The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-19
Reverend p. W. Fauntleroy Says
Pastoral Document R"pudiateS
Fundamental Doctrines.
ALLEGATION OF BETRAYAL.
Pastor of Mount Calvary Says He
Must Sound Warning Be
cause Salvation Is
Involved.

! The Reverend =. ". Fsuntleroy caused
g. stir among his parishioners at Mount
! ca'vary Episcopal Church yesterday
I y ,rr.u. hy declaring that the House OF
, Sishopf in q recent pastoral letter had
been betrayed .i;o r"pIdilting beyond all
CONTROVERSY Fundamental doctrines OF the
I Eagiish i:e.5rnatioa
! He said that l.e fnlt constrained 20 COM
menj on the document. and TO sound the
/ warning sine. il Is a point of vital i'm
/ i,rjIuca To tho members of the church
and that it involved his own. as well as
/ tie salvation Of his flock. II it be heed
I'd. we'll; and Z not. then bear me witness
/! that ! have done what / could TO avert
disaster" were his concluding remarks.
Mr.. Fauntleroy took for his text:
And one shall say unto him, What
are these Wounds in thine hands? and he
shall answer. those with which ! was
wounded in the house OF my friends. "
Zach. xiii g lie saiG. in part:
Since these words are commonly un-
! der$tood TO refer to our Savio-'s suffer-
lugs. am deeply and. trust. duly. sen
| s!h.a Of The care required III applying tE"m
10 anything else. Eut approaching this
| subject in this spirit. feel IUiIy warrant
| ed IN applying them to certain PORTIONS of
! the pastoral letter recently issued 10y ou:
! house OF Bishops, and required by tae
| canon Law OF the church 10 De read To
tne.r tocks by all ministers having pare
! cuIa. charges.
''r.rst take it. no fault will lie found
| win the assumption that the House OF
! Bishops is the house OF his friends and
| secondly, no CEUrCnman Will hesitate L.
, admit that the mystical body OF Christ,
winch Is the blessed company OF ali faith
| lul People has been mos; grievous.y
/ wounded IN the house Of his friends, Ii
| trin.s OF the IIusiiSh Reformation.
| And, therefore, l state not the whole,
| but part OF my case, when / assert
| that beyond all controversy the pastoral
| letter IN question does repUdiate fUnda-
| mental doctrines Of the EusAsl Retorma-
| tiOn.
But the pastoral letter is intended TO
| Dc. and purports to be, the solemn, de-
! lberate expression Of the whole House
! OF BiSnops OF the Protestant Episcopal
| Church in the. United States. who are
the oivineiy appointed and commissioned
representatives and successors of the col
| !ege OF the original twelve apostles. and
consequently ii must be admitted that
any charge against such Il body is d
! most solemn and serious matter. and
I should not pe preferred 'uuaGv!Sedly or
| lightly. hut revereutiy. dlsCreetiy. ad-
Tlseziiy, soberly and in the fear Of God
! And, again, the seriousness and i'm
| r-ortanCe OF such a change demand The ut
/ most precision and care that the exact
charge be understood. and. therefore. at
the very outset Of this discussion ! de-
| sire 10 make Two statements: First, that
| while have no doubt Of the fact that this
letter does r.pUdiate fundamental doc
trines OF the reformation and OF that
| branch of the church TO " fIiCh we belong.
Vet DO not believe that saiu letter, in re-
spects shall specify. represents or reflects
| the sentiment or convictions of tho House
of Bishops, but OF some few Bishops in
that house, and that the House Of Bishops
! has been inadvertently betrayed into such
repudiatIon-lnadvsr on their part,
and. possibly inadvertently on the part of
| the lnGITlGual Trainer of the letter. but
| whether inadvertently or adYiseGIy Vet
in truth and in fact betrayed into such re-
pudiation.
And. secondly. desire to say that one
OF my chief objects. and my hope and
prayer in making this charge. Il that MEM
bers of the House CT Bishops Will come
forward and Openly proclaim, what I oe-
ileve to be the faCI-that said pastoral let
ter does not truly represent their senti-
ments on the points herein brought in
question.
But. whether this be 50 or not and
even should there be some esprit de corps
which may prevent any such disclaimer.
or should the insisniticanCe OF the aCcuser
| rring about the same result, yet / feel that
something will be gained by arousing the
true and faithful ones in the church TO
the alarming condition which confronts
the friends and followers OF the English
Reformation and the cause of the Chris
tian religion.
That portion Of the letter to which /
. I ~. itaLS lIlGS. he period of Inc
reformation was inevitably. period of
the birth Of new formuaries. as We'll as of
the recovery OF lost ideals: but the church
cannot afford to forget that in exalting
such Tormularles into an identity with the
essential symbols of the catholic faith
she has been binding upon mems con-
sciences burdens heavy 10 be borne. If
| the church Of some of these, We may not
confuse that struggle for apostolic sim
piicity with the profane lconoClasrn which
h.a -Npfa
! historic faith
Now. then. the alarming situation and
danger confronting Us consist In the fact
that by the plain and unmistakable lam
{ Suage here quoted distinct!vely. reforma-
ton formularies are herein repudiated by
. Bishops in and Of the Reformed Church.
, and modern Christianity is here con-
trasted with reformation period. Chris
ttanity. and Is justified in seeking 10 'un-
load the church of some of these reforma-
ton formularies. II IS said that the
, church cannot afford TO forget that in
/ eXalting such formularies into an identity
> with the essential symbols of the catholic
, | faith. she has been binding upon mems
> consciences burdens heavy to be borne
=: and so You will observe that the charge
5 herein made by the pastoral letter is that
the church has exalted the reformation
, formularies complained of into an identity
! with the essential symbols of the catholic
= faith, meaning. doubtless. the historic
crseds.
!. Now, If we take this language literally
i, it will be made to state what everyone
KNOWS to be untrue, since no one mas ever
imagined that any reformation foruu'
; laTles are identical with the creeds. mucf
e less that the church has made them so. as
2 is here alleged. But what the church die
3 do. and what must be understood of ths
8 complaint made in the letter. was Il
: adopt certain forInuarles of doctrine aS
q setting out IN a. fuller manner what tbs
Q church regarded as essential articles oi
, faith and. of course. no thinking man car
= deny that whatever doctrines are set ou
= in these formularies are constituent parts
S | of the church's doctrine and binding on al
her members. They are Just as certainly
| binding on them as are the creeds them
| selves. and loyalty and fatthfulness Il
| that church require that all her members
and especially her Bishops and other min
;. | lsters. who are profeSsedly and admitted
| - stewards and ministers of the doctrine.
| Of the churCll-those found in the accepted
=, | formularies az we'll ms those in the creed.
= that all should accept and Tnaintain suct
n doctrines.
h And SO far as faithfulaess and loyalt,
to the church are concerned. it is not ant
| cannot he made a question whether thest
{ repudiated fornUlaries are true and cor
|. rect. nor whether the reforme-s acteC
wisely in adopting them: only admit til,
d them a part of her doctrine and the con
{ clusion Is inevitable that her ministers ar.
| in very faith!ulress bound 10 accept them
y ITO quote the language of the letter It
J. self IT one finds. whatever his office O
n place in the church. that he has lost hi
r hold upon her fundamental verities. then
In the name OF common honesty, let hir