The sun., 1903-06-03
The Ritualistic Conference.

Representatives of the more extreme
High Church, or Ritualistic clergy of
the Episcopal Church are in conference
in New York with view to the main
tenance and defence of Catholic princi-
pies. These clergymen disavow SYM
pathy with the movement for sub
mission to Rome of which the Rev,
SPENCER JONES of England. little
monkish community at Garrison's in this
State and the Rev. ARTHUR l.. LLOYD of
Japan are leaders, with Lord HALIFAX a
somewhat hesitating follower
At vesper service :" at the Church of
st. Ignatius, on Monday. the preacher
explained that the Catholic party of
the Episcopal Church is not the advocate
of plan of unity with the Church of
Rome, and, unquestionably, some of the
stoutest of the opponents of resubmis-
sion are in the ranks Of the Rituaists.
On the side of the Roman Catholics, Epis-
copalian Ritualism is regarded as simply
a phase of Professionalism, or of the e1-
ercise OF tne right of private judgment.
= Do we not see to-day asks Jesuit,
WTlI1LlR III tuC SdlllOlN H HSoccVSSf
zine, rtualistic clergymen and con-
gregations and individual lsymen openly
resisting their Bishops in England and
America and claiming it as right to
follow their own conclusions from Scrip
ture and tradition? The very essence
of Anglcanism, he proceeds to argue, is
the right of private judgment, and, there
fore, no plan for its corporate unity with
Rome is possible; it is fitting vision
in the far-off distance, an illusion, an
ignis tatuus, which leads good men into
the quagmires Of error and spiritual
death" Even if all the Anglican Bish-
OBS rendered submission to the Pope,
how, he asks, could they deliver their
subjects?
The Garrison's Episcopal monk con-
tends that because -the headship OF all
the Russians might be transferred in
single day from the palace of the Car at
ST. Petersburg to the Vatican Of the Su-
preme Pontiff at Rome" the same could
be done with the Church of England; but
the Jesuit writer replies that the cases
are essentially different. "The Greeks
admit teaching authority in their spir-
itual rulers, and therefore if their Bishops
submitted to Rome in body the hocks
would readily follow their shepherds; :"
but if the headship of the Anglicans
was transferred from the palace of King
EDWARD VII. to that of LEO Kill, what
a hubbub of remonstrances and refusals
and rebellons against such an exercise
of spiritual power would at once arise
from Anglican pastors and congrega-
tions, from writer's and speakers Ac-
cordingly, concludes the Jesuit if Angli-
cans are to come to Rome they must
come by individual conversion, after the
manner of NEWMAN and MANNING in
England and many clergymen who have
gone over in this country.
In the parish paper of Grace Emanuel
Church clerical correspondent lanents
this practical Professionalism in the Epis-
vate judgment there are as broad as those
between the divisions of the Protestant
denominations. First is the little Gath
olic" school which advocates resub-
mission and the paying of Peter
Pence, and at the opposite extreme is
the Low Church or Evangelical
party, with the moderate High and
the Broad parties between them
Even where Episcopalians ask other
Episcopalians to join particular parish
says this correspondent, we have first
to 90 into details as to just which one of
our several varieties we happen to be-
long This division of sentiment. going
to fundamental doctrine, is now demon
strated in the agitation over the pro-
posed change OF name of the Episcopal
Church, for the avowed purpose of
getting rid of the term Protestant :"
in the official designation. 1t has been