L6 



u AN < nu;< 



the Pri*bytrians, who were trying to find a ground 

 '*kx opinion* MI our prayer In. un-h 



.' .. :':.;.:.. ' 



ilh thrra and other n, wn with 



the Koreans, In answer to other assertions of t he 

 Pope against the intentions of the chun-h. the 

 Utftbttftoi looftne ordinal of 



mn. "The 1 



f makrnge 



com." and the words <>r it,,, preface enlat 

 phrase and emphaMiing iu meaning ft* quite clear- 

 IT setting forth I hat . "to keep and oon- 



li oome down from the 



mrlto*t times* and Trv..n i.tl> t., use and esteem 

 Mnse, of course, in which they were 

 ved from the apostle,*, nn<l luul U-,-n up t.. that 

 time in use." Th* arfnmn1 b closed with a r 

 t >on of i he charge that in overt hr M, ,- ih, 



Ifath orders by <>f their validity in the 



haii made it the l'o|e " 



thn>w al. MII. I pronounces sentence on 



an lii>i>-hops declare 



I' pe in their 



1 unity in the Church. " \\ I 

 which our lirothcr 

 written from time to time in 

 other letters are sometimes very true ami a 

 written with a good will. For the difference and 

 debate between u and him an-.- fr.<m a .1 



f the sHf-same (,,-pel which \vc all 

 believe and honor as the only true < : . \\'e also 

 glad IT declare that tin-re is much in his own per- 

 son tnat is worthy of l,vr and Hut that 

 error, which i inveterate in the Koman commun- 

 ion, of sultstituting tin- visible head for the invisi- 

 irist will rob his good works of any fruit of 

 peace. Join with us. then, w \,,u. most 

 reverend brethren, in weighing patiently what 

 intended when he established the ministry 

 - Gospel. When this has been done more will 

 follow as God wills in his own good time." 



rotestswere uttered against the ten. .r of 

 thi- 1-ttcr and the |>oint of view from which the 

 question was regarded in it l.y Arsons and 

 ties maintaining Protestant priooiplea, lii. 

 tional Club Association ami i 



mation Siciety issued a declaration that (1) "while 

 holding firmly the validity of the orders of the 

 Hair- _.and, we yet unhesitatingly main- 



tain that her ministers are simply presbyters and 



that the statements put "forth by 

 I bury and \ ork in reply 



to the papal bull concerning Anglican orders on 

 the priesthood' and 'the eucha- 

 ristic sacrifice/ as well as on other points, are not in 

 harmony with the doctrine of the Church of i 

 land, asset forth in the articles, litnr-\. and ordi- 

 nal: and we r. m and de> 

 liberate protest against these statements as being 

 nothing more than private and unauthorized opin- 

 ions of the two archbishops; (3) that, as a malt, r .f 

 ri.^t. altar. n>r pn.pitia- 

 erifloe te to be found in the i,.- a i standards 

 r I'hun-h. which mlnnlv <mly th, Proti^tant 

 n established by law ' : and further 

 recate any attempt mi the p. 

 individual bishops to negotiate terms of communion 



reien churches.* 



ThaOmittatoC the Irish Chur M j n 



Juno tinMniinou-ly adopted a minute cniu-rrning 

 the letter, in which they expressed themwlve 

 strained. " with the deepest sorrow, to dedan- it to 

 be as a whole, both in matter nd tone, unworthy 

 .f the Protestant ami lUCormed Chunh of 

 land. That it should have emanated from t). 

 arch) - hurch i-. in the opinion of the 



committee, a fact of solemn and portentous signifi- 



in M.-w of the ^Mcrament arian 



The i-ommitlee fe.-l it to 



upon tin-in to record their solemn 



the unscriptural \ie\\s .; 

 the art-hbishops on the doctrine of the Lord's Sup- 



: he attempt to claim for clergymen 



f tl.- "hurch the |io.siiion and functions 



do^ma aJiMilutdx without 



sanction in the standards of the Church or in 9 

 ture. and in support of which an attempt is made 

 to minimi/e th- f the chan- - ma<t. 



in the ordinal at the Ueformat 



A letter address-d by the council of the National 

 Church I'nion. in .June, to the An-hbish 

 terbury and \'..rk. expressed the : that 



unable t. 



m. nts contained in the ., \fter <h- u--inn 



of the points of the letter in detail, th. 

 Hud- uneil regard it as | 



found regret that Nour lordships have not in 

 j>articulai- ad"pti-d the inti-rjiretat ion of t he I 

 laries ,,f the ( hurch of Kn^land followed by the 



her leading dr. .' t he 



.'I which would have commanded 

 the cordial support of every loyal Churchman. 

 The adoption, mi the contrary, of an interpn 

 in favor only with an extreme and comparatively 

 modern lehoo] of tlieolo-ians .-an not Imt further 

 inereas,. our i-r.-riit unhappy ilivi-ion^. whil. 

 attempts to render such an interpretation ant 

 tatixe would rend the Church in twain. It i>\vith 

 the utmost re-ret that the council are constl 

 to di>M-nt from statements publicly .-d forth by t he 

 archbishop* of their Church: and" they trust 'that 

 _rrace will accept their assurance that imihintf 

 'but the most solemn sens,. (l f responsibility t 

 and the Church would have induced them t'o under- 

 take this painful duty." 



A [let it ion addressed t t he ( t )ueen. in .Inly, by t he 

 Church Association, invited her Ma utioii 



" to the recent public action of their < < 

 Archbishops ,,f Canterbury and York in taking 

 upon themselves to address the head- of the cor- 

 rupt Latin and (Jreek Churches, thereby claiming 

 independent authority to speak in the name of the 

 .ishcd Church of this country, and aU., to the 

 fact that they have attempted to' justify th. . 

 ti.-n by nii<i|Uitinu r the le^ali/.ed formularies of our 

 Church, while addnoing, as authoritative, documents 

 which have noofficiaJ charaeter." The memorial- 



1 that the (Jiirrn would, in I 



with her coronation oath.be ; maintain 



the I'roti-staiit faith within the realm, and ' 

 quire explanation from the archbishops as to their 

 unauthori/ed action in tl, :I,IILT upon the 



Coinocations of ( anterl(iir\ and Nnrk. In 

 the Convocation of Canterbury the upper and 

 lower houses, at the meeting in .Ianu:> 

 upon - mmen. led for enla- 



the repres-ntation of the Her^y by iiiei 

 numlH-r "f proctors. The uj.pe'r \\on-- unani- 

 nioii-ly requested the arHibishop to take such 

 as were necessary for elucidating or amendii. 

 MOW observed in confirmint: the elect i- 

 bjshops. The i I'ishop) on pr. 



tion of this p.-titi.,n to him intimated that the 

 had .lecj.le.l that it was not the buin< 



with that matter, and that 



there fon- the |M-titiotl could not be received. <>H 



this subject the Hous4' of Laymen unanimously rc- 



solTed tliat the form of confirmation of bishops as 



.rrie.l out should be altered so ns, on the 



one hand, to prevent the x-andal of calling for op. 



hear them. and. on 



the other hail- ,ard the Church of i 



land in the appointment of fit persons to her bishop- 



