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'SI fJt , {«? % ,-. • ',; it!rfi9^trcTioJr4; lit is cbMmoii'foJ Hdman and <^r achkmi to aiisert ihw the knglicair Brancli <)f Chuifcli Had itt) ^istence previotis to th« Beii^^ thi^ nQ# ^iteious fallacy;, sinc0tlr^#^|^f^l^i!8r ^^^^ tlxat wltii dfev^t i&d eaiAest chriB^^I^^SP'J^ | teokeik and ' ^oiitinueJi isxistence of MWtf tonl'^s t^y^i^mdrtodKid^r^at it Karf e^^xi^'^^ cte eattii,' iiid tliat ttlat can only 'be Hib (!Jhurek vridik halt continued ffom apo^lic times lijp to* ottr«iirn. W4^h<^t© fed teexeu^lL^^ iHtWimiirtilble «tt^ branch ^W ' Gb^rob W*^ A% at leai&v H% -t ; l*il lIUiHmiiilM^ and Irish B^m^ , •lid Ibeir; des4iQd«i«i do ^tb!^ 1^ ^d f long tptlite^^iiia^^^^^!^ M thp cittjisi / vimHWhjb^ whi<4 it is%ot^t iiiiriU»Di7( f i foUowmg tnbt to elucidate mMt olearlyyr^.l adherence to primitive Catholic truth be ^ «^f i&dication of our parentage, then indeed is the lioly Catbolic Church of England, Ireland \fi^ MUMllrichly entitled to the claim, sinisek^in all things ^ << hdds last the faith once for aU delivered to the Saint||'*^leaviiifV> the Scrip- tures as the Rule of Faith^ gp iii all doubtful points unhesitatingly ai^flu ;t^th9 primitive Church of th^ iar«t (^eiitui4% 1^^ W yet she spake with one mouth, to «ul^ the solution of those doubteu Whether the t^toileh 6f Rome can is a question for her to answer, but as her ni^n change the foimdation on whi^^h they buUd Jjbi^ w^^ to suit the time% it is plain tlii|£|lB^ :^(M^^ at all evt^, Home is forced to weara crat of i^^y colours. To-day 9he ap^ pMils t» the leathers and antiquity, to-monow sb* -'*. i tl^ this xnysteiy is already at work, and lie alf^alA in time it wUl be deM^qjif^^ to the Papal bujj^iemaoy/' we^xdudl see hew'^ m^tery is working. CaidinanBelJtArmine |W)^ « the whole cause eif Christiami^ (Somi^h of course) depends on the supremacy Of the J^ope.^ A late ]^mish Dootoj^ who hag been eli^iie^ 1^ ^ope W Roij^sh bishops, says, "JF^Js power of the Blsfiop awoke, ^A#n Uie i>ope. J^Tor tftoy^ a P<^ air^ huX ifi |»n)|^|f|i| dA tht Chiirdi^^j^ consoUdated. Chiistiiiph^ depelopedftnt m the firm of a CoiAoticj, tlimi of k Papal church.'' This is the decianrtion of, ^ modem Roman CathoHc doctor who has Deea unit is the beloved of IMpiethren, and whose boML has been received by the Church to which ^m, belongs, wi^ amazing admiration. W^ Aii|(ld% Catholics reject the Papa^ yoke as* i^ mpdeia invention, imauthorized by scripture^ unknoWK to the early Chuich. We declare that there baf« ever been in the Ch\pch thfee orders, fi.Biabop>. Priest^ and Deacon. We deolaie that the Sorip* tures contain all things necessary to sahntiQii, tp^ are our rule of v faith, and cannot be a^ed to fl| taken from. We appeal fearlessly to anticittity Ht^ aid us in our doubts. Borne oondenmi w4m itfi^' Glaring that Christianity vnB first a CathoHc, piii then a Papal Church->a fact no«r eet HaHlh bv im» of her most devoted adherents— let us lay hold of this |ittat £ict, let us cHnjr lovin|^y td ^ is^Aff^ who lias nourished us with the mitk of ^e fOi^^ ■v7 ..^-- » -■?«&■*' w. % \ 1 4f INTUODUCmi. lind yho noyr isy as she ever has hden^ C^atholiar ^^' would not be dimcutt to pn>WUinc[ee dt6aioeYy anythj^g more eais^-^t&at tke Aj%U* ium i^C^ui^H'^ad!^ scriptufally to tbeXbri^pj^i ItonsttSj^tibn of tHia Churchy whiip9 tiie Itoman C^^hy uuderi^e process of develoinitieiit, is &st depbaitixis froifi all sonpturfiil rule. . Hjar p—^*-^ ^aM^iit 'from JSt^ P^ter ai j ai tiiwcen^ fi^r'a^^er* great Je^ernj^^hy^ ho^^ /iW iaa 'fejmpty,' yhiie' suj^Storns giyei^ td ti^e ^^i|d^i'^)/p^ Anglic^ ]TiB^^|y»tch W J^Ji^'^^it^^^, veritable bra^ Chtrt^tfjlitf tlieir retendon dfjhe ofRce of Arch- ^^hdp'dr I*iimu8. All th^t we ibiow respeetipg laj% liSsftA'y df ^'^ isA^, 'iiroik Ireliffii^i Who ^o^insh^ in & ^ceMur5^ 1^ ^^fi^iyb 8de^> 1^ IMer akd ^» :^ were tl^ — . cS^m c^th«it;ii^chi^|ome^aU'h^ih^^ ^ itit)^ <«H^eii%ey 1^ tlius j()iiitly fiiciic^ Iliwf^jdlnttf^UVe^ m Wiftt^spis wlu)^^i^ f |iat( tlie: sec daj int ent ali» erri >^ «w '. JL'^ll'-,,., J^^- ieed, ami ctipg 1 tha ty ot motf iteoiE! cp- ome>. r i.^H/."' ■ IHTRODUCTIOll. 5 . :. .-..^ •;', ■ X--. :;■ ! , 7 .. .,-, ■• ;. ■.-^i \ it-M |n(te had been ^riginall^ committed l^y thoApjMt^j^f^ tliemselves. , SS. Peter and, Paul conjoint^ c<}p'^ flwrated Linus Bitthon of Bdm% as-in tike p^ di^y two or uree, bjit 46tx>neBiftl\op> ^^ Pcci in th^ R6m^ Schiflir^'in Ame^^ mu^^fie'pi; ent at f^e consecration of a fiishop, (^piprity, ] always a claim on our respect, ^^. # J^^i^j^P?^ c^ Christ it would hot l>e. uhscriptural tp.^76 t^^ pixinitoy' of hbnpibf to ^n elder sistei^firimiift inf«r j)ofer*-^l>tl| the \arirogant pretensions ,ol RPii&e to aPrmiacy of Power, ciy^l^jEU|d ^ji^^i<«h^ astical, and that of an. aip'b-rega^ kmMta^ «wil> %nd iiif tlppn^eaiselvtiii^ tha ifumsliBtkk of ^a Word and cHBU|TOments < always abomidr tt m ib^ D^rkf of Her Gkid, jnasmiiob as flw .in^s th^it her labotit is not in vain in tbe Lor^. iapdii^ us mtist see^ that ber old and loi^ny «ieni)^ fira I^a^p^ apintA l^is a!lso trae; but ifiB Ldra is on our sidei^ and l^l^wl not fear wli^ aiiu^<^ do imto us, '" tho t^MHost^is yri^ i|i» iao' God of Jjbpob iis 901 refiage^ -^ir ff^lowii^ worries will be ftiiind veiy Talti». iHift'by the anxious inquirer :-^«£vans on the ^dit^r of Ai^lican,9rder8^; "^pV Opu^le Chilli ^^i^rW!Ro^^ i^rJZ «li4ii:m SjBaieh ^^i^ dfau^ ■j.'V. i \.' i '.'