New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-01
PHILLIPS BROOKS ON CHURCH NAMES
THE QUESTION OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION AEHELY
ONE OF THEORY.

THE QUESTION or APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION MERELY
ONE or THEORY.
BosroS, Oct. 81 tSpeciat) The Rev Phillips
Brooks preached to-day before large c0ngres alton
His Sermon for the part, review OF the pro-
ceedings Of the General Episcopal Convention in
Chicago. It will attract wide attention. Mr.. Brooks
said lie recognized tendency which has shown Itself
distinctly IN the last convention. waich he wished to
speak about with great plsinness lie said IN part;
There is no doubt in our church to day tendency
nf ia i,ss and ,n.tsaS o,' Ringing Of
itself composite part OF this great multitude
winch makes the church life of Anrricl,r usurp
really amounts to a certain monopoly OF the aims OF
that which must appeal to all tue Christian Cnurcn ID
general This desire has declared itser in that which
has for time, but which has not
any really assertion Of tscf until this last
ventoD-a desire 20 change me lame OF our Churcn 10
thl, has been strong that has claimed
the Tor Itself The one thing that character
lies that convention ina. sVe@ Importance anu SIX
ncance. Is the effort made upon the part or one por-
ton ADD resisted upon the par, OF another portion 20
claim new name Tor me Cnurch mere Dot 20 Know IL
longer as the Protestant Episcopal Cnurcn, out
the Catholic Church in America. or the Amer
Catholic Churcl, TO call IL by some name winch
and IL alone constituted tas true
Cnnrch OF Jesus Christ in tue United states
desirable change the name OF church as Of body
The name OF church has no peculiar sanetiy attached
temporary In the way In which given TO
church it was first founded. and It might be
Thought wel simply question OF taste. to give TO
the Church name which should better declare tue ne
II viug and the work that IL proposed to do
not in any way declaring changed conception Of the
lie which IL was living or the stGre which t bore. III
that had been the there nave been sort
OF 9stherc discussion, discussion Of the sound OF
syaOes but never one so deep as that the proposed
ch led to, There but two conceivable
which our Cnurcn could stant before tns coun-
try and claim that she was the Church Of Christ in
America. what are those twOl IL might be that our
Clnrch might he so preponderant among the other de-
nominations OF tnat she might De so large ana
absorbed 40 tremendous an Aggregate mat the work or
ristln lie IN tnis country was under her drec-
ton, that much OF missionary labor was performed
by her snht everything else was comparatively siHhn-
cant, that there were sin ply one side few OUT
things. great whole Of the Christian work
done by this Episcopal Church Of ours
wrpe mae n, IL On e ennuen n' sontn
10 nor mink lt would oe very vel even then that we
should call ourselves that which in fart We
should be; the Church OF Amerci-tbe Church
here in the United STATES Now no man pretend. tha
thar No man pretends that Episcopal Church
work as woSd sSe ner me liberty to take name ike
Respectable, than respectable Is the work
she Is doing work that her ch iren rel lice ID ana de-
sht 10 hrlp work 40 large that one may well give
his life forwarding; but Al the time. ny the
SHE OF the other great communications OF Christians IN
our land work that isconParaiiYey snaL IL IL poor
business unlrss driven To oy some sucn arGlmrht a.:
ths 10 compare nShrrs ana sdslcs anu see "hlc1 OF
the children OF thr Father. all OF whom doing II ,
work so lmperfecIiy, are dolnx II little better Which,
with statistics, we nOd that our Episcopal Churcn
whole great multitude OF American CHRISTIAN
ny; 70 is not possible for us TO assume
TINS p'%lon IL nov pssoe i"r Us 10 shhe place az
the numerical church OF America There are null
ttudes OF people bold tnd ON the time OF the
Apostles down bishop mas Away been cOnsecrated y
bishop until to present bisnop Of Massachusetts
there has d-tinct lite ~ SUCCESSION admit
10y of nan head. In direct gen.
Grafton after generation there a- come comm o
administer the CHRISTIAN Gospel in thi- ani which be-
VINO Is outside OF that concession that
every minister standing IN hr pulpit or the Eplsc pal
Chnrch his rght preach from The fact that ne has
been ordained by bishop VINO stands IN linear success
Sion TO the Apostles VINO we're hcens-d 70 preach OF
Jesus Christ himsef Thsre line In our Prayer
Book.
which declares any sucn Theory. IL Das
always been something that has been
held by Individuals, theory tnat mas
recommended itself To certain ctsses ami kinds OF
minds and theory which many ana many ministers
and laymen in the Episcopal Church have thoroughly
disbel-vei. tell you freely ami frankly never could
receive ministry which seemed to me- 10 have 1858
sanction there. mayer wO1t dictate for one. X be-
ieved that officiating declared NV belief In the
elusive right or nose who were thus c0usecrated, AMI
nnchurched and turned OF the ministry the great
multitude OF GOiservnR men VINO are doing His work
in other denominations than ours.