The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-03-17

been Presbyterian, even when
prelacY lorded it over the peo-
pie for a season and Presbyter.
ian it will probably remain until
our Lord returns again.
Third: Patrick proved himself
a Presbyterian by organizing
churches III Ireland, not alter
the prelatics but after the Pres.
byterian pattern. Archbishop
Usher says Patrick organized
365 churches and ordained 365
bishops and 5000 Presbyters.
One bishop or pastor and eight
Presbyters or elders for each
church shows that those church
es were Presbyterian.
Fourth Patrick never visited
Rome and never received any
kind of a communication from
any bishop or Pope of Rome.
Referring to the story that
Patrick had studied under st.
Martain in Tours and had then
gone to Rome where he was Or
dained and received a mission
from Pope CeIestine with mira
Gle working relics, the Britain
nica" says, "For all this there
IS no evidence whatever, the
whole story being the result OF
a confusion of Palladius with the
real Patrick" :"
If Patrick had been papal
legate, as these stories claim, he
certainly would have appealed
to his Roman Commission when
bis authority was assailed: he
certainly would not have spoken
as he does IN his confession of
his mission to Ireland as under
taken on his own motion and in
opposition to the protests of his
people, and he certainly would
have made some kind Of mention
of the Roman Church some
where in his writings. The ab-
sence of any kind of reference
to the Church of Rome in the
writings of Patrick and the ab-
sence of any kind of reference
to Patl ick in the writings of Gel
estine or in any of the many let,
ters of Leo, who was Pope from
40 to 461 during the time of
Patrick's mission in Ireland, is
conclusive that he had no con-
nection whatever with the
Church Of Rome. They evident
]y had no dealings with each
other.
The confession he makes for
himself that he was unlearned
Gndoctus) and very rustic (rosti-
cisslmus) and which is abundant.
ly confirmed by the crudeness of
his Latin makes an absurdity of
the story that be was a student
of St. Martins or of any other
master of the Latln language.
Fifth: Patrick's teachings were
so entirely different from those
of the Roman Church as to leave
mo foundation for the suggestion
that he was papal legate to
Ireland.
The Church OF Rome glorihes
Mary and offers many prayers
to her (Ave Maria but Patrick
prayed always and only to God:
and did not so much as mention
!! Mary. The Church of Rome
does not encourage the people
to read the Bible for themselves,
but Patrick laid great stress on
this duty and urged the people
to study the Holy Scriptures as
the supreme standard of truth
and authority.
The Church of Rome lays
great emphasis on the celibacy
of the priesthood, forbiddihg the
clergy to marry under severest
penalties, but Patrick ordained
married men in the churches Or
ganized by him and made no
apology for the fact that his
father and grandfather had been
married men.
The Church of Rome teaches
that auricular confession is es-
sential to salvation. and unless
absolution is secured from the
priest, there is no remission for
the sinner, however penitent he
may be in his prayer to the Saw
iour. But Patrick taught that
whosover was penitent and con-
fessed his sins unto the Lord