-:'/ .jj ft V) - > . iS j,< , . . // ^^^'Jw''\^^^'^^yfi^0f^^i^ ' -' / / •M.'f ' '"^ Vf» -' "^ t-^ !rttE BurrisH cHimcH. -* ^ '■■_< V^'. ']■■'-i^ 1 iii^f^r: n;-fiivj . iti^ll pHAPTER. I OBIGIN AMD INDiittND£NCX bF THE BRITISH OHUliC^ The' precise period of the lint iotrodiicUon of Chrittitnity into theee islands osnnot aow be exactly asoerteined. it is highly probable, howetMtr if not absolutely certain, from the ooncor ring lesti* monies of seferal writers, that Britain ^as eoHgbt* enedby a knowledge of the true faith, aboat «be middle, or before the end of the first centniy.* Thelbondatiun of the British Church has Indeed been attribitted to the apostles theiAsel«es;.« and Bishops fitilUngHeet, Burgess, and others, have eol« kcted many ancient and unt^oestiooable autfaoritleat ' to profe that the Qospel was preached»|n Britain by St. Paul, who is supposed to bafie passed erd Ipse betMieen the year ^A, after bis imprisonnient # BMW, and the fear €ly wbeii Boadieea itaiii and, other places of th4 Weit, where, Eusebiiis affirms, it did not bit two -4 ■3 , iS-V * S o umi w i thori fl» earllar pwlod, M4 or S86; but tht grMter In SOI. UMMm^ Bit' V I'll' ' S ■f- jf^fft tl|Oii|b it eontiiiiwd i«o Id the. Daft* Tbip ^iHeoitioo wM the qqI/ oQe tl^^t «]tt«n(|ed4»4liM liUpd; nod St. Mk^n, the firtt Bcititb mw^, vnt •moBf the DQmber of thpi« ivJbo thep periahcvU t>m iiiiQ^ MBBeiMre oot Imcd li»Q4«4^^^hlne Uke the morning M*res iii.glovti In robe* of wbiteneu. freely given, P*lms in tlieir hnndi.the vietor-bind '" y . Before Uie JLMDb thair Sariour Sludi.*'' PioeletuiD, thkikflig hj theae cro^ltiM Wliave »ttluo«d his object of eitflViHitiog |h« GhriftiM religion, caaged a inopiiikieDt to be elected, at A meumial a/ .ike dnt^wUm cf Ovritflanity; hut within ten ftars onljr of this imploira act^ He %h6 hU diclared that the gates of heH should tiivt pl«* ▼ail against his Church, and who laughs to sHi thelii^ of the earth, aud the rulers li^ho lake ooiiosel agaiost his word« eaused Obrietianity t6 beooase, under the protection of Coostance, Die •ek^wMgednhgiohojt the Bmmi Empire! The 9«iti«h Church also then flourished bejroud all Ibtflser iiaie*, and auch was the impoitaneeefae had ticaioedin the tMurly part of the fowtheeotutjr, thit htr hMMpg W^ oidied upon to assist io the dinf6^ lien of iIm spiritual afidrBv|iie« thit tiii iie«t (^. ttHlMfd. Indeed, we Htvo no feiu^a^i • Ctllltr*! Eccltt. Hltt. b. U p. M. / • * * ' ^' # *? ^'-1 -v^ .? f '^ ■>'' JS^^^i,^f -rati , . -^ ^ otrrume or tbb >iiT;«s,o]iinu;B. leed w«p warrtoted by th^ *' divioe eommistion fb^ ailthtolty of the Church." Aod thto |bey e^ ezpref 8 a with Aat he had bten th9r0t at th«j fAj9|i2cf Aatw &««» glad of hii 9OI0 and eompa^;: iaD^utge which clearly proves tbatabcy did lioi CQosidier him as their supreme bead, or that be. bad aqy pararoouQt jurisdicti^Q to eon/inn or^tadfiflf the acts of the 'Council.*:- ■'■::S%',^^r- :./■{[,: .j';. •.:? i , The Councils of Sardic% 10 347^ and of Arioii- oum in 359, were likewise attended by British prelates; and from this and various other circuin* stances, it may be fairly presumed they were also present at tjie famous Council of Nice, which waa convened by Constantine about eleven yeajgy after t^esyiiod of Aries. r The foregoing facts are sufficient to prove that the British Church Wao founded, if not by ope of the apostles, at least within a very short period of the apostolic times ; that it was Bouriskiogin the second, third, and fourth centuries; that in the latter her bishops were called upon to assist at di^erent councils, and that they were wholly inde- pendent of the bishop of Rome. Indeed th(y eovHd npfit have been otherwise '; as we can show, from tbe writings of the early Fathers (an authority which t9 be eoniistant, the /ZomaaiW ought hardly to di|» puite,) tt^at duripg the first four centuries all tht^ l^^urpliea possessed an equal share of aQtboritfi i^ that there was Mm no attempt on the part. One jight of ttQiveraalai9pf»iD|^ 3 i fH^h-P? '•■'A; * -! •J - Comw'i Bc c lsi. gtot. b. I, p. IS; and Omhsris'i H lslr of Ka|l. vol. i. p. 7ft» „ ., , ..,»^. , >u.:4.a^fcivii government, the bishops of that tee had always, on thai account, a certain deference paid them, and were allowed the chief seats in the councils ; but they had no tort QfanthorHy or sopre^ macy over the others, nor the least right to enact flaws for then^. On the contrary, nothing is more evident than the perfect equality that rei|jM Jimong the primitive Churches. , - '^ -t^ The history of the British' Choreh ia tmM' • obscure daring the period which elapsed between (the death ofConsuntine in.a87, and the femoval of the Roman legiona .from Britain in 448. But i t ha dw i dful j a vng aa of i -*^*'fl « '# "fti ^5 •"'"■' M QVIXINP Off TWI BlIf1IH)anB9S< tkiO^oali plMf^ and thembttqoeol invaiiQii of th* MMilf toapcllod^ tfae peon notivot to dftfot* their •tCoQtioft^obiefljr. to tbo art of war; aod< oafoi^ fUMtoIj, during tho ttrtigtlo wbfeb oototd, a ipirit af lukewanniieaB or indiffenooo in inattMt of laligioo Moiiia feotial^ to hafo part aded tbs nhola oatioo. CHAPTER II. JBOM THE 9AX01i INVASION TO TH* 1%RI09 Of^ TH£IR CONVSaSIOl^. Tbo Sazontware heathens and worshipped idola, and the nanaea of some of their gods are still found in our days of the veek.