Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-30
HOW DID 1T BEGIN
The Rev. Or. Hines Delivers
an impressive Lecture
ON THE ORIGIN OF THE CHURCH
He Quotes Historic Data to Prove That II
Was Mot Of Man o. Pope, bat Of the
0alllean-LogiSL Conclusions

The Rev. DR.. Hines OF the church OF
the Holy Trinity OF Manlsiee delivered
scholarly and eloquent lecture lest
night Ola the much mooted question OF
the origin OF the Church OF England.
The doctor took up biz subject from
the times OF the primitive church and
followed It's growth aud development
down 10 the reign Of Elizabeth. lie
started by asking tie one question,
"wss the Church of England founded
by King Henry VIII" There are
two classes of persons," SAID the
speaker, "wno claim that Il WAS They
both have one common object Ia view.
10 prove that tae Church OF England 10
not Catholic IN its faith, and that IL
must bear the shame OF human origin.
Elf tue Church OF England wac
founded by King Henry in the SIX
tenth century il cannot be a part OF
the apostolic body left by Christ, aud
hence has no right TO exist. Aud IN
the attempt 10 prove this the two
extremesot the ciiristeldoIn meet aad
the konsanlst and the disseHter are
friends for the time. They refer always
to the same authority, MacAusay's HIS
tory OF England. But l presume
TO disagree with that historian ana
claim that be was not unprecedented IN
this case as il many others, and h.s AS
seruons are not received as Infalllbie
ia other questions. Why should they
De in this when We know that Macauiay
was no friend To the Church Of Eng
iancy But fret somebody will say, of
what interest Is IL To US whether King
Henry did or did not found the Church
OF England% l answer We are part OF
the great Anglican com mission, our
spirital life is bound up with hers and
We, in reality, receive our orders from
her, although we are no longer within
her iurisdic tion. And = church 10, -
understand il, divine organization.
Historic Facts cited.
"No man can createa church and If
the Church of England 10 the work OF
llcentious and infamous ruler.
churcnmen should know It. ask your
atten eon to some historic facts that
will show that the church, long before
King Henry was born, existed and had
q distant organization. and that the
church was established IN the first CEN
tury in England while the apostles
were still alive. We find this fact stated
in the writings OF the Fathers OF the
primitive church, IN the writing OF the
Roman historians, who state that the
church was organized III Britain before
1t was organized in the City OF Rome.
"Let me cali your attention to the
writings OF q man who lived and wrote
ut the close Of the fret century, and
of whom st. Paul said, His marc 10
written IN the book OF life,' and Who
became the third bishop OF Rome. He
surely should know of what ne speaks,
and IN most certain words st. Clement
tells of the establishment OF the church
by Ct. Paul in Britain.
"But has the old British church.
founded by st. Paul IN the first cen.
tury, continued intact since that time!
bid the British continue in the doc
trine, in the prayers and IN the eucharist
of the apostle9
sunsrtngs Of the Church.
"In the last part of the first century
the British church suffered from tho
| last of the ten pagan prosecutions. We
| find that ut the close of the third and
fourth centuries the church still re.
| manned intact. At the end of the
| sixth century came st. Augustine and
baptized several of the English kings.
He found the church weak and
troubled. The Anglo-Saxons had driven
| it's children into the mountains OF
Wales and the wilds of Cornwall. ST..
Augustine endeavored to persuade the
English churchmen to conform TO the
rules OF the Romish church and to
acknowledge him as their archbishop.
He Was not successful and made but
few adherents. At the close OF the
seventh century the Romish church
and the church OF England merged
into one and 20 remained until the
eleventh century, but this united
church never acknowledged the au.
tnorIty of Rome. From the eleventh
to the sixteenth centuries the history
| of the church and people of England
was one continued struggle against the
| power of Rome, who would have taken
from her both her ancient church and
ancient government. 1t was q long,
| weary time of storm and stress for the
united apostolic and Romish church,
but never did it come under the juris.
dictlon of Rome. This brings ue 10
the time of Henry VIII, and hero the
| vital point Of the controversy comes IN.
"WnileHenry and the pope were quar-.
| reling over the question Of henry's
| divorce from Katherine the church
took advantage of the troubulors time
10 renounce all the pretennons that
had from timc 10 time been made 10y
Rome, and gave utterance TO the FOL.
lowing resolution:
"'Resolved, That the bishop OF Rome
hath no more jurisdiction IN theee
realms by divine right than any other
foreign nation
severed the Bonas Forever.
THAT severed forever the bohds be-
tween the united church and Rome.
The pope demanded that the king
should cause tile church to rsscsnd the
resolution. Henry refused, and mean
while the church was accomplishing
the reformation. The prayer took
was translated into English, and the
abuses which had crepi INTO the united
church were stricken away.
1--WE have nothing 10 DO with Henry
VIII. But with oil the crimes that may
be Justly charged sgainst that king. We
can not accuse him of committing that
greatest CT crimes. the founding II .
church. There are no statutes. either
IN the archives of the church or realm
of England that show any evidence of
the uansferal of property or rigbts
from one body to the other. Could 20
stupendous . change have been accom-
plisned without some documentary evi-
dences7 For thirty years after the
reformation England couformed 20 the
changes worked by that great reavsk.
enIpg.
during the reign Of Elizabeth Pope
Pine ~ wrote that ne would accept tbs
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