The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-14
Plans for Future
Have Not Been
Made.
INTERESTING TALK
ON CHURCH AFFAIRS
Word Anglican Does Not Refer to
English But to Whole Protest.
ant Communion.

AIoT A STICK of the church Prop
" erty and not a dollar is involved d
a in the merging of the Anglican
church into the Protestant Episcopal
church In the United States" SAID
Bishop Willis yesterday evening in
talking over the affairs Of the Diocese.
There is but one transfer, and that is
OF the jurisdiction of the Anglican to
the American Protestant church. moth
ing more nor less.
An impression has gained strength
In the islands. and especially a0long
people who have not studied the mat
ter. that the transfer of the property
belonging to the Anglican church cor
poration will be an intricate affair.
This Is not the case at all. Il IS the
simplest matter in the worid, and the
action taken recently by the Synod in
adopting the amended charter TO read
Protestant church in the United
States from that OF Anglican and
book. has completely paved the way for
the change that is to take place in
April next. The property owned by the
Anglican church and held by the Synod
trustees remains under the control OF
the trustees OF the Protestant church
in the Hawaiian Islands. in just the
same manner as the property of the
Hawaiian Reformed Catholic church
passed into the control OF she Anglican
church in 1872. when I came here us
Bishop.
There is an important matter
should like to speak about. An impress
sion has also gone abroad that the An
EIican church means the English
church OF Church Of England Mere
Iy because the word Anglican IS used
IL IS thought 30 refer 20 thc English
church. This Is a misnomer. The
whole Protestant EpiscopJl church,
whether II be in England. the United
States or other portions Of the globe. Is
Anglican in the same sense that it is
opposed to Romanism. Wnen the King
Of the Hawaiian Islands sent an invita-
ton to Canterbury to have Bishop of
the Church OF England sent here to es-
tablish a church. 1 was sent. I found
here the Hawaiian Reformed Catholic
church. founded by Bfsncp Staley. 1t
appeared to me that this title was mis-
leading. as IT gave the impression Of
being a branch OF the Roman Catholic
and not OF the Church ot England.
When a charter was applied for after
nv arrival the title of the corporation
was changed to the Anglican church in
Hawaii The Hawaiian government
granted such a charter, AMI Anglican
church II has remained and viii con-
tinue so until next April.
THE Anglican church in Hawaii Is
not actually a part of the Church OF
England. The Church Of England has
no direct Jurisdiction over the Argii-
can church in these islands. How could
IL have? When the King of Hawaii
sent his invitation to Canterbury. 1t
was to invite ministers Of the Church
of England 10 come to this Kingdom
ss r. then was. to establish a church
based on the doctrines Of the Church
of England England and Hawaii were
separate kingdoms and the Church or
England therefore had 10 right TO eN-
ercise Jurisdiction here, any more tnan
If would In the United states. Hawaii
was not a colony such as Australia /
New Zealand or Canada. \ conpara-
tf,-a case In point was that Of st. Au-
gustfne when he was sent out fron;
Rome to England in the Sixth century
He was sent TO a fOreign country, the
result being the este blishInent a. n sep
arate church there. Il was just the
came here.
II vas Bishop appointed - tn"
Archbishop or Canterbury. 10 whom L
look for my spiritual guidance. but the
physical features OF the church were
. ifferent- The property accumulated
here was the property Of ihe Anglican
church trustees. and as 1t passed rom
The Hawaiian Reformed C1tnpic
,hurch to the Anglican IN 1872. SO viii