* These warlike savagea having been called orer to assist the Britons in re- pelling the attsckftof the Pictaand Seots, turned their arms against their employers, and finally mada tliemselTes masters of their eountry. In the meaa time misery and desolation were spread on every fide. Many of the Christian churches were de- atroyed, and most of the worshippers drifen to the knely mountains of Walea». or to the coasts of Gorowall. These remote portions of our isiand thasl>ecame tha chief asylam of the British Church; mid in 587 (about ten yeara previous to the arrival of Augustine,) Tbeonus archbishop of London, and Thaddiocus archbishop of York, Ktired there also witb other bishops ; and ♦• by their labours, so plaiilifully propagated the Gospel, that they mada HmepagtaeapeciallyabwwuUiOthiirsgkiriotti by f^l OVTUlf S OF W* BBlTfSK OflUliClf. f# |b» ttattitttde o# their bdy Minti nd leirMd tMehet*.*** llltit wt flbd' CbrittiMity floariahed' Ibr ft tine ebieily ib tbe weH of Britaio, tliougb il ■till oodtioaed vitible eren among the heathen in* fpulera when, towardt tlie close of the aizth ceii;[> tiirj, the attention of Gregory the Great (afterwardt Bishop of Rome) waa directed towards this iiland in the following maDoer: Having ooe day obaerved •one light'baired youtha, remarlcable for the beauty of their oomplezions, ataoding in the marlcet^placo of Rome, exported for aale, Gregory enquired who they were; and having been informed they were Angels, " Ah,** replied he, *' they ought rather to be called AngeU,** Then demanding from what proving they were brought, he was told, "From Deira, a distriot of Northombria.** ** Deira V* he Mswered; *'thftt is well; they are called to ithe mercy of God from his wrath, de ira. — But what ia the name of the king of that province f He %a| infbrmed it was JSIla. ** Hallelo)abr* he exclaimed; .** Hallelujah must be song in hia dominions.' * From that day Gregory resolted to endeavour to convert the Anglo*Sazona ; and for thia purpose, after he aneceeded to the bishopric of Rome, he sent Au- gustine a venerable monk, and forty of his brethren, over to this country. They landed in Kent, where Ethelbert and Bertha (daughter of Clothaire l^ Idog of the Franks,) a Christian princess, then reigaed. The king, whonaj^e amiable conduct of tbe young queen had disp||p**^d of all pajudlce against Christianity, receivedthem fkvourabi^avo 'i w- ' * Vihsr, BrK. BoqI. Ant. >' —i - -. ,"■-.) - /> mi *, ' /*■ ' ^^p ^i^ r t >i,4«il '^WA^'^*-' r^vn^rnv^^ ^.AT/- F^f^V^ i'.i. «\ m of St;. iih^ki!ji C^^ ii|*rt B»tlMi had preTioutif bfeq io tl|t,>abii of performing hor do* lotioQi^ Mid wbei^ s CbrittMU) bishop (Luidh«rd> bad heoQ permitted to officiate publicly io aU Iht ritei of Cbrittiao woribip; by whioh meanamany of t|ie Anglo-Sajcoof had already beoonie fecf deiiroue of beiag better ilistriioted in the prioci|dei of that religion. Here» then, the RomiubmiBal. ^<»i8ries commenced their laboort ; which in a short^ lime proved so •uceeMftit, that Ethelbert himself believed and was baptised (597;) and alihough no authority; waajosed, the cooverta to Christiani^ were numei'ousi ' , J' ^ ," Augustine being anxiouii |o reduce the British «^«'gy^«nder subjection to Jiis authority^ aiN thoi? to extend tffi^ power of the Boman ponti^ ihortljl after assembled a jcouncil tjor this- purpose, bii^^ failed in his attempt, (or )flt^ |re informed by tht f enerable Bede, L ton. !. p. 101. IT, rr- H- ■ -^ ■■ ■ .' ■ -.-■'■■ ■ . "■ ' ■■■■■■;,'■■ t ' } ' . ^ . : Olher Wt«rt { >0t tb« BfUi^h biihoiJi T«fuM4 tiOi i)pyDplyv«%4>«| p«reeif td tbtt t|)eir llb«ni«t wcrt Unick «t, iod thut these t«riiif were require^ M % mairk of •ubmiiMQD,. which they conudered «d w-^ IHreeedented en«rofwhnieot upon their privilege ** And for the bttsioeii of the paschal coDtrofet8j|> tbe| were so f«r from paying toy deferekice to the Bnients that the pope or his party could use against them. For which rieiason they were treated M schismatics by the agents and emissaries of Rome; iRfaich is an evident demonstration that they did not tt^en acknowledge any thing l>f the popes patri* arcbal power over them." • V ,. ^ ' ' in the ess^tials of their common faith, how- ef er, they appear to have been agreed; but io, those points which the absolute authority of Rome had establtshed* they differied. Qn this subjecl l^uUer observes, in speaking of Augustine. ** He> found here a plain religion (simplicity isihe badg% of antfquity) practised by the Tritons, living some^ of them in the conteinpt, and V^^T ^^^ ^ }^^ ignorance of worldly vanities. He brought iir «, Nligjon spun with I coarser thread, thougbguaide^ wilh.a finer trimming, and made luscioaf %,lii% senses with pleasing ceremonies,, so that ma>By who. opnld not judge of the goodness were coui ted w|t||) tbi gandioesslberfof. We ar^ indebted tberefore,**» adda. ** to God for his goodpeia in moviog Gft^ 4ie^ .''