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lied" by "the church" If it be nee
essary to have church authority to at
test the fact that Henry VIII did es-
tablish the Church of England, we are
not wanting even then. / refer you to
the Roman Catholic Church. The
mother knows the date of the childs
birth better than the child.
1 have studied the fathers" under
wise and able tutor They are inter-
esting in showing us that Christianity
was early introduced into England.
Mr.. Strong's quotations from them
show this. Nobody has ever questioned
that facteThere was not only a church
but many churches in England long
before Henry was born. While his
quotations show that there were
churches and Christians there before
Henry VIII they do not show that
what is now known as 1.-The Church of
England existed before Henry's day.
Wants No Confusion.
Let not the reader be confused on the
point. A church, or churches in Eng
land does not mean 1.-THE Church of
England" His reasoning in brief is
as follows: There were Christians in
England in the early years of the Chris
tian era; there is the Church of Eng
land" in England now; therefore, @.
r. D. That reasoning reminds me of
and is on par with the. country Bap-
tist who became enamored with the
idea of a succession of Baptist churches
and to support his theory he reasoned
thus: There was John the Baptist
in the beginning; here am now; there
fore O. e. d. Admitting that this
is a little mysterious, said he. 1--WE will
conclude the service by singing. God
Moves in a Mysterious Way His Won
ders to Perform
- 4,nr ~,
I England from the earliest days, 1--WE
know not just what date, II introduce
ed by Paul, we know that he organ
, lied churches" and taught them to
recognize the cival government, or
power that be-" and did not teach
them to try to become the power that
be'O. One thing is certain; for centur-
les before Henry VIII the Roman
Catholic Church was the dominant
church in England. Henry VIII, and
those with him in authority were Cath
Ollie. What is now known as 1.-THE
Church of England" did not exist
prior to Henry. but is ''the product of
emancipation from the Church of
| Rome; and it's history begun with the
reign of Henry VIII, when breaking
with the Pope, he was declared head
of the church" Catholic church,, Sin
| his dominions." "It was a political
necessity to which Henry VIII. resort
ed in order to accomplish and JUS
tify his divorce from Catherine.
and marriage with Anne Boleyn. ="
| Henry declared himself the "chief pro-
| tector, the only supreme lord and head
| of the" (Catholic) church and clergy
| in England" Then he brought over
with him body and booth" the people,
the property and the creed of the Cath
! Ole Church, which up to that time was
/ the dominant church in England He
! established new church upon the old
| foundation. Statements to prove that
the present established church of Eng
land so existed before the time of
Henry suffers from "a chronic absence
| of facts"
The fact that Henry took with him
| the Prayer Book" "the bishops. saw
ing Fisher and Gardner" "the clergy
in their cures" and the articles of faith
of the Catholic Church argues in favor
of his establishing the Church of Eng
| land out of the Catholic Church rather
| than part from IT, So argues "Bishop
| Hall 1874 A. D.: BE it known to ali
| the world that our church is only re-
] formed or repaired, not made a new
there is not one stone of new foun-
dalton laid by us: yea. the old walls
still stand-the walls which the Cath
Ollie Church builded. Henry did not
desire to become entirely separate from
the Catholic Church. But owing TO his
corrupt life and intractability he and
his were cut off by the mother church.
Being thus separated, they formed what
Is now known as the Church OF Eng
land. If Henry and his came not out
from the Vatican. why this longing and
knocking for recognition there?
Other Churches Unchurched.
Speaking OF the Church OF England
he says: "She unchurches no other
church" She teaches that Protestant
dissentive are In schism. and their
ministers. not being In the Apostolical
succession, have no authority to teach.
and cannot administer the sacrament .
n this ~ not "A wholesale unchurching
OF all dissentive. words fan 10 have
a meaning. The only way 10 harmo-
nizc his words with these teachings.
n not 20 recognize any body Of dis
hentive as "a church, which the Church
Of England does. Hence, they read