The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

Church. that is with the Church Of Russia,
their answer was In effect that the East
ern Church was so remote that they could
not say. The Russian Church has been
and is. in truth. remote from the life. the
progress. the thought. and the controver-
sizes of the other members OF Christendou.
1t has passed through no crisis under
gone no change analogous either to the
Reformation or to the Roman Catholic re-
action. Such conflicts or controversies as
IL has had have been ceremonial not doc
trinal or spiritual. Its great reformer. II
he can be so called Neon. was thor
ough-goIng ceremonialist and initiated no
doctrinai innovation. The movement OF Its
non-conformists the Starovers is not a
counterpart of that of Protestant uon-cofi-
forn,.Sts but a ritualistic reaction 1t DIFF
fers theologically from the Roman Catho-
lie and the Anglican churches on the ar
ticle In the creed respecting the procession
of the Holy Ghost. But its more practical
ground of difference probably IS its abhor-
renee of images and Of instrumental music
and its practice of baptism by immersion.
1t is more sacramental than the Roman
Catholic Church. administering the com
munion as well as baptism to infants.
While 1t abhors images. II adores pic
lures. provided they are archaic and not
works of art. having an instructive percep-
ton of the tendency Of art to open the
door for humanity. But 1t is less sacer-
dotal. compulsory marriage of the clergy.
instead of celibacy. being its rule. Monas-
tic II is. but its monachism is OF the East
ern and eremitic type. not Ike the active
monachism of the Franciscan. the Dominic
can. or the Jesuit. The Russian Church is
in.arsaiv netional a character slammed
,,non n nv the long struggle for tndenend
once AGAINST the uobammedan Tartars
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siaseieAi eouiiciis- Inc aooh'ioh Vi tue
triarchate removed the last rival OF ms
power. refer the Great wnen asked 10
restore the Once exclaimed. am your
Patriarch, hung down his hunting knife
on the table and said: There Is your Pa
triarch." Attempts have been made both
by Gallicans and Anglieans to negotiate n
union with the Eastern Church as a couu-
terpoise to the Papacy But they have
heen baffied nv the intense nationality and
o,,ionatad ri,uaI,sn ~ the Pnss,,r
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aater int d. c,h,,rcb ,rosar,-ed iuxs that
of Russia IN, ire isoIation and inte,,ec
t,,,I tornor. tbo,,oh .oroe Wild SOFT. haa
been ysner.ted and v,b,Issn, tbreatsnin,,
,vith estr,rtio, tbe Church a. vol, 90
the st.ta bad anneared ON the scane
INTO tbe Rornap Catbo,ic o,b,,rcb rattan
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fro,, bsr ~, 1ras ,,n;5;,, do.ac,;rg the
in,aI1sc, Of an sI,ca+ad nat,o,s While sba
lowed ,os,ora I'll, -, RIA aas;a,,ca ~,
co, ~, be, encvci,ccl ber dec,aration of
panaI infaIlihilitv ber nroc,smat;on az
tho Tunoaculata C,oncan,ion Of r5arv
outside the na1e of tradi,ional a,,,hor;tv
and amepahIa to reason STOOD tha pro-
taztsnt Churches ,,rger,tr,- ,,ressc5 bv
o,,astion as Tn tbe snfficfancv IF the e,,;
dences 6f sunernat,,raI C.brisfi.nitv-
above all Of its vital and f,,nda mental
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