• iMsiMfsi*! I^ttltl«i;b. ti. p. Ml, .1 .* ft' i oonon oy ««» amHH ommoflh &''<' fci-*^- / §B^l Gk«|ery*i etrtAiliMM in MadlDg Aagoti AafiiiiliMr« iDnrirdntM Id praiebiiif kfMMf bui ■iMfv all, tot lit blMt Ood^t aeMdiag gre||ibfoar9 HMt tb«t dbctHiM wbieh AagQfltiie plwiMd h«f» b«t impHni, and bli niceMMrt made none witft j valiriiig, !• •tnce, by th« bipy ItefomiatioB, elaaJM^^ '^ nd radBed to tbe,|»ttrity of the Scrlpturet,** ' * - It appeari, tberdbfa^ that tba Birit{«b wbo nvrtl eooverted in a^iirUar and leM oorrapted period^ vera poaMMefSr a purer fkitb than that iotrodtoMd by Augnttiiia annlbg tfia Saioni, wbo at Bootbay obtartet, recehred ChrrittiaDity **witb itt latoali oafamonial additioot and doctrinal eorraptiom,**^ A comparitbh, however, batweeo the writibgt of Gregory, and the doclrinet pot forth by the OoQn<* . dl of Treat in 15l0V «m tuffieiently tbow how inach the errort of the Church of ^^me have la* created since Ih^ period of the 4|MM|i^'yt^-- ^ But whatever 1% have heeo tffijH Bfe oDa vmmt •boiet introduced by Aoguttio4HHr9l btf no doubt that hit mittioo proved generally of great MhanUg^ to the Sajrona ; fbr betidea th^ number ^Ibote who were converted by hit exertiona, bit' 'iUi^ b4d the eflOect of letMnlng Stxon pre- ' i||i|itttt Gbrittianity, f»f which favourabW ^ l^tha Briiiah der^ eagerly availed- to tpread th# knowjiedge of the truth^ «Bongth«{r heathen con^erort} an attempt whidi, dhritil fheirpaneentiiMi i^ thelatter, they had beta ; mia^a to make, nor wM It lilely, had they ev«tf vifittiifid [to do a»> ttwrt the Silona dutia^ tba^ * SMk of iht Chweh, pp. 61. at. I *«,^ . m 1 "f. f '■^ MTUm OV TIHB mVlfH OHUHOa. IP ftvcrt OQOttft in whidi tliej had pravtoiitly kmm pigagffi, would liave been diipotad lo r«otif« tMi kMtroecioiM. Bat tbU obttMl* having o««it4 lo «sMti iiiftnjr A British prcaehar 4Mine forth from the deep glenoiuid woodi of the iekiiid, and (nio* Simed the f lad tidings of the Gospel to the ho* jhted heathen. Among the most of lebrated of tbeee were Kentigem, St. Asaph, and St. Golonibft who distinguished themselves towards the olose of the 6th eentorjr ; and Fiaan, Aidan, Chad, Diuna^ &e., through nhose sealoos dBorts (afier the arrival of Augustine) united with those of the other British prelates or Irish missionariei, the greatest part of ^ Soion England was converted. Indeed *^ only two eoimtiii mnih of M« TAomef, vis., Norfolk and^ JBoffoIk, can be said to have been subjected to Roman direction, during the transition from Pagan* ^ f am to Christianity ; and those t#6 were largely ' Indebted to doraettie seal fbr th^r conversion.— Every other cottntyfroiD London to Edinburgh, has the futl jgratffleaticin of pointing to the andent Church of BHtaio, m Hi otiraing mother io Christ** bdlyfidth^' >-:- ■,:- tv\. , Hie aoutbem ieocmtlee of Engtaiid, howietotr, <4lB8iaisiv« of Coniwall), iTetii dklefly eotiverted by i» labours of the Ronlilsh misBtoiniries^ and fhni^ >lritMik lesa than % Mtot^ry tUm"^ arrivsl -of 1^ gMftkit, GhrflliBtifty bMame thi rdigioii of ifllh* flittiiilMMes. I^TiOeai C«M1ftlvkl^, iMitliH i^ WUut^,ittHtMi4y : ,;>.>. ' '^flii^^fNflt i JI^ < >i l»^ i)Wi4 tfHil ^ 'tff^ lnHi'Sb" * T^rs^f^^v^ OVtUNK or THX'BIOTISH CHUflCR. flto RotDinists Mt^rt) originldljr or cAI^ indebted W Rome for our Christienhy ; the Chorch liaVhig •titted here ievenil dentoriei before the arrital of AaguetlBe, and the A'uglo-SaxooJi even having beeft converted fof the tnoat part by prelatea of SHtifh Origiti. And they also ahow that, notwithetaodlng •tl the efforts of Augustine to subdue the ipdepen*; dence of the British Church, she still maintained from the moantains of Wales and Cornwall her dignifted position, free and pure as the gales from those hills by which she was surrounded. CHAPTER III. ^ ■■■ • ■■ :■<■ L -. ' YBOM TBB CORVBBSION OF THB SAXOB8 TO THB SOB- MISSION OF KINO JOHN TO THB PAPAL SBB. The British Church, after a^ long resistance, at length yielded an unwilling submission to the Romish see; conformed, as well as the Saxons, to ^er ceremonies and discipline, and received her corruptions as they were gradnally tkud sueeetsively iotrodueed into the Catholic Church. For instance imB|e-.worsbip by the second Council of Nice, in !78 holj Scr^tjures, pronounced that such a worship "was a usage altogether execrated by the Church of God ;* and Charlemange, having after- wards assembled a great council of British, Galilean, Grern^an, and Italian bishops, at Frankfort, to con^ aider the subject more fully (at which two legates from the bishop of Rome were also present,) tbe~ decrees of the said general council of Nice, not* withstanding Pope Adrian's countenance were " rejected," ** despised," and "condemned/'f The ninth and tenth centuries are cUefly re- markable for the degraded state of Cbris^anity in Britain and throughout all Europe i^IUdr during a tiine when the ignorance and corruption of both clergy and people were' so great, ehH>rs and super- Btitiooa practices naturally gained an easy admit- tance into the Church. Alfred the Great, however, carefully avoided acknowledging the lupremacy of the RppMQ jee I qor do we read 0/ a^y ** civil w * 84e Soamei^i Bamptdn Leeturei. T 84e the ad omto of the CouboU of FTsakiwrd, a.