The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-23

Jesus and C~OntenOeu IHdt 1hcFo
We're Other Fanacies in Doctrines
of the Episcopal Church-He was
Tried for His Heretical Teachings
and h. Decision was That lie Should
be Suspended-An App al was
Taken to the Ecclesiastical Court of
Review, Which Sustained the Deci-
sion of the Trial Court.
Buffalo, n. Y, November 19.-The
Rev. DR.. AlgernOn S. Crapsey, OF st.
| Andrews Protestant Episcopal church,
! Rochester, N. Y, is condemned to
| suspension from the church as a re-
| suit of the decision of the ecclesiasti-
| cal court of review, which is made
| public today. The court of review
sustains the decision Of the lower
court, which was that DR.. Crapsey
should be suspended for heretical
teachings.
1t is stated by Bishop Walker today,
that contrary to the general belief,
there could be no appeal taken from
the decision Of the court Of review.
The decision of the trial court
which is affirmed by the highest
court of the church was follows
"That the respondent, a DR.. Crap
be suspended from exercising the
functions of a minister of the church,
until such time as he shall satisfy he
ecclesiastical authority of the diocese
that his belief and teaching conform
to the doctrine Of the apostles creed,
and the Nicene creed, as the church
hath received the same. However,
we express the earnest hope and de-
sire that the respondent may see his
way clear, during the thirty days
which under the canon Of the
church must intervene before SEN
tence can be pronounced to fully sat
isfy the ecclesiastical authority OF
such conformity of his part"
The decision Of the court of review
was delivered to Bishop Walker to-
! day by the Rev. Henry Anstice, clerk
t of the court of review. Accompany
Tag it was the following letter from
3 the Right Rev. John Scarborough
Bishop of New Jersey, and president
of the court of reviews.
New York, November 16. 1906.
Pursuant to the canon. you are
hereby notified that the court OF re
view Of the second judicial depart
. ment has determined the appeal IL
t the matter Of the presentment of thu
:, Rev. DR.. Algernon S. Crapsey b!
unanimously affirming the judgmen'
e Of the ecclesiastical court of Western
New York,
(Signed)
JOHN SCARBOROUGH"
The full context of the decision
covers forty typewriter pages. Thi
document will be delivered to d.
Crapsey at Rochester.
Bishop Walker said that out of per
IL sonal regard for DR.. Crapsey he woul'
o not make the document public at thi
time.
In announcing the decision Bisho.
Walker gave out the following state
ment:
THE court having taken the matte
h under advisement, and impresse
with a profound sense of its RESPONSE
bility in discharging the serious dut
st cast upon it, met from time to tim
!, to consider the appe&1. After ful
D consideration of the questions pres
ented it determined with the unani
nous concurrence Of its member:
that the Judgment of the trial cou1
should be affirmed.
1.-THE conferences of the court wer
n held October 20, November 2, an
lie November 16, and the decisio
GroI1r Formn1ofo1 ON fho lost name
date. In compliance with the cano
er which requires the decision of a coul
of review shall be in writing, signe
q, by the members uniting therein, an
- that it shall distinctly specify tn
- grounds Of the decision, the coul
formulated these grounds at consider
le able length, signed the decision i
duplicate and instructed the clerk I
70 deliver the same personally to tn
:. bishop of Western New York and tn
! Rev. DR.. Crapsey."
DR.. Crapsey in his sermons an
oe writings questioned the Virgin brit
J. Of Jesus. He also oontended tha
there were fa1lacies in other belief
and doctrines forming the ~foundatio
3 Of the Protestant Episcopal church.
u Rochester, N. Y, November 49,
p The probability that DR.. Crapsey wi
~ recant any Of the opinions which lie
y to his ecclesiastical condemnation @
that he will in any way recede fror
- the position he has taken are so yer
slight as not to be worth considers
ton. When he was seen by an AS
= ISOLATED Press representative toda
y and told of the verdict of the cour
s. DR.. Crapsey had not been officially in
a formed. He would not then discus
h the matter. Later after he has ha
time to consult with his counsel, b
g. will issue a full statement which wi
J. plainly set forth his position in th