The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-01-11
Continued from page H.
BISHOP BUSCH DEFENDS.
THE CHURCH.

Peter l must say: "We cannot but
speak the things that we have seen
and heard" For the fact remains, as
Rev. Mr. Beatty says, that the church
which he calls 'the American Cath
Ollie" is commonly called the Protest
ant Episcopal Church in the United
States of America" Indeed, this is
it's official title and therefore such
terms as are commonly used by the
Roman Catholic Church, will be COM
monty understood as referring to this
church, and if used in connection with
any other, justice to the public re-
quires that some qualifying term be
added to avoid mistakes. Were a
stranger to enquire simply for the
Catholic Church in Lead, venture to
say that nine times out of ten he
would be directed to Sewer Street,
rather than to Main Street Cat least
for the present). 1t is for this reason
that I objected repeatedly to this
"promiscuous' use of these terms in
the newspapers and now object again
to the unqualified use of these terms
in connection with any other church
than my own. 1t has happened here,
that members of my church have
accepted the ministrations of 'Christ's
Church." possibly in good faith,
though we consider these ministra-
tions invalid, and it has happened that
the members of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church have approa ched Holy
Communion in a Roman Catholic
I'ious.
do not question Rev. Mr.. Beatty's
good faith in the matter, but l must
be true to my responsibilities and pro-
tect the members of my church and
the Sacramento of my Church, or l
victions.
sincerely wish, that might share
Rev. Mr.. Beattys convictions as to
the validity of Anglican Orders, with
out which validity there can be no
Church as he says correctly; but the
settled this question absolutely in the
negative, after a most painstaking
investigation, fact that has caused
a very great number of the Anglican
clergy to abandon that communion
and be re-ordained, or rather validity
ordained, in the Roman Catholic
Church. This controversy between
the churches cannot be adequately
discussed in newspaper article and
for full statement of the Catholic
position I would refer to the Catholic
Encyclopedia, which should be in oul
Public Library. With my Church
hold that the Church of England in
1915 was entirely subject to the Pope
of Rome, for how else could Langdor
of Magma Charta fame have been 9
Cardinal? With my Church l hole
that the orders of the Anglican church
were conferred from 1552-1662 accord
ing to the Edwardine Ordinal, which
was insufficient, and understood anC
administered in an ti-CatholiC
spirit and therefore they were invalid
This Ordinal used for one hundred
and ten years caused a break in the
Apostolic succession too great to bt
bridged over by any Bishop validity
ordained before 1852 who could have
used the corrected Ordinal in 1862
Since therefore Pope Leo XIII, ha!
declared the Anglican Orders abso
lutely null and void, / must il
obedience to my Office insist that the
primitive church be not COMPOUNDED
through ambiguous language with an!
that may dispute her claims. But j
the term Catholic is used with sucl
notifications, as American (thougl
this is a contradiction in itself), o.
Old Catholic or any other distinguish
ing term, willingly withdraw m!
objection as long as my Church is lief
intact.
nos. F. BUSCH,
Bishop of Lead.