^., 7S4. .v«.-ia. 'fe .?5 '■"% ^v 4limfiljr ^^M io fait projected iovMioo, by btefihig flii ho«t, M conteienittog bit biimefft, toiAt tbtt «ppomioit]r Hf MtablitbiigliitipiritMl eoerMcbnieittt.'*^ Tbeint l«gite wfw Mot from Rome to Gi WMditriiigtbiireigo; tirt WiUfimt^henifterittii •umnooed 'by Gregofy VII. to do homage ibr Ml itingdom, refeied, declftnng that be held' bit king* dam of God ooly aod Mi own nnorti; Ubrwoetd he eoABT any billt or leeteM fh>m Rome to be prodoet^ without tile eanctioii of bit eathority* WiOfauil fiof\it wet not ipore aobeertieiitt for be retained ti» TMaat bithopriet and ebbeyt io liit owoluadtihl appotition to the pope. The Cmtadet, howeferi whieh commettwd daring thit reign, greatly inereaiwil the power df the RooiSii ponfHTs. Henry I. had tomo diffieiAfy in protecting the libettiea of the CImreh of ^glaod. Heearried oo ■ long ditpnfe with the pope nboilt the right of gointing kiTeatiniret (or appohitfaig t^ eecleiiaetioal bendhsei;) end he alao ibrbid all •ppoal to the court of Rome, whi<^ wat dedaied «o be **uriieerd of 11 liAt khigdom,irod«ltogetfMr tootrMpy ifler a long and at dttoot sthiggfle for iodepeodenee^ whicb bad coDfiiraad store or lets aittee the dayi of An* gtntiB^, the Church aod kiogdotn of Eagladd w^r« laM poitrate at the feet of the Roman pontiff Tl^a l^og, liating refOMd tA perttit the pope to uii^ bii right of neminatlBlf'a prhaate to the faeaat leo of CameHyury, hia hdUotoM, 'iadij|miiit, plae^d the kingdom under an interdict; bj which act, the nation was suddenly deprived of all the ritea of public worship. **lfo bcAl was heard, no taper was lightedi pip sanrioe, was performed, no church Qpeo$ only b#ii|tism was ||(r^<»rmed, ^ confeMion» and the faotameiit'for the dying. The dead eren wert dtn^led (dhrisflaa boriat; or they were keptbdboHed Iftt the ihiidlion, which ^eied every famffy fnIM l^ifdMt And holiasll^UiBgs should be rbinbHt^T tliMiilek^ <»iiliAiiiid:s{s yilik tiMtMrti m ^ !.*S '»7'","'i'S ' "' f'' -V '^^Bwir^^^'"--. '' ~ ''<**-.-i;4^ f9lt Ui^MiphM; ana f«bf4 Mftiaiwdfm lof ^ CtiM litir of Frmt^tili al length John, f^ In Hit |i;Q|tri|ioB of t hMurt «• •bjvpt fai •fkmmxj it || WMiiiMkiitifi ppAtr,** laidillifipiwn at tht kgale*! feet, pDd iffficiidend Uf JUllgdoiiii,of Eoglas^^^ Ir«l«od to tilt pope, to ho|4 IImuo tbene^ertlk tmitrhim \iiy tlie annael paimijil^ • thouiepd marki for (B^r, |9 |okeo«f iPiMii^ige to tbe lee oC Borne •,;,^ :.;.;;« ■ii.;;v.:;-; ^:h:/^ •'■'i-„^v-.:' .-,":,ir- -■-■■;<'. ^^-■■ Thus did the Oboreb of Engltod in tbe begio- ing of the tbirteeotb centary, loie ber iodepeo- deoce, and deviating from tbe primitiTe purity of the Cbuvch'of Cbritt, become sttbordtQate to tbe disciplioe, and deeply tfuoted with the eorrvptioop of the Church of Rome; wbiph latter increaaed copiiderably doriog the pontificate of Innocent III. who, hating forbidden the laity to read the Scriptures in^their nati?e tongue, prevented for a time tbe detection of these unfortunate errors. CHAPTER IV. ^ • ...■.-;.. .,:.-■■■;■ . . ^ •-.;; - rv . ■ ■ ./ t%0L tW» iBUBHISSIOIf or KIKO JOHH TO THB PAPAi. ii9, TO THB DIATH OP IflCEUPPB IN 1884. At this period the Roman Pontiffii while they Ityled themeelyes with feigned humility, the terpant tithe eervmiiro/f^ Xor iiC nej? er tbcless pretended to, be the oniyereal mbnarcbs of Christendom^ * TiM ^reD■, howcvtr, d«M ikil Ui« kiM'toiA f«iv«r to. mds tilt .Miijiii!^^.'Bliil^ ^ofifvigiit «f 9pr»p«^ M^|i«ir ymmIs mM tiil^jti;; 1 Tbepapjdpow^liidiiidMdik^^^ nti^ Vottezt^Btlotbitcoomry; batOMyokeirMitiil ftU too gtUiog to be tabniMiyely oodvnd, m witt ^ pretootljr appetr by the condoet of Jobn^t inme^ diate eaeoeMon. Duriog the Migo of Heniy III., the demindi for mooey by the court of Eome were to exorbitant, that the patteoce of Englaod became at iatt ezhaiMted, and the baroM, in order to lafe the nation ftom farther pludder, itaaed ao order to siece all p^iooe bringing any bolls or viandatea from Roine« They also sent ambaisadora ' with a letter, to lay the grievances of the €hnr^ of England before the Coaocil of Lyons, which con- «lodedwith the foUowing bold and resolute ex- furessions : •• We can no longer with any patience, bear the aforesaid oppressions; which, as th^y are detestable to God and man, are intolerable to us, neither will we any longer endure them."