Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-15
RT. REV. BISHOP KAHN

the parading OF himself before the pubic
as a Master Of Sciences with which he has
but the most superficial acquaintance.
What studies has he made in dogmatic and
patristie theology, in hermeneutics, IN &C.
clesiastical history, or even In dialectice!
1t is not my business 10 dictate to the
Methodist Church, the scholarly attain
ments which its ministers should pos
sess. The curriculum prescribed for
Catholic priests even IN this
missionary country, requirts twelve years.
Now 1 should not Ie9Toach MIR. ID. with
the lack of an education ne has had no OPP
portuuity Of acquiring, had ne not boldly
advanced into the arena CT pOlemics to dis
euss with me questions of which he is su-
premely ignorant. My first sentence ex-
poses his selfish motives, as clearly evil
denced in all his public papers. Bear
with NE a short while, Mr.. Editor, and l
will substanti9te my charge by reference
to Mr.. DIS luminous prod uctiOns.
First-Asked to define what IS the dec
trire of Protestants concerning the Euchar-
ist, this learned theolOgian triumphantly
replies by telling us what 1T IS not! That
NAV be sound Wesleyan theology, but il is
very poor logic. Protestants then have no
positive doctrine according to this brilliant
champion Of their faith? No do not be-
lieve that Mr.. d. correctly represents
them. They are not the igaOramuses that
this Methodist divine here depicts them.
Believing simply in q negstioD What alb
surdity! Mr.. D. here betrays q lack OF
theological knowledge that is TnonstioGsin
q minister of the Gospel and the selfcon-
stituted advocate Of all Pedestrians They
have certainly no reason to be proud Of
their champion.
Sscond-He referred to st. Cyprian az
belonging to the 10th century at the very
time ne had befOr his eyes my statement
that st. Cyprisn suffered a glorious mar
tyrdom as early as the year 2j8. This is
absolutely objectionable in one making
such preteutions in the field Of church
history and patristic theology. Oral the
Fathers, s.. Cyprisn is the n PrOt;stants
are most fond of q~uoting as an opponent
of Papal ~infallibility, on account OF his
controversy with Pope st. Stephen ], on
the question Of re-baptism. NOdoubt Dir.
d. will soon be citing him in his sermon on
Papal Instability with the air Of learned
scholar who knows all about the history Of
the early Church. But Mr.. DIS effort to
cover up his ignorance by now ~interpOlat-
ing the words "by proxy" IS both shabby
and mendaCious.
The translation he gives in his letter
this morning of st. Cyprisu's praise, quo
Christi saaguiS OStCadItur'-"which repre-
sents the blood of Christ" would be
shameful from the lips of = tyrO in Latin.
Is il want Of conscience or the slayish fol-
lowing of reckless guides that makes Mr..
ID. resort to such shameless peryersiops to
sustain his point? l have also the Paris
edition of St. Cyprian'5 works, so
highly commended by Dir DIS par
sgon of Catholic authority, DuPin;
and the the rendering Of the passage
| quoted concerning Melchisedech is the
same rer6Gtim Ct merGtim as given In the
Antwerp edition Of 1868. 1 call Mr.. DIS
attention to the following words of st
Cyprian found u few lines below his quota
ton Of this morning: I'VE see likewise
the mystery of tho Lords Sacrifice pre6g-
ured IN the priest Melchisedeeh, accord
ing IS the divine scripture testifeS, say
ing;r-then follow the words Of Gen xiv.
18. l looked at page 81 of Faber's DIFF
fculties Of RomaniSm, " but saw no refer
enee there to DR.. Wisemen as Faber's op-
pOnent. 1t was Bishop Treyer's "Amica-
bic Discussion" that Faber was reviewing;
DR.. Wissman was not his opponent, Wrong
again, Mr.. d!
Third-He admits having before his eyes
an English translation of Tertulliam when
he quoted T. against our doctrine of the
Eucharist. What need of o translation for
Que who poses as a Latin and Greek schol-
al? See his letters to Rev. Uifert aud the
synopsis of his last Sundays sermoa. But
with q copy of even q translation of Ter
tullian how dared he to quote Tertullisn
AS teaching q mere fgurative presence?
His doing so is a mark of either stupidity
in understanding Tertullian, or Of dishon-
esty in quoting him. Proof: Marcion said
said Ctrist's body was only q phantom;
be acknowledged the Old Testament
From the Old Testament then Testullian
refutes him. He quotes against him from
Jsr. XI. 10, LET US put wood on his
Bread" Catholic reading-Testulliau was
then a Catholic, not y Montanist; rot a
Wesleyan.) He then explains text: wood
was the cross, and bread prefgured his
body. To what did the Prophet refer in
that figure? To the Eucharist. But his
figure was not a figure of a figure, but of
the reality. For him to argue otherwise
would have been to have set himself up as
the prototype OfMr. ID. and his absurd logic.
That bread used by Christ when, rs Ter
tullian expressly says, The made the bread
his own body" wa the bread foreseen by
the Prophet-the type or figure, as Ter
tullian calls it, of Christ's body. But
argues T., the Prophet could not have
give us a,fgure of the body Of Christ, if
Christ's body was but q phantom; there
fore, he concludes, Christ had a real body,
not = mere phantom; for q phantom can
not be represented or photographed. Here
again Mr.. ID. shows his utter ~incapacity
fer correct augmentation By quoting as
against our doctrine, q passage which con-
iains an indirect bat most positive argu-
msnt in favor of that doctrine.
FOurth-Mr. DIS last communication is
chiefly made up Of quotations from Du
Pin, whom, in his sermon last Sunday, he
had the audaciky to call IAN eminent Cath
Ole authority" He might IS wall so
qualify John Wesley, the founder of his
own church. Du Pin was q rank Jansen
ist and q dwelling hypocrite. Whilst
actually holding a professors chair in the
Royal College, 3 Catholic institution, he
was in secret correspondence with Wake,
the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury.
This correspondence was seized by the
French government February 10, 17l9.
II revealed his true character.
He denouuees ~ q positive evil,
religious vows, fasts, abstinencss and
corporal austereties in general. He accepts
toe Anglican creed regarding the abolition
Of confession and the doctrine Of the Lords
Supper. He condemns in the strongest
nIpHrHERIA. MEAsELs. SCAR