New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-19
4 HLGH CHIREH RE1CTION.

An Informal conference 81 High Church An
gcan clcrgymcn was recently held In Lon
don. which has attracted great deal OF at
tcntion. II was called 10 consider the anti
Protestant developments OF belief and worship
that have become SO marked In the Church Of
England. And while the conference recog
nzcd the importance and value OF the so-called
catholic revival brought about by the Tracta-
rian movement. I: condemned the Introduction
into the English Church Of certain practices
(which wen. explicitly or by implication abol-
'iShed at the Reformation" rs we'll az certain
foreign developments which never had any
footing In the English Church. In the spirit
OF this declaration the conference adopted reso-
lutIons pedglng the members to conduct the
services of the Church In accordance with the
directions Of the Prayer Book and regulating
The claim Of so many Kltualists that the IA
nous "Ornamonts" Rubric allows all the Orna-
mcnis In use before the publication OF the
Prayer Book OF 15i9 To be- employed IN the
Church to-day Some wcll-knOwn High Church
clcrgymcn not only absentcd themselves from
the conference. but protested against It's action.
Nevertheless the importance Of this declaration
is universally recognized. and 1t is regarded as
a serious blow TO what may be called lrrespon-
slhlc and lawlcss AngloC holciSm.
Ncr IL II N all Strnnge that the sober minded
and thinking High Churchmen Of the English
Church should take such action. For the move
mcnt with which they have been Identified has
Of late years been drifting further and further
from the Reformation ideals Of The Church.
The good work done by the oxford movement
Is now everywhere recognized. II reused the
Church from It's lethargy and worldlness. and
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fcrvor not very different in spirit from that
Of the old fashioned evangelical churchman.
But the movement soon developed revolution
ary tendencies One was an abnormal growth
Of the spirit Of saccriotalsm. and the other
was an increasing fondness for a scnsuous and
dramatic type Of worship. The Reformation
was called "Deformat ton; It's leaders were as
sailed ms scoundrcls and Professionalism was
held up to dcrision and scorn The communion
was called the mass" and was celebrated for
the living and the dead by priests" who
urged upon pcntents the duty of aurlcunr con-
fcssion Curious books of devotion. adapted
from Roman Catholicism appeared, and outof-
the-way saints. unknown to EngIishmen. were
invoked for aid. In short totally new CON
ception Of the Church was evolved. 1t was n
mosaic Of unrelated parts. culled from the store
asts each one OF whom claimed for his par
ticuar find the august authority OF antiquity
Only thus, indeed, could the hated work Of the
Reformation be undonc and the Church "re-
stored" to It's primitive catholic condition. For
there was no Pope with supreme authority and
power M hand. and the bishops. as rule. were
Protestant In their sympathies Under these
circumstances II Is not at all strange that the
growth of the Anglo Catholic movement In the
English Church has excited apprehension. and
that at last of its own sympathlzers have
called halt in the movement. This confer
encc declares that the authority Of the English
Church as exercised through its accredited Off
Gals Is supreme for English Churchmen. No
doctrine rite or ceremony which the English
Church to-day does not explicitly approve has
any place In the Church '"rhe English bish
ops" says the Conference. speak with the au-
"thorty Of the Church when. within the limits
''of the system Of law and custom received by
1.-THE Church Of England in the exercise Of their
pastoral charge, they give instructions. drec
"tlons and permissons 10 any or all Of those
under their Jurisdiction
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