The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-11-11

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the subject Of divorce which is now
agitating the good people of the east
No controversy of late years has
aroused more general interest than this
one on divorce.
In his letter ''Senex'' shows that the
Catholic Church was the sole custodian
Of the sanctity of marriage, and that
the Protestant church or the different
Protestant sects were founded upon the
divorces of Henry VIII. The writer
details the connection of the notorious
Cranmer with the corrupt monarch s
amours and divorces. Cranmer he de-
scribes as a Protean character whose
like it would take q thousand years to
reproduce.
u refer" he writes. ito the modern
Moses chief. Hierophant-the Aaron Of
the new dispensation, whose presence
rendered the so-called reforma ton
feasible in the highest degree. This
man is Thomas Cranmer, the first
Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury.
THE subject of the present letter was
born July 2 1889 At the age of IL he
was sent by his widowed mother to
cambridge where he entered Jesus col
lege. He became a fellow of his coll
lese in 1911. when he was % years old,
but was obliged soon after to Vacate
his fellowship. having married BLACK
JOAN a relative of the landlady of the
DDlpulu llIl. contrary TO the statutes
of the college. Anyhow. after eXpul-
sion he succeeded in being restored to
the office of lecturer at Magdalen col
lege. His aDOlogists Cand they are le-
gion) pretend that his wife died in child
birth, but this is mere suggestion and
is fatty cOntradicted by honest Pro-
testant writer's. Cranmer, anyhow,
ever fertile in eXpedients, succeeded in
evading the authorities and was re-
stored to his office, where he continued
UNTIL 1928. WHEN HE BECAME A
PRIEST
In the year 1928. during the plague
called the sweating sickness, he left
Cambridge with two of his pupils,
named Greasy. relatives of his through
his mother. where he found the king
boarding with his secretary of state,
Gardiner, and Fox, the kings lord high
salmoner.
These men afterwards became bish-
ops. In Cranmer's interview with
these officials he preached his views
relative 20 the divorce question, de-
clarng that the sentence passed by the
universities as to the validity of
Henry's marriage to Catharine would
suffice without any appeal to the Pope.
The king having heard from his Off
Gals above named Cranmer's views,
ordered him into his presence in these
be sent for out of hand. This man,
trOw. has got the right SOW by the ear
he was ordered Immediately TO pre-
pare an essay on the subject of the dl-
vorce. He accepted the hospitality of
Sir Thomas Boleyn, already ennobled
by the title OF Earl of Wiltshire by
the prostitution of his daughter Anne
as concubine of Henry, where Cranmer
resided for some time, preparing his
thesis on the divorce All this, as TO
facts, is recorded in the Encyclopedia
Britannica (Cranmer). Cranmer was
appointed archdeacon of Taunton and
royal chaplain. to which was added
parochial benefce In 1880, an embas-
sv. headed by Cranmer and the new
Earl Of Wiltshire Cannes degenerate
father. visited Rome. The Pope hon
ored Cranmer with the title Of Grand
Penitentiary. but
HIS ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF
THE DIVORCE PROVED TO
BE FUTILE.
He returned via Germany. He re-
manned only a short time in England,
when he was again deputed to visit
Germany, and while there he tarried
some time at Nuremberg with Osian-
der. and became enamOred of the lat
ter's niece. Margaret. going through
the formula of marriage early in
1892 (Ency Brit.) Before l proceed
further. reverend sir. let us reflect on
Cranmer's new situation. He is al
priest Of the Church, had taken his vow
of celibacy at his ordination. As such
he derived a fat living from his arch
deaconry Of Taunton. as royal Chaplain
and parochial benefice. Added to this,
when the weight of testimony Protest
anti points 10 the fact that BLACK
I3ess' was yet living when he made his
gov of celibacy by going through the
mockery Of another marriage with Osi-
ander's niece. what language, / ask.
can adequately measure up to the in
fanny Of this vile bigamist and vow
breaker When we once more reflect
on the association Of Cranmer at this
period. we find all in good keeping. He
lived beneath the roof of a man whose
new title was the price paid for the
prostitution of his daughter, and
whose wife Lady Boelyn. now Coun-
tess of wiltshire was not only con-
srious Of the relations between the
king and her daughter. but who after
wards upbraided the king with his i'm
proper relations with herself before he |
ascended the throne, the fruit Of which
was their daughter. Anne.
It is no easv matter to take a duly
appreciative diagnosis of Cranmers /
part in this filthy and brutal medley. |
Himself a higamist, a violator of vows
that contravened both the civil and &C. 1
clesiastical laws Of the realm. intimate |
" associated with and residing beneath |
the roof of a family fattening on the /
lust Of brute king with himself while |
the head Of that family. had journeyed |
with him on an embassy to Rome to |
seek to
DISSOLVE AN HONEST MARRIAGE
for the purpose of making the daugh-
ter Of the house AN honest WomanF |
The HISTORY of England never before !
bore testimony to. "Horresco referensH'
an aggregation Of crime and criminals !
analogous to this. The Christian min
lister tho imDersonation of the worst !
crimes in the calendar mixed up, for |
the purpose of aiding and abetung |
therein in a plot that for infamy ana
righteousness history fails to record It's |
equal
Aud vet. yourself. Reverend Sir, and
those who think with you. regard this |
trio oe malefactors as the apostles Of |
the new dispensation authorized by God |
to dispense a pure gospel TO the CHRIS |
Lan world Collier informs US that !
when questioned by Henry, whether |
his bed chamber would stand the test |
of the six oracIes. Cranmer replied that |
he had sent his wife back to Germany.
ADroDos Of this wife. He is said to |
have brought her to England in a large !
chest. which being landed at Grave !
send. and set on the wrong end, the /
poor woman saved her life by crying /
out. This is attestec TO by Parsons, VINO 1
learned it from Cranmer's daughter-in- /
law. then living. 1t is also admitted by /
Mason in his defense of English conse-
Crations
But let us proceed with Cranmer's !
carrying out OF the divorce business.
Rome's delay in deferring TO Henry's |
appeal and the absolute necessity for |
speedy action owing 10 Anne's delicate |
condition cOmpelled Henry to hasten