* ^- ward I. also resisted the authority of the Romifeh eee; for having levied a tax on the clergy in order to carry on the wars in which be was engaged, Bonifice VIIL directly issved a buU forbidding att Princes to levy any tax on that body, and the clergy to pay any such tax without permission from the holy see ; but Edward being determined not to yield, took such measmws that, notwithstanding tba ' cbreM of excommonieiitioo, bo aoeceeded i» ear- tying his point. £d^pard IL likewise, in tiM year 184f, wmit f asiitiied^ updo the persons of the martyrs at the stake. They would hide the forbidden traasare under the floor of their houses, and put their linrb in peril, rather than forego the book tbay desired ; they wonH iit tip all night, their doorr being sbu^t for fear of surprise, reading, or hearing others read, the word af God : they would bury tbemsehris in the woods, and tbera converse with it in solitada ; they would tend their faer4^ in the 'fields, and still steal an hour for drinking in the good tidings of great joy. Thua was the angel come don^ kd'^ronbla the water, and they only wanted sodia providential criris to j>ut the nation into it|thift it might be made whola.**f ^ 1 «^,rtb, inlieicetter- abire, in 1884. Hit f^ice, bowser, loa^ continued to so^nd in EngUnd, from ^ bit Diinieroii^ writingt, etpebially from hia tranilaf ion of the i Bible, by which meant, aaBr. tingard (the Romiib hittorian) confeftet, ** a apirit of inquiry Wat granted, and the teedt ,were town pf that leligioua rcToIotion, whichy .in a little more than a century, aatonitbed and^ cqafnlted all tbe nations of Europe.** iv/ . /• ■ iJ X : CHAFTEEY.; r nuipc Vttp : m^ra 07 widKurra to vb» ■--■i-i er tbe death of Wiciliffie, blrddelrinas itiw ftopagaied wHh nraah «eal by bia followan, who ji^..';' VOnm vF TBI! WlnlH OMvSDB* »IV 0fi« iilrfeh hii oriiiiillir^^B^^ lij tl}4 ttthti «iithttiiMti, ' IHiiikf tbnit phietiee 6f' iffiiiglii| ftyniM,<^fiilbfii' lif ii2SNni, In out of thli "ota 6«niiiii ditleeto, iiigtHfyiog fd ■!iig» •• a siotto irhen rfie lollt h«r bibe.* The writibgi df Wtclf* Ittfe we#e ilio ctrried^ into BohemilT by' on4 «f the natirei of that cbnrnry, whom tb'a mam'tge of their princest with Richard II. broagfit into England ; and it was from their pernial that ;John Hoes imbibed those OptnionB ooncerfiing th0 papal Church for which he afterwards suffered iieroically at thestalie; and he agalb prepared thn way for liulher. in the reign of Richard II. an act was pasftijd by parliament called the italtaJte (gfjpremKnfrtf, pro- viding against the encroachments of the pafiial lee, or the prerogatives of the Crowti i#ith respect to the presentation of benefices; ''to/iiicftpreA^n/^ieR/,** it wai declared, ** helonged xm(y io iktliing*i covart^ of the (M r^ht of hherownt wed Mi apprSii!^ tn the imeof all hit prufgeidtort^ Jdngief England f* and farther, threatening with severe penalties all those who either " /mrc/boMd^ or touted to hepiir^ ekaeed orjnttnedin ike tom^of Borne, or ehuwhef^^ any tueh tiramldtiinl»t proeeeeit^ s^iMSe^ of 'iitipo^ mmdcaitiont Mb, AitlHmiaib, of «ky the burniiig of herco li^il by which aU {MjrioiiiWii^o roquired to w- ooDOce their bereaiei, and ; deliver ia all their heretical hooka,, and tiibiiiit themaeWes -to iho Church, 00 paio of being burnt altr^e*^^ V It ia trna that WicUiffe and hip follof en (more particolarl^ the fatter) held some erroneous opinion^ and that thelj^Uurds ^eie very dangerous at tluB ^iipe, as.tbe greater part of them held aentiments, which, both on account of ^beir inoral and political consequences, jrequired to he repressed. ** It ia. wor^ of notice, iiowetai:*'* aa Soutbey observes, V that in ^1 the records phicbremaio of this perse<^ mtion, in no one Jnstance haa the victim been fbai^d with iiUBh principlea. , - In every case they weni i^neatipned upon thoaa^inta which make tha 4f|bp)nea betwi^ t^ Bief^ lel^onf In every naae ihey i^ere sf^rificed as hurat ^Ifbri^gs t^, t]^ inaii%*!t liiiananhatantiation wan Bade the t(M»9if Ji^«ie|y, and a.dNfl of tbladoctrinn iiaa.^^%F^4|Jt^ th^^ paniijb f i%B|||i||ra||^«infnir ^S|. OiiythU,!l#nd(infc of P f *aMiuW. ¥««•> ' ■ CImrch' «rt. fc.ir.pi.> ,« MMa. * "•^l^ft^.S^W'H^ ^ i ■;» Henry Y. these persecutions still continued r and soah jifteit^ blaaeoesnoii^o the tbraoe, tb* Couacil of S^skoce »aa beld« part^ for M ptwpoae of yntiig d iW»a,tb< a tile when a ifpirit of religious inquiry bating been^excited, a greater facility was thus giten **to search the Scrip^res.** By which means the truth of God gradually I emerged more and more from that dark cloud by which it had been partially obscured and which, finally passing away, left " bee in her light serene/* to dis^l each mist of error, and to shine with renewed splendour, tfs ** a lamp unto our feetj ai^d a llijht unto our path.** "< We read of one person only bi^rnt for heresy io the refign of Edward IV.; and luring the sliort reigns of his successors, Edward T. and Eichard II|., the minds cif rteii were so niuch engaged by the sudden and Isurprislng re?olution$ which toblE placa that tbeyj seem, to have |aid littlr atten- tion to ecclesiastical affairs. Soo^ after the acces- sion of Henry Vll.t abme attem]rts, were made io England to mbpm the tnanoen iif the mdoki'aiid dergy, whose di^oliite conduct at Ibis period gave ^l^at^^ocetojhe^^ faereasiog inraK^iyof t|^ wbEla el^^Mbody, ^Ibinpwaiy of ibftPH"^ MtiiMr doetrinil tfroit ^~t A., ■.