Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-16

would have rejoiced with greater Joy" II
adds that as Pope Sylvester held or con-
trolled the mighter sees tmaJores dioceses),
the acts would by him be communicated TO
All. The eighteenth name affixed to this
letter Is that of Adelfius OF Cartoon and
the nineteenth is believed TO be that Of the
bishop OF York. Ii is not easy to see in
the names Of men who attended this conn
Gil and signed the above expressions any
symbol or proof Of continuity with a church
which since its foundation has denied any
SHADOW or papal supremacy and never been
IN spiritual communion with the see Of
Rome.
The claim to any part or fellow ship TN
the prereformation religious life Of elias
tonbnry Abbey rests on a stil more slender
Iouhdatlon owing to the great antiquity
OF the abbey, its origin 10 shrouded in le-
gends, but even these bear witness To the
sentiments and faith Of the community
which gave rise to them. The monks boast
cd that about one hundred years after Jo-
seph OF Armathea, the first brot herhood at
Glastonbury was established by the mis-
sionaries sent from Rome to Britain by
Pope Eleutherius. And Roman did the alb
hey remain until the period of the reTor-
nation. One instance of the submission
of Glastonbury to Rome may be cited rs va =
rying somewhat upon those very stones re-
Gently given To the Washington diocese.
In the latter part OF the twelfth century
and into the thirteenth Glastonbury WIS
distracted by a contest between the monks
or the abbey and the bishop Of Bath an
to take possession OF the revenues OF the
abbey and the monks resisted what they
considered his usurpation of their rights
The case reached the ears OF the pope In
nocent III decided that the abbey should he
merged into the see Of Bath and Glaston-
bury and that Savaric should have one
fourth OF the property as belonging to his
see. This ended the contest 1t was a
solution that could not have been pleasing
to the abbey. but Rome had spoken the
cause was finished Savarfc's successor
! rehnquished his rights I'm the property to
the abbey authorities. IL would be or some
! interest Just now ST some one could Identify
the stones which to form the chair OF
the bishop of Washington and inform us II
they were Included i'm the one-fourth OF
the property accorded by Innocent III to
the bishop of Bath or I'm the three fourths
the pope did not allow him to retain
The Inmates of Glastonbury Abbey were
| men bound by monastic vows were subject
/ to the canon laws of Rome, Acknowledged
| the supremacy Of the pope. said mass in
Latin. raised affairs to the Virgin Mary
! believed In the Invocation OF saints and tho
encacy OF relics, in purgatory and prayers
Tor the dead. memorial of Glastonbury
! cannot therefore symbolic any continuity
| between a religious system which eniotned
! such practices and beliefs and one which
condemns public prayer In the church IN
| a tongue not understanded Of the people |"
| regards the sacrifice of the mass as
| 'blasphemous fables and dangerous de-
| ceits,' brands the doctrine of purgatery
| and Invocation of saints las repugnant TO
the word of God denies the supremacy OF
the popes and rejects the Roman canon
| law NJ