The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-24
The Catholic" Party OF the Episcopal
Church Defended.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuS-Sir In the
sense that II is set forth in The SuN. there ia
DO revolutionary movement" In the Episco-
pal Church. and there Is no party or section
OF party advocating ultimate submission
or surrender to the Bishop Of Rome or any
other foreign prelate. II there Is a revolu-
tonary element In the Church it IL one which
seeks TO restore the cathollcity Of the original
Anglican communicable catholicity Of the
undivided. historic Church. and not that
catholicity which we consider has been grad
ually added to and is weighted with modern
accr etions
The Catholic party In the Anglican Church
the world over maiptains that that Church
Is true branch Of the one Catholic and AMOS.
tolic Church. OF which the Greek Catholic. or
Orthodox. and the Latin Churches are also
branches. The views. doctrines and dog
mas OF the so-called Ritualists are not new
they are as old as Christianity itself--and
that there Is revolutionary, -RomanizinR-
movement among them they emphatically
dispute
The practices and ritual which are TO be
seen in the Church OF st Mary the Virgin, St
lenatius's and other New York parishes can be
seen and could have been seen for years in this
city and In PRACTICAL all sections of the coun-
Try, The party holds fast 10 the doctrine Of
the original Anglican communion which was
t tSst OF ne ao undivided CATHOLIC Church OF
Immaculate Conception or any other doctrine
peculiar to the Latin Church Because much
those OF the Roman Catholic body. 1t does not
signify. as many persons and secular papers
. seem to believe: that they were adapted from
The Anglican Church has it, errors Ger
family many Of which are due TO the laxness
o. the methods OF Protestants; who. years ago.
that all true religion dated from the battle
q the boyns. or some other great event In the
olies and the reform forces Of that dsy.
SSs(, s5tSo &c s;se q
Who riddle the Bibis and assam the 0 sstsb-
ping short Of denying the Lord Himself Il
y Against these misunderstanding elements that
the Cstholis Party ,s stands ss bulwark
as well a.. from foes without
., ke g. fds tie c9t,re Of nona.tic extrem
est THE srN to know that their orasntsation
is not recognized by the Episcopal Church or
any diocese IN it The Lamp Is not a paper
who Is said to be paying Peters pence to
The sishop Of Rome, IS 1,ominsIly attached to
opal Church Working {or me sns Spi Of
his ordination vows and has made himself
- The ofieiai organ and mouthpiec. Of til.
lns on 'sf ISsea c SHsy is .h hs
New York. II the attitude Of this class OF
S On G !. In doubt in any quarter. 1t can
other publication is authorized to speak FOR
that party In the Church at large in the United
The small colony on the Hudson-whioh
seems to have imbued some people with
trDb ae9 that GathO
Society OF the Atonement the renarkahie
ntterances OF one or two OF whose members
aso-is not in the Episcopal Church s1tboSas
u so-called extreme Hish Churchmen are
paiisns 90 to The latin chare q Il E E sS.
formerly resided in New England becams
one OF them has hecn Roman Catholic ali |
his life. while the other con vert was a Preeby.
terrain before his entry into the Episcopal |
On the. other hand, there is a priest in the |
Episcopal Church in Boston who was formerly |
there are one or two such In New York citv.
charles sse eoT Trds Fl t0nd dS Lac the Rev
other day. In the same diocese. a Roman
catholic congregation Of seventv-three fami- |
copal fold There. was no proselyting These
facts are not cited in any sense as an attack
On the Roman Catholic Church. but are eiver
Tor surprising there is revolutionary move
mont AT work In the latter corrmur ion ma
here IL for claiming that "Romanizine" move
nent exists IN the Anglican BODY The djo-
cese OF Fond du Lac. IL might be added. is
known far and wide as probably the most
'ad vanced- diocese In the American church
Its Bishop. Bishop Coad tutor and many of the
,ther. clergy are well-known advocates OF
'o-called Rituali.m. every parish but one IN !
he Jurisdiction HAVING a liohted altar |
REGARDING the Fnelish Church IL can he |
tated that there are no stronger advocates
nc Disorders u Is true that occasionally
IN extremist creates trouble in the Church OF |
IN Gland. such SIS the Rev Father Evans until
atelv vicar OF 81 Michael's Shoreditch but Is
fair TO blame the Catholic party for such
asesS The Enrlsh Church Union the
fYlcial organization Of the party. condemns
UGH eycesses as unsparinely as do Others
won wien Father Evans was obiiged TO aban-
an communion
In conclusion. allow me 10 remind Won that
here IS among Catholics In this Church an
ther Interpretation OF the Saviour ann ounce
nept: Thou art Peter. and on this Rock I
rill build My Church &c. which appears in
quotation given bv "rt itas" The inter
rotation Is that Christ Himself was the rock
A. long a. the Episcopal Church teache.
nd allows the tea ching Of Catholic principles.
er Catholic members. IN ever Increasing
umbers and In duenCN will In lovsI |