New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-19
SUCCESSION IN THE ENGLISH CHURCH.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Permit me to set at rest the mind Of the
''Ex-Episcopalian' whose letter appeared in The
Tribune last Sunday. In reply TO his statements
a 8 to where Augustine came from, and by whose
authority he came. would state that the Church
in Britain had been in existence two hundred years
before Augustine born. (BTight's Church
History.') In 304 a. d. St Alban was, beheaded
for the faith at Verulam. known St Adams
in Hertfordshire. STANLEY, Catholic Religion -
Again, IT is a matter Of history that In the year
2l4 A. D. three British bishops present at the
council held Aries Gaul. STANLEY. Catholic
Church." pp. 69-70) In 1853 A. d. three British
bishops were at the Council OF Ariminum. in I'm
bria. CBright's Church. History.D When Angus
tine arrived. in $50 A. D. he found the English
Church. with the three orders. bishops. priests
and deacons (Stanley's EARLY Church, Au-
gustine arranged a meeting 1.-TWO. in fact-the first
at the River Severn the second at Bangor. Wales)
where he requested the British bishops 10 Join
him in preaching to the Saxons. They refused to
do so. the Roman practices differed from the
faith handed down from the Apostles. which faith
the British bishops had kept intact omission OF
the Church. Gore.) This shows that Augustine
and his forty monks did not establish the English
Church and disposes Of -Episcopalian's state
ments in regard to Augustine. If he has any
doubts as the succession of bishops the Brit
ish Church from the beginning of the Church To
the conservation of Bishop Greer in New-York City
last month, he has only TO consult Churchman
with n good education. and he will find the in
formation he desires.
l a
Reformation. ! will prove to his satisfaction that
II was not and could have been.
First-That when Mary and Cardinal Pool died.
on November 49, 1858, Ezabeth succeeded to the
crown and Matthew Parker. after the needful pre-
lminaries, was consecrated Archbishop of Canter-
bury in the chapel Of Lambeth Palace by Bishops
Barlow of Bath and Wells ScOry Of Chichester
Hodgkins of Bedford and Cloverdale OF Exeter
The register OF Lambeth gives long and minute
account of the conservation (Stanleyo In the
years that followed the conservation OF Archbishop
Parker not a word uttered to question its va
dity until in 1904. fortyfve years after. exiled
priest named Hollywood published a controversial
a tavern called The Mays Head. and that all three
were added by subsequent writers OF the
grew to the conservation Of fifteen bishops Dur
ing the next twenty years every Romanist writer.
with hardly an exception. and with suicidal eager
ness repeated the story, although in varying and
contradictory forms. GLADDEN. D. 1907 Educa ted
Roman Catholics were ashamed of the Mays Head
fable. and Martens, OF their authorities. said
''all the bishops were present. not only wit
nesses but also co-operators. This is to be
asserted beyond all manner OF doubt" The
cession of bishop is like three strand wire cable
and even "Ex- Episcopalian" pins his objections 10
the Mays Head fable. I would remind him that
the other strands of the cable still intact
in the conservation of Archbishop Laud the
three lines OF succession meet namely, the Angli-
can. Irish and Italian. priest, Ed, p. A4)
At the end OF 'Ex-Episcopslian's' letter we find