The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25

Episcopal church which is recognized
as one of the chief in this country in
the support of the high-church idea.
The services of the Church of st.
extreme elaboration unsteady and for
their similarity to those Of the Roman
Mary the Virgin has, for instance, sew
eral confessionals, and on the walls the
stations of the cross which one sees in
every Roman Catholic church which
has sufficient funds to buy them. Suss-
tar also are vessels of ever burning
incense. In the altar is a tabernacle
for the reservation Of the sacrament
after it has been consecrated for use
in communicable" the sick.
The church has not gone 50 far as
the Roman Catholic church in it's teach
ing about the communion. In the Ro-
! man Catholic church it is taught that
the, bread and 4the wine actually become
the body and the blood of the Christ.
At the Church Of St.. Mary the Virgin
the teaching regarding the sacrament
is that the body of Jesus is present,
but in a form not perceptible to the
| senses. "
In the confessionals the clergy Of st.
| Mary the Virgin listen to confessions
| of sin from penitent members Of the
congregation, and grant absolution for
sin and infict penance; but confession
is not, obligatory, as in the Roman Cath
Ollie church.
Connected with the Church Of St..
der of the Holy Nativity, a sisterhood
whose members have taken the vow Of
celibacy for life. ~ ..
Music plays an important part in the
service. There are two cholrs, one a
surpliced, male choir, occupying seats
choir, stationed in the gallery at the
rear. The communion service, or mass,
as it is called, is sung, the clergy wear
ing special eucharistic vestments thru it.
At the high mass, the congregation does
not receive the sacrament. At all the
other communion services it does. As
in the Roman Catholic church, the sac
rament is elevated. Thru high mass, as
in the similar service in the Roman
Catholic church, candles and gong are
used, but the service is entirely in Eng
lish, and there are no additions to the
phraseology Of the service contained II
the prayerbook Of the Protestant Epis
} copal church.
According to those who support the
ritualistic or High church movement
the services and practices which arr
church party, are simply restoration
of the ritual of the church as it was a
the time Of the Reformation. NOTHING
illegal is done. At the time when th'
Roman Catholic church was disestab
lished in England, only certain beliefs
practices and forms were legislatet
Z against. The chief Of these were tn
divine authority Of the pope and Mari
: olatary, or the worship of the Virgil
Mary. In the Roman Catholic churc1
= the Communicates could receive only tn
, bread in the communion. This wa
. changed so that they could receive wha
> are technically called both kinds-tha
is, the bread and the wine. A numbe
} of the forms and practices in the Roman
church were continued, however. Whe!
: the Puritan element became so stronI
that anything that recalled the Roma,
: church was regarded as abhorrent, til
. services and practices were great
a modified, The High church party is en-
, gagged in an effort to restore thes
= obsolete characteristics.
J When asked the other day If it wa
=. possible to go any further in the elabc
3 ration of the ritual Of the Protestan
Episcopal church in the direction take
3 by the high church party, the Rev
G. M. Christian, rector Of the Churc
r of st. Mary the Virgin, replied cate
' gorieally: "The limit has bee
r reached. The Protestant Episcops
church does not permit anything more.