anu III
bis own as an and energetic leader oi the ao
varccd AneloCa tholic party which Ill pushes Ior-
ward IN the path marked cut by DR.. Pusey ana inc
Oxford rraetatians He believes in The possio"'S VI
corporate reunion between the Church Oh Eng ''o
and the Gnu. ch universal acknowledging ooche"ce "
the Pore and il is in the hope OF promoting tins oo
joct that he has written the present voiNne he e'S
to prove that the change of religion begun oy iieS
VIII and carried ont Ivy The Protector Somers'' III .e
name of Edward VI was q violent and tyranncai ln-
1ason of all ecclesiastical and popular rights iorceo
ty small and urscrupulous minority against 'l'
cl,ar wishes of the English people, man'aihtd D!
pil,,ea and the gaows and accompanied oy a iia"'-
fl relaxation of morals and general national Distress.
The reform of the Church not ehected oy any
ecclesiastical authority but IN every parueniar ID
doctrine as we'll in discipline, in the form oil worspp
apd in the putting and putting up of bishops ana
other pastors the lay power rudeIy n'rudeo upon
spiritual functions The whole basis therefore OF the
Church of England was usurpation such 1t Is 10 'his
day aud such he believes it will continue to be un'i
the Church renews her submission to the divin ORDER
and her place in the Catholic body.
TIE facts b ought ont by Dr. Lee not new, aithouen
he furnishes some details not found IN tnc s'"""
histories The disorders which attended the heior'ua
ton under Edward W., the arbitrary character o tho
roya the strong preference of tn" people for the
old creed the rapacty excited by the suppression OF
,nonascrIes the ignorance and evil lives OF many OF te
new preachers the sudden and shocking spread o hi
morality the general Dissemination OF society-a'
these symptoms Of revolutionary disturbance "ie
described by r and other authorities anu ther
connection with the change OF religion Is uni'eisaN
rocrcnzcd. Neither is there any doubt apout te idy
,ources from which tie new bishops and preachers
derived their appointment. In rcelling ana a"ll'si"e
this tale Dr. Lee has added great deal Of mvecve so
violent in tone that II defeat its object llssy
T. poor enough at best; and at its worst II comes as
near as anything merely mundane can come 10 the cam
rai IN writing of The Nc'c York Times
DR. Lees scheme Of corporate reunion Is appar-
emily identical with that OF the late Dr. Pusey' VINO
believed that there nothing in the doctrines OF the
Council Of Trent which could not he rcconciod with the
true doctrines OF the Church of Englan and nothing IN
the Thirty Nine Articles which corli not be interpreted
e., Ecman Catholic sense. He freely admitted the
prnacy OF the Pope; and while he was not prepared 10
agree with the Catholic opinion as to the eAe'
and nature OF tho Papal authority he argued that III
what lie and his followers did acceIt there was at least
the basis for an accommodation But in the famous
"Erenic n" written explain this scheme, Dr. Plsey
made an attack upon certain CathcAc oeiiels ana
practices which greatly Initiated the party with which
be was trying and the result OF the ensuing
controversy satisfied that the chances of
corporate reunion very remote indeed Ihe
trouble with Dr. aud the otter sanguinc engineers OF
that movement IS that they forget two most important
Considerations first that the Chnrch of England las not
the least idea OF rafying their proposals, and second,
that Ge Church OF Rome has not the least idea OF
accepting then.