The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-02-08
LIFE OF I, c "a !. 4 Wo {, IA,

-, LIFE Oh CARDINAL WOLsEY.
= = ~ 0mas Wolsey, Legate and Reformer.
y Ryn,. Et Iahr = Taunton. s5 net. New
Ethelred g. Taunton is an English Ro-
man Catholic priest. He is the author Of
vd5n,n Of Jesuts in England and this
light. Although a Catholic, the work is
permeated with an evident desire for the
plain lam truth !, Tauntons estimate of the car
Shakespeare, who in his Henry VIII. rep
Had l but served my God with half the
I served my King, He would not in mine
Have left me naked to mine enemies..v
The author claims that Shakespeare
about Cardinal Wolsey in the time OF
# the several propositions Of this latest
work on the, primate are to be accepted,
tirely. that Of the churchman-able, studi.
GUS, loyal and in the end self-sacrificing.
he IS represented as ambitious, chiefly for
hlg c9urehS sake The plendor Of his
glory of his Office. His intimacy with
Henry, II due to a love Of power, was due
also to love for the advancement and
his MasteT Fea eSen t Hhea neggetia
lions over what the writer calls 1.-THE Di-
yorce, Henry's ambassador fell because
Henrys desires suffered through the lie
gates determination to preserve intact the
power of Rome.
b, One thing is, however, certain. That is
the cardinals faith in education, which is
fa ate by the historic Christ Church, Col
The author commends Wolsev for his sup
pfSsslonsof Luther's writings in England
and, for Lis deathbed advice to Henry:
request his grace, in Gods name, that
ne have a vigilant eye to depress the new
pern1c1Ous, sect of Lutherans, that it do not
increase within his dominions through his
negligence, in such sort as that he shall
back to subdue them.' 4'5 :
Regarding the liberality of mind Of the
cardinal ,(n Mr.; Taunton says:
Enough stern toward false teaching, and
minded cardinal had pity on those who,
through Ignorance, had become infected.
Not one Of the many brought before the
was burnt; And this Christian tolerance
on the part of Wolsey is all the more cred
ltaole When we recall the hideous cruelties
the latter years Of Henry, and in the reign
OF MS daughters. Mary and Elizabeth
A beautiful picture is included in this
last chapter, 1.-THE Cardinals Greatness y
eumens while on his. way to Cawood castle
during that memorable last journey, Gun
til constrained for WEAKNESS to sit down
IN a chair, the number of children was
and then went to supper and rested him.
self there all that night. The next morn
Ing IN before setting out, he laid hands on
he rode on in the crisp air of a Yorkshire
morning, ne found grouped around a stone
cross which stood on a little green near
Ferrybridge, group of nearly two hun
dred children waiting for. the archbishop
to confirm them. At once he alighted from
his mule and administered the sacrament
under the canopy of heaven p.
This comprehensive volume on the life
OF so prominent cleric will prove of great
interest. Father Taunton does not treat
more than the ecclesiastic features of the
great Cardinals life, but he treats these
in Interesting detail. The book is illus
trated with twenty one good engravings of
famous char" cters and cathedrals.
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