^ b t b f 1 r- •if m orsuMxor .■■■■.'* •Bid «Dfia|i|ioBf| akovti |ill,ntlM «odttibat^«^ i«4«lgtiiaw,/lgr 4iliiolil«w X. «mi^ to p«plcBi«li bis «iiipty coiibri, that thef eonld be tndorcd no loQger, and finally brought on tbo great critiafialled the Reformation, for wbiofa SlckliffiB bad abready prepared the way. v ' CHAPTER VI. tHS SBFOEMATION. ^^ Thu celebrated event took pl%ce in tbe reigo of Henry YIIL, but owes Httletbaoks to tbat monarcb, who, in heart a Papiat, and in conduct a despot, rather retarded than adfanced the increase of spi- ritual Protestantism * in this country. The evil apirit of persecution, which had languished in som9 degree in the preceding reign, rag«d with great violence in the first nineteen yeairs of Heniy VIII. The most dreadful cruelties were inflicted on all these who were convicted of what was then Called heresy ^ u e. reading the New testament in English, denying traosutstabtiation, nurgatory, the infalli- bility of the pope; &c.; and all those who were^ found guilty of. these offences, whether men or' women, c»ld or young, were burnt to aahea without mercy, apd with.] n^ , ,- ^ Six OHiii and boa womaii were cenunltled to tb» lift! tat teaching their children merely the Lord*a timonM oi ffOftl^, thoofb now used to dMMta dl wl|e '«S&V^ dWMOBSr'stMMria ^Miesf «iiisMiMp«^^#i»«Hglaai|f if«M^^ tkOMii^ jH'wteiMr m apuwlttl affduHBMi In MMM apuwiui anauHBfM in 'J- 1? 4'£lt ^■^S^M'^i^rfMjf S?3»*WWT'niir«(«iW'- OBtfSBB* 10 thiir Mtive ioogue. Llwle, thiwfere^ dool^ « b»?« bma aitticitMted tl»t the lUfomitioii would b«f • tafcett pliiflt under • nMmareh who nttt bnly bated and peraeculed att beretici, bulwbo waa ateo zealoasly attached to the Cburcb of Bxmie, wboie battles he fought doriBg the bcginoiog of bia reigo, both by bia aword and by bis pen. With the latter he made so* iriolent an attatk agatntt Martin Lather, the undaunted German Reformer, that be acquired from the Pope the title of " Defender of tho Faith." Hot Henry, although be afterwarda bated the Pope, for thwarting bia wUl, by refuaing. to sanction bis divorce from Catherine of Arragon, and became his bitter eneroy^ was yet 00 friend to the pure and scriptural doc« trinec of our great Reformers ,• as is sufficiently proved by bis enactment of the statutes of the air aiticleti called the blootfyUahUet^ which threatened with Art and sword all who denied transubstantia- ti»n» pt refused to conform ,to this and other cor* ntptioQs of the Church of Rome. It ia true* how- ever, that He who maheth even the wrath of man to praise him, waspleaaed to make use of Henry i^tbe instrument in bis banda for emancipating England f^om the beavy opptcsaiMi of the Papal yohe ; thus infltotiog n deadly wound upon that ina» and incicnsing tht severity of the blow, by ■M^intit pnoaeed ftooa om whom sh» had «ol 4|^ elierisbedand careased aa her davotad child, h«l Hht bM|»rov
t»}11i>€at ol«iM»aipiat»a wM i b l a Ua aii - ■*3 " u. It IM tbt |i9|M|i# I4S4 <«liioh it rkkoiked m Um ditc of tbt BefefiQitioB in Eoglnid), nd tbo following year Heory alio aotboriwd a ttaotlatioD Oftli0 Scripttirei,' Ikdowii bjr the Dame Of Craomet'i Biblo. Bat ai a proof how little depeodebee could be placed by the fieformen oo the protection of thii monarch, although he bad ordered theie Biblea to be placed in the churohes (where^ inch was the anxiety of the people to tea^ theni( that for the oake,of secarity it became neceisary to chain them tothedeske); yet a short time after, be istned another decree, forbidding any of Ma lobjecti, beliw the privileged claiaee, to /ead the tacred yoljiine, under pain of impritonment, fine, or con- >(rJitfcation. Such, indeed, was the ?aicillating con- duct of Henry VIIL, who favoured the Proteitanta one day, and the Romapiite the next, that hia ^ death waa considered rather aa a blcMing than an ^^ to the Church, aa it certainly proved, by the prol^ion it received afterwards from bis pioua and imiftble successor, jBdwardVJ. The reforma- tion of the Church of England has, however, no concern witli^^be personal character of Henry VlII^ ^' nor w^h the motives of his conduei; although wo have much fcasOn to praise Him who ftequently oaoses good lo come out of evil, for thus merciAilly overruling the headstrong passiona of a>^cruel and luifodly prinoa to the good of Hit Chpch and tte ^r AAer the d«Mh of £d«rtf4 VL io U^S, ati^ At aisissit B of Maty, the ciBaa ef Peptty agtte tgr v9fioiui flBMw Ikan tiMir •*»•» .ftod tbdr plM«f wcrt ittpplied '>J «h«i» ^J>o »•«» «»•*»• totted ty tlif ^op«. , Thfi pw)ce«llogi howevef, WM Altoge^lMir illegal ; tb# •niboritj and otafped jariadictioD of the Romail pontiff batiog been entirely al^lifhed in England tome yeara pretioua. A dreadful perajBcution took place in this reign against all thoae if ho rejected the errora of Popery. The