The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-16
Rev Ot AgernOn 5, CrOpsey
 Found Guilty of HeItsy
MINORITY REPORT IS FILED
pr. Durham Thinks that Cropsey's Error Is in Presuninq to Define the Things that God Is not
 Pleased to Reveal.

Rochester. N. H.. May 15.-The verdict in the heresy trial of the Rev. Dr. AL gernon s. Crapsey today was delivered to the accused minister.
 Four of the jurors state that in their opinion sentence should be passed as fol lows:
 That the respondent should be sus- pended from exercising the functions Of the church until such time as he shall satisfy the ecclesiastical authorities of the diocese that his belief and teaching conform to the doctrines of the apostles creed and the Ncene creed as thls church hath received the same. How ever. we express the earnest hope and desire that the respondent may see his way clearly during the thirty days that under the canons of the church must nounced to the full satisfaction of the ecclesiastical authorities of such con formity on his part
 ''W. C. ROBERTS,
 "C. II. BOYNTON,
 "G. s. BURROUGHS,
 "JOHN MILLS GILBERT"
 The charges against pr. Crapsey grew out of a series of sermons delivered by him while he was rector of St Andrews church at Rochester and which he sub sequently published in book form under the title, Religion and Politics." In brief. the charges declare that Dr. Crap sey in the writings denies the doctrines of the divinity of Christ, his virgin birth, his resurrection and the doctrine of the trinity as contained in the Nicene creed and In the apostles, and the book of com mon prayer of the Protestant Episcopal church of the United States Of America.
 The court says:
 Courts Ruling.
 We make and find the following con clusions with respect to the said mat ters and things said and published by said respondent, and we here set forth for convenient reference that portion oi the presentment referred to and hereir denominated doctrines denied being g part of specification one, charge one.
 "It being intended by said language words and terms to express the ex-pres byters disbelief in, and to impugn and to deny each of the following doctrines is contained and enunciated In the apos- ties creed, the Nicene creed, and as set forth indicated and declared in the book of common prayer of the Protestant Epis. copal church in the United States of America.
 '1 The doctrine that our Lord Jesus Christ Is God. the Saviour of the world
 70. The doctrine that Our Lord Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
 's The doctrine of the virgin birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.
 "4 The doctrine of the resurrection of our blessed Lord and Saviour
 ''5. The doctrine of the blessed trinity.
 We find the respondent guilty of the assfat tg the extent now here stated:
 q. As to the said doctrines denied presentment charge 1, specification 1 that by his writings contained in said book. Religion and Politics. the respond ent impugns, if he does not express his disbelief in and denial of doctrines sci forth in paragraphs Nos. 1 and ..
 That in the said writings contained in the book, Religion and Politics. and quoted in the presentment. said respond ent expresses his disbelief in and i'm pugns and denies the doctrines referred to and set forth in paragraphs Nos ?, and of the matters herein referred to as doctrines denied
 And as to specification ?, charge 1 that by the language contained in cer tain sermon delivered by the said ac cused on or about December 3. 1905, iron which quotations appear in said speci fcation 2, charge 1. the following con cluson is made. and found:
 Conclusions Made ''1. That the accused impugns if he doe not assert his disbelief in and denial o the doctrines set forth in paragraphs and of said specification 2 therein set forth as follows
 '1. The doctrine that our Lord Jesu Christ is God the Saviour of the world "A. The doctrine of the blessed Trinity e. That by the use of the languag quoted from said sermon in said speci | fcation 2, the accused expresses his dis belief in and impugns and denies the doc trines ser forth in the paragraphs mum bered ? and in said specification ?. a follows:
 70. That the doctrine that our T,or' Ghost
 '3 The doctrine of the virgin birth O our Lord Jesus Christ.
 Specification l. charge 2-tnat the sai' accused did by his said utterances con tained in said book and sermon quoted | as aforesaid in the presentment. vlolat and break the declarations made by hin | at the time of his ordination. The application made by counsel con ducting the prosecution for leave to amen' | the presentment so as to include th' year 1904 within the period covered by tn | allegations Is denied.
 The court then announced it's verdict Dr. Francis s. Dunham filed minorit' | report finding that Dr. Crapseys erro consists rather in presuming to denn | what God has not been pleased to re veal and to interpret these doctrines h | A manner not generally received by tn | church rather than in denial and re jectlon of their truth and authority.