The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-03-22

tlhcluulng that of the Immaculate Con
cepuom in the Episcopal church ant
TO hasten the time when Anglicans will
return to their allegiance to the hol,
see This order, called the Society o
the Atonement, in an official statemen
Oh its principles, says: THE societA
further believes that the see of Peter
Is to this very day the city of Rome
and that Leo XIII, the Roman pontiff
sitting in the chair of Peter, is the
vicar of Jesus Christ and by divine
right the universal shepherd over the
flock of Christ. This being so, church
unity can only be realized by all the
bishops of the world acknowledging the
supremacy of the bishop of Rome as
the successor of st. Peter and being
reconciled with him.
When these earnest men are asked
why they don't make their own sub
mission to the Holy See, if they see so
plainly the duty to do so, they reply
that they think the Anglican COM
munion ought to return as a whole,
and they cherish the hope that. before
that day comes, Rome may possibly
reconsider her recent decision. and rec
ognize their orders.
In England the cause is ably cham
pioned by Rev. Spencer Jones, NJ. A,
rector of Moreton-in- Marsh, who has
just published, through Longmans,
Green & Co. d remarkable book Eng
land and the Holy See-An Essay To-
wards Reunion This book has a
eommendatory introduction by Lord
Halifax, the foremost layman in the
high church ranks in England
Mr.. Jones does not mince matters,
but states his position with great clear
ness and force: The possibility of re
union with the Holy See" he tells US
has become a necessity of thought"
tp. Cd He quotes with approval the
following from the historian Duchesne:
' England is, of all nations in the world,
hat one whose ecclesiastical origins are
mixed most evidently with the apostolic |
see of Rome" But the trend of his ar
sument is best brought out by quoting |
some of the fundamental propositions
which he lays down at the beginning of |
lis book:
I'D That Chr:stendom is divided
gainst itself
'(S) That our Lord meant us to be
ne.
"(9)That a divine ideal must be cap
BILE of fulfIlment.
"Q0) That as a matter of history. no
Their form or principle of government
as been able to come near to the Holy
ee in its power to keep together in
lie bond of living fellowship so many
.ousands of Christians
"QD That the communion of Rome is
in the record of scripture. (
l thank God that your faith is spoken
throughout the world'D and appears
once unique and conspicuous in the $
lbsequent records of the church
"Q2) That the see of Rome is the {
costello see, and is destined to be-
me the visible center of Christen- !
I'M. :
"u3) That Rome is, in fact, the
other of English Christianity.
40 That reunion for the English |
urch signifies reunion with the !.
urch of Rome :
"G5) That England cannot formally a
main as she is; except in so far as she c
infallible. ]
90 That Rome cannot formally |
ase to be what she is, since she claims y
be infaIliblevi7
All this will show how far the adj a
need school h9sTleft the old-fashioned b
sh churchman behind. Unlike the Il
ter, this party ,of reunion endeavors y
see how much of agreement with W
me is possible, instead of emphasize n
|; differences, and it very frankly adj al
is that the Anglican communion can -.
ange, because it has done so, but a,
me cannot. Therefore Anglicans CO
'uld, so far as possible, conform to sc
Requirements of Rome. if reunion is ht
r to be brought about Mr.. Jones re
TX is a model Of perfect courtesy and .
dliness of tone, with not a shade of be
Lerness towards any who differ from hc
!. 1t is a most interesting, and. in m
d, an epoch-making book. 81
JESSE ALBERT LOCKE. W,
range, n. j., March {, 1902. cl;
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