Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-22
CRAPSEY CASE
An Effort to Revive Ii May Make a Break in the Ranks of
 Churchmen
CAMBRIDGE SESSION

Boston, May ZI.-An dLIenpL udy be made at the triennial general con vention of the Episcopal church at Richmond, Va, in October, to have all theological seminaries affiliated with the denomination placed under the jurisdiction of the bishops of the districts in which the schools are located Within the past few months the Cambridge theological school has been criticised for it's al- legged sympathy with Rev Algernon S. Crapsey, D. D., former rector or St Andrews church, Rochester, N. Y., who was deposed from the priest hood at the conclusion of a trial for heresy. The theological differences in the Episcopal church were empha- sized at the recent convention of the Massachusetts diocese at which four candidates for prominent offices were deefated because of their reported endorsement of Rev Dr Crapsey's contentious at his trial.
 Rev Dr George Hodges, dean of the Cambridge theological school, de- nies that the institution endorses Rev Dr Crapsey's theological position. Nevertheless conservative church. men, especially those of the high church elemnt. regard the Cam bridge school as ultra liberal and many of them favor some step by which all theological institutions at tached to the Episcopal body can be regulated.
 The most prominent man in the church who has thus far expressed imself on the subject is the Rt Rev Carles Chapman Grafton, D. D., bishop of the diocese of Dond du Lac, Wis, leader of the Catholic par- ty in the United States. Bishop Grafton for many years was rector of the Church of the Advent, Boston.
 In an article in the current issue of The Living Church, the hign church organ, the bisop discussing legislation vic sould be undertaken by te coming general convention says:
 "A matter which might we'll engage the attention of the convention is the further regulation of our theo- logical seminaries. The general semi nary is under the supervision of the bishops of the church. Why should not every theological seminary be placed under the supervision of the bishops of the departments in which they are situated? Such bishops should have in their corporate capacity the power of visitation and of regulation of the text books used and course Of study. It is now notorious that there is body of clergymen in our church who are denying the articles of the Apostles creed and other fundamentals of the christian religion.
 The Cambridge theological semi nary which was founded by an earn est evangelical, whose deed of gift made it obligatory on the professors to expound the Thirty Nine articles, in accordance with the evangelical system, has far departed from its original foundation, has no offic connection even with the bishop of the diocese and has been pouring into the church a number of clergy who agree, or sympatize with the position of Dr Crapsey.
 The writer would be far from wishing to narrow the present .neo- logical liberty allowed in the church. but are not all conservative bishops pnd churchmen roused to the neces- sity of safeguarding those limita- tions. and can any loyal churchnian object that the bishops of the de- pertinent or province should have supervisory authority over the sem inaries?"