The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-24

OIL the vneOTV OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. W 49,
priests. and still more by the priors. to secure
the veneration and obedience OF those to whom
they minlstered. He declared that nothing
was more horrible TO him than the Idea that
every celebrating priest made the body Of
Christ; the mass. he said. was q false miracle,
invented for mundane purposes. II Is now
generally acknowledged that the power
Of the clergy l. strongest with those peoples
who believe In Observation-Disclosures We should
at the same time bear in mind that, although
WyciGe. in arguing against the orthodox
view of the Real Presence. put forward forcibly
the evidence OF the senses and laid stress on
the absurdity Of the useless miracle performed
many times a day. often by the lowest type
Of priest, he never went further In his depre-
citation Of tho sacrament than the position
generally known a. Consubstantiation. The
Eucharist always presented to him a mystery.
He believed the BODY was in some manner
present. though how he did not really know.
He was only certain that bread was present
also. With regard to the other sacrainents
Wyclife deprecated the Importance then
attached to them. though he made an exception
in favor OF matrimony. lie, himself, did not
propose to reduce their number. although
the change effected by the Protcstants Of a
later age was in perfect accord with his prin-
ciples. Unquestionably. his view Of penanoe,
extreme JUNCTION and holy orders was very
different from that OF the Catholic Church.
ContemporarIes held the distinguishing feature
of his sect 10 be n intimidation Of the miracn-
lous power attributed To the church sacraments
and OF the peculiar saving qualities Inscribed to
ceremonies. PRAYERS and pardons.
Wyclinc nointed M, thu, there was another
road 10 salvation. namely. a godly life. fe
| thought the religious world had been led astrsy
and In pursul, of formulas was forgetting the
eesence OF Christianity. He considered that
intonina and elaborate singing took the mind
! of the meaning of the nraver. he Judged nlso
| that the splendid architecture and eaudy deco
ration OF churches drew away the minds Of
the worshippers. Ue and his disciples declared
, that preaching was the frst duty of clerpymen.
and Of moro be,e6t IN tho laitv tban anv sacro-
| ment, The sermon WINS the special veanon Of
these early rcformers. II was tho distinruish-
| ing mark Of Wyc,iNe'. Poor Priest With re-
gard to the questions OF imare-wor.hip and the
! cultus of saints. Wvcline bimself neyer looked
forward TO m iconoclastic crusade such ms chor-
acteri,ed the tri,,,nnh Of. his nrincinle. in the
sixteenth century. Neither did he eycr do
nounce PRAYERS 10 saints As necessarily wrong
Ncyertheless he exposed tho errors md the
| idolatry that actually resulted from saint
worship and from the nresence or images in
church. and went 50 FAR as N nronouncs u
better 70 NM , psncral ,rus, II, Tho rr,vers u,
saint. than N nav ,,diyiduo, ho,oro 20 ,nr o,
them. The life Of tho Virgin Mar bo be,d IN
40 n, examnls IN all vomo, hu, .,.o, 20 bar
no did NOT advise nco,,a to nray us soI,ou-
era soon heca,re ,,o,e d,stInc,ly ;co,oc,,s,i,
| than their founder and regarded s,in,s s,irts.
davs and ,o,,,- u,orshIn With a ho,ror ,hioh
be never a,nrassad a.. ,iars . a,,ino,ion
| md ano.,olic s,cc..sion ~.ra -, o,urso 30
rsticsl He taught roo,Io 20 Loeb % 49,,
worth ~ , ua, not % his rosi,io, In ,.o oh,,rob
For crown and clo,b m.la M rrisst rnr ,,o
| F,nncror'. pishon with HE rords h,, na,,ar
| that Chrtst cive,h and thus h.. lcht oro nrios,s
| known" Tn. pono h,d No nl,oo In u,,o,,c.,.
FREQ church q, all Christian man. 81, hon .,r
tho, Cbr,s,.s church ror., b,,o had horaan
| earth sooth ~ /. for Chr,st 70 IN. haod ,h,t 49,,
he bers with tho church urtu ,ho Az ~ 49,, "
pis rom n,eta ren,d,,tion a, nor,, ou,hori,r
was tho las, .,,ro ~ a lon, rroooss tn nnsi
tive b.s,s uhioh Uro,iro 90, v, a. nI,o.a -
Iuts church or,hor,ty rra. ,ha mr. W. a.,
.,oo,,, 81. 60 do,o.o. a. ~ It,. ."".
IN Wyc,,,s and h,s -,o,,owsrs n : amona H. ,.,a.
prrit,r. ne oro, d.o,a,aS 49,, g. -, o..
| onlv ground Coz hou.r a. Chris.
o,tsn t.-.oa,nn o,.h. w,o,,n..
and ~ ,h.ir .dh.-.,,. -.
neon,e wa soom "a ho ro,din, -, ~. En.;oh
Nonoon,o-ro,s, .oo,s ,n h...w~,..n, -.
rb.v ,ooL IN. ,sad,os, ,na No., .r.,.u.us.
a, staining What ,boy d.orood idoI,,r, a., a.
nouncin, tho cuIt n, i,oo.os o,tocothsr =,
,as, ,hoy n,,,od dou,r n Co.,. -, q, C...
and snl, 1, ,or sror,ood Thor .,,o,nrtot 49,
w.
nouncsd "st MAJ % 1trooi," as ~ We
~ J,roo,n rha nrao.bor. co,,a ho oaan,
recorn,zcd nv tho,r long russo,-co,o,od roun.
WITH doen noclats ,be,r necr,,ar onnon, ,n
ter,,rdod With nbrosos a, scr,n,u,o Emo
thy ~ Thai, dsmsoro, ,h.,r h.hi, =, hor,..
ev.rv sru,ment on soms in;unc,io, ,ornd -
s0od,s Law ard their abborrenco q, ,ha oou
mon oath. a, tho day for which ,hor s,h.,,
tr,ad Il am .,,e 81 is sooth "-w,,ho,, domh,
q Ia sos Tbov rre,obod M doo,rin. ar
vard1o NJ .oci,l order nv hos,,,. % ,ov 400
srtv. IN Tho CONTRARY ,bsy cultivated ,ho ,,i.,a
shin not onlv NJ mo rich citizen. hn, -, ,ho
knights and ren,rv Tho nrotsc,ior s,d a.
,istance afforded them bv many Iardlords IN
the latter wears Of Tho four,esn,h cen,urv v..
calculated ~ ,t.s,f % ins,il into Tho ,ninda =,
the nreacb.r. The distraction tho, W,o,i0a 49,
m.ds bstw.a, cler,ca, ana Law rronor,v IT,.
relation or tho IoIIords IN Tho r,i,n, o,,as.s
In ,be towns VS. of tho esn,e frie,d,, oh.,oo,ar
Thcre "a No doub, ,ba, aha nroach,ru =, Az.
so-o,Iiod Poor pries,r WAS conducted rJ,h ON
snergv md an enthusiasm ,ho, nrod,,ad on.x
tr,ordlnarv eNeo, n was asser,ed nv oro =,