The record-union., 1895-10-19
IN RELIGIONS REALM.
Expressions From the Various Re-
liglOuS Newspapers.

Expressed in the secrarian Press
Some Matters of Interest to Both
Minister'S and Laymen.
1.-THE searching criticisms which the re-
port of the Commission on the Revision
of the Constitution and Canons has re-
ceived in different directions justIfles the
conviction that this work has been en-
tered upon with rather too light heart,
says the LiUihg Church (P. E. OF Chicago.
"The changes involved are far more I'M
portant than at first appeared, especially
those which affect the relations OF the TWO
houses of tie general convention. FUR
ther than this questions have been stirred
of so radical a character as to require Tor
their satisfactory adjustment an amount
OF discussion far greater than the limited
period of one convention will allow.
Many persons have had their attention
drawn for the first time TO the TACT that
the real and permanent constitution OF
the church lies back of the written in
etrument of that name. Ii seems certain
that the proposed constitution cannot be
passed in it's present form at the coming
convention Probably only some por-
tions will be passed, and those not with
out amendment. There is even posi-
bility that none of 1t will be passed, but
that Il will be referred in its entirety to
new commission. There is much 10 be
said in favor of this method. In ordinary
cases it might be feared that policy OF
delay would swamp the whole move
ment. But in the present instance there
need be no such anxiety. The church
can always afford to wait Sudden and
radical changes are contrary TO her spirit.
1t Is just beginning to be realized how
many important principles are touched
by this work"
sat the Protestant Episcopal Diocesan
Convention a minister offered resolu-
ton calling on Bishop Potter to instruct
delegates to the approaching trlennlal
convention at Minneapolis to urge that
the name of the church be changed. This
minister's idea was that the words
Protestant Episcopal Church should be-
laid aside and The Holy Catholic Church
Ehould be substituted. That would be a
Rhrewd scheme," remarks the New ork
Christian -4dU0cdte (MeLh.). but might
lead 10 lack of reference tor the Apos-
ties Creed. 1t is quite probable that If a
sect of the size of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, which contains less than one
twenty-fourth of the number OF Protest.
tant communicates IN this country,
should arrogate to itself the title of The
Holy Catholic Church, that creed should
not continue TO be generally used in its
present form. The simple truth Is, that
the title Protestant Episcopal Church eX-
pressed the sentiments of those who or
Eanized the body in this country and
gave its name. Very few OF them pos
sessed the arrogant spirit becoming COM
mon in their successors. Perhaps, II that
name is adopted, certain feeble minded
persons will believe that the Protestant
Episcopal Church is the The Holy Catho-
lie Church. But il that body really pro-
poses to take such an almost alI-eXcluslve
name as The Holy Catholic Church, we
can suggest one from the Scriptures
which will express the feeling which
would lead to It's selection, and thus leave
the Apostles Creed to the use Of all who
profess to be and call themselves Chris
Lians.' 1t is found in Jer. viii, 4: The
temple Of the Lord are these"
I'VE are very glad" says the New
York ChuTchntdR lP. E., 80 learn from
the utterance OF Cardinal Vaughan OK
when its Bishops, including Pope Leo
himself, advocate the reunion OF Chris
tendon. People are very apt 10 accuse
Romanists of dlslngenuOusness. The
controversialist with Rome cites Liguori
as a specimen of Jesuitical paltering with
double sense. The Italian ideas of truth,
we are told, are not the English or Amer
lean ideas. In the Cardinal Arch bishop.
who has made so striking a declaration
about the conditions OF reunion with
Rome, we meet very downright and
ouLspoken Briton. He clears away all
the mists or misunderstanding that may
have arisen from the recent encyclicaI
OF the Pope, addressed TO Englishmen i'll
the interests OF reconciliation. For our
own part, we never attached much i'm
portance 10 that document from a practi-
cal point of view. Whatever importance
il had as a step towards reconciliation
DIR. Vaughan has quite destroyed. He
takes pains to show that union with
Rome by the Church of England, as a
whole, is sheer impossibtty."
Tine papal delegate in this country,
Mgr. SatolIi. in defending the right OF the
Pope to temporal sovereignty, based it
on the ground that the Pope, as head OF
the Catholic Church, must be independ-
ent of all human authority With think
ing people, however" observes the Bos-
ton CTiTjStidn Register u nit), such a
statement will not help in the slightest
the claim of the Pope's temporal supre-
macy, because it is as indeiensible as the
doctrine it is supposed to support. There
Is no reason IN history, philosophy, eth
les or common sense why the Pope should
be independent of all human authoritv;'
there is every reason on the other hand
why he should submit 10 constituted au-
thority wherever IL Is legitimately eXer-
nrt of j.,fl
Mgr. SatolL, IS inevitable, so long as the
territory in which the holy see is located
belongs TO another power This is un-
doubleday true. The Pope is obliged TO
obey the laws of the country in which
lie resides. This IS what every good citi-
zen ought to do if he is TO share the pro-
lection which allegiance assures. The
doctrine of Arch bishop Satolh is not that
set forth by Paul or observed by Jesus
whose teachings the Popes have mis-
translated into Render unto the POpes
the authority which belongs to Casar.'U
"No two men have exactly the same
capacity, the Same gifts, the same aspira-
tons and the same tendencies; they do
not think the same thoughts, their emo
tons are not touched In the same way.
and their lives proceed on various lines.
If this is true OF those who have the most
points of agreement" says the New York
IndeDeAdeBt, "how wide must he the diff
ferences which separate those who are
most unlike. These differences affect the
religious life as mucn as they do the So
cial. the family, or the business life.
Christianity does not make men and
women, with all their individual pecu-
liarities, over again and run them intC
the same mold. When man becomes S