The Irish standard., 1889-10-12

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Cur Lords PRAYER Ten days after #
was uttered. the Day of Pentecost came.
and with II came the great fulilment Of
His promise. With the sound of q
powerful breath from Heaven, the
parted tongues as of fire rested on the
brows OF the Apostles. and they spoke
forthwith in all the langua los Of those
who had come TO Jerusalem from the
uttermost parts or the cart. Here is
the manifestation Of the Church's two
characteristics, unity in variety Abso,
lutte unity in its authoritative teaching,
and at the same time diversity, elastic
aud adaptive, to the circumstances and
capacities of iIs children. TIC trace the
successive operations Of the same Spirit
would be to rehea1se the history or
elphtes n hundred years The Chnrch's |
unity and identity has interpreted the
records OF Christianity and Of civlliza- |
ton. Ever teaching the same truths, |
enforcing the same discipline, admins
tering the same life-restoring Sacra-
ments, the Church has encountered
every form of human misbetief, and
won her way through them all Here
sizes have arisen; they have been met
and expelled. Councils have been sum
moned, presided over by the legates OF
him to whom the charge was COM
| naitted. Confirm thy brethren" They
have promulgated their DEGREES OF doc
| trine. their canons of discipline. These
have been received by the hundreds Of
millions of believers, in each successive
day. not at pious opinions. not as ex-
pre- sions to be acquiesced in. but with
l.the intimate assent and consent OF
those who knew the meaning of the
i Divine Word of His Apostles. He
! that heareth you heareth Me- The
fecundity of the Church, as we'll as her
i unity, has been shown when, age after
age. neW4O Orders and religious congrega-
I tons have arisen, and united in preach
/ ing the unity of the one true Faith.
lttWhere is your uuitys' cries a super
i ficial ObjactOr, when YOU have your
black friars and white. blue friars and
rrev; when Frauciscans and DOmini-
cans and Jesuits over another?" The
4 answer ia. the more diversity you can
show within the bounds Of that absolute
unity. the more do yon bring out and
Illustrate that unity itself Theological
,, schools have differed. and sometimes
with sufficient vehemence, on points
not vet decided by the Church. When
the Chnrch sees. the moment TO be or
portune for decision, then, in st
Aucustine's words, Roma locuta est
causa finita est. the difference is ended
, on the spot. and all is perfect agreement
Throughout the dispute each partv Wa'
firmly convinced of the authority OF
!, the Church and OF the Holy See Wouft
we have proof Of itY Then 20 K
! Tyburn galIoWs during the cruel reigr
! of Elizabeth See Dominican ane
: Franciscan, see Dominion and jesuit
: ranged under the same beam, prepared
to die an alrocious death for the same
; faith, making their last sacramento
! confession. one to the other, befor'
!, they were launched into the air, Gu
! down alive. quartered on the sam'
!, block. Their life-bloed mingled it
streams. flowing from hearts that hav
beat in unison with every utterance 0
!. the Chnrcb's teaching Ii this is no
: : religious unity, where will you lind II
! Has, then, Our Lords last prayer beel
! fulfilled. or has it failed? Do not tel
; us Of the schismatical communities 9
: the East. Their schism only wltnesse
{ the more powerfully to the unit
OF the Church from which prid
II ard ambition have torn them. a
: amputated limb leaves the head an
! heart and body intact; itself it is tha
Z Z perishes. "They went out from us,
!, SAYS st. John, sbut they were not {
!, u.s., and the reason why they went o.
!, is supplied by ot. Jude These al
they who separate themselves, sensus
:. men not. having the Spirit. = Sansui
! are they, that is, guided by human
Z earthly spirit that is not Of God; spir
OI SEILs I'll llAOpCA0Ek1S0 nla AORAAAAOh
!. the spirit OF Core, DilhaL, and AbiroI
: one with them in their temper of mine
. one with them, 1t must be feared,
= their doom. Lastly, let as look at WIN
6 may be called the final cause of II
z Church's uaity. 1t directly promot'
: both the glory Of God and the salvatie
: OF man. AL the Divine works are /
), vested with the degree OF perfectio
= lie wills To impress On them, and J
! tend to unity. There is a centripet
!, force in the workings of grace. as WI
Z as in the natural order. a divid
- Church, a Church nude Of various i
- dependent branches is HYDRA,
g. s. monstrous thing, or rather theory
: is the theory Of Anglicans. but II nev
81 has existed, nor ever WILL Il wou
& not need new revelation to make
S believe it. and that new revelation
q q way of saYiag an impossible thir
. would contradict the old. Where's