venerable Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, Bishops Ridley and Latimer, and many others of tbo clergy, laid down their litea at the atake as martyrs, in ^fence of the truth; a(ld hundreds, both men and women, perished in the flames for the aame cauer. But the blood of tbisse noble martyrs only proved ** the seed o^he Church;** for in the following reign, the glorious ^ign of Elizabelbi the old and true religion, divested of Romish abuses, waa fiotlly re-established in this country. ^ . >. The great object of our reformers, ** and that whicb they so happily accomplished, was to restore the Church of Eogland to that atate of purity which it enjoyed previous to the imposition of the Papal yoke." For let it not for one moment be imagined, that the Cranmers and Latimers, the Biidleys and Jewels, — those great, and holy mea f ho, *Vby 6od*a grace, lighted up anch a candle itt , England aa shall oevcjr be put out***— 4et it not bo supposed that auoh map aa theae aought to kiveDt any Mw^octrinea: no; they merely diveated the old oipea of the corroptlona which bad been * pimtg^m Ump.. Tbfi^f JiAtd tm tteoMfMh^ 'm otmiWtimti'BiitltiibiKtiibit^' n li fe- 1/' . K Tk«f d«piH0d frMii tllt'GiiarriB of Roniii tbe'Charcb of Rome bad'preiraricated against j;be Word of God, pt ionoTated against the apditolic tradition, wai pared away.*' For the great iniportanee attained by our refornet s to antiquity (to ivbicb they lo carefully adbered)^ cannot be more ftroogly ezpreesed tlifan in tb« words of Bishop Jewel himself, who, in his cele- brated ^^Apology of the Church of England, saya, ^ ** now certainly ihertean noOting o/^norewe^ht he toidagaifut religion thah that it is raw.** And agaip, hd afterwards adds, ** We the Engli^ - refcAtners, have approtched as nearly as possibly we-coukl do the Cburtft«tii iMMrad ytara in tha OhIiitiaB •JN«A|Mloir,chap.vi.lftsBdAppiadialV. ^ 1 » ' |«*iii. '!^»; .„ ■ ,. . - . ■,, V, s ^ .:. ■>l2£i.WU>t:^ •• ^ OUfUKE OF TH« BlUTISa OHimctf. » W f^j^-bool^ wttipb cfM!|iiot % lojqie ^ti-be tfiwd . It it not oply MMard, tMiefor^, but iiibtt mii- ^ cbievont to o«ir own c»us«, to tpeak of tbe Cbareh ' of Sogtend M if it were a ««/»arotof braneb from tbo Churcb of Rome ; for it wii ori^iotlly (at we faave aheadj profed) an ind^pindgnt Charcb ; and tbtrefore the fls<^{M«ump<£oto of that independence hadUitmgedto Aer from the Tery firtt, and the eonection on teripturtiL, prineipUSt ^ud by the spiriiual and eofOiomed rulert of her oum body, of thote errora which never did belong to the primitive /«nd apottolic Church, cannot be called teparaHon^ ^but.rather what it really wat, a rttlffrafibn, at far at pbttible, to that pure and ancient model from which the Church of Rome hertelf hnd departed, ior, at the judieioua Hooker obtelnret, ** We boipe tbtt to reform ourseWet, if tt any time we ba?e done amiit, it not lo teter ourteWet from the Church we were (^ before.. In the Chwcb, we were, and are to ttill.** And moreoTer, **It it certain, that during the reignt of Henry VHI. and bit tuccetibrt, until the eUveiUkjett of Queen £Utabeth*t reign, there were not two separate commojiiont and worthipt in England. All the ^eo^loWe tubject^to the tame pattort, attended the tame chorche«, and received UTWHX OF THB iMTISltCinWH. 41 V n ilu> m.f«iMtM>ii.' «he PM*Mt»nt drnwr-wm^wto* TA^^oolr«^ twt tte ;bi.hoj««Dii;ae2r « EdglMd .nd I«l»ni remaned the »«•• " *»ft:t; S^m the voke of papal tjtanny.' Mri wwpatioo, thUe «r.tao.e'tiL. they P«*?^»'»"rT'«'. ftom the mind, of men ,hoee,«pe«rit.o«. opioion. .„" practice, which at; thi. P««* '"^rt preJled. In proof of ^^'^'^*± Lhorit, of the papal ««.'"^J.:2*t-S^»ed VllUnd hi, pwliament, thi.act«*hlrtM^<»e* Wd concuir«l in by the tobep. )»* ^.»f oi«^.ioa. of C.n««bary -^'l. *'"^» *°1.S deciriion that the po,*e op IK.hop^ofRem. had i,o more j»ri.dictioa in thi. co«ntrj,J.y A. W of God than any oth«p foreign biAop.* It >» ■ „„i,rioo., al«,. that ^^^^tl^ Eliaabeth. -hen the'Reformanoo •"^f«^'^'«^> ^fj^. The :bi.hop. '^*."t^« «henpur»eia difcrenj oouiie;»nt,*W«'J. •» •deqiate «.pply wa fooDd iothoae htthop. -ho ,.,y ..me hod, 0^ P*"?" 'J'"'' f?2!*;SiS^ « , l*iedinfr»g«, And th.B»fanMl«-k .«*>*»* ■jf" ^ • , • 8«« C«IU«r*i Bed. Hlit. t^ %>••*! t .'.. ij-m^ ^M, .•t %^ . 'Mmi^^'' ' I • , '^ ■ Mf ' ] "HA .b.Sp«« "Hi <»«l*» Bom.. CthoUe prii««. to !^ ikaaMMnooM dioiehn io dtie* ud gtett SJlllta J3r*«»lb, of «eori. H.. m.j..tj • ^^ Almwb «»>«• W*<>P« •••* '•''?** SSSlMfly. Hot to grant th.m cb»«h« to S«MBi««. •«•««*«• -Web tbopubh. !,.«.«.». to oira booow Mid cooKSciiee. cooM BPt •U"- ' 1 *»»l»SOMWgoo«lp«)pl»,»nd<»»k* »'»•■» yf*- t Co*Uer Tol. tt. b. n. p. «•• i'"¥ *i0f'. ■Mj.-};^-^^-; 4S" St Aanartioe, when the MtinBtltt* ««»?•. *b.^X .o ^he .rchbUhop «f J^n-iS^il to TIavid'i in Wales, and acknoirteageow wi»^ ibbot of Bangoi toJ4 Aa.lin,ui «h*,«» ";«j; BritUh Chuteh " th.t «h.y •^'".^^^^^SS r.b. pop. of Rom. th» *J^ *i*^-5S» TJvim whom h. -•-»; V'^*S:"2'^^K^ ' 2jy«»rt found Uut iM «»»«•« ■«« •* /*- lR3»?,^i3K*W"'- m. H f^.:;l M. H* ■ . ., ■ 1 wTtam ov tvBTiBmsH phubck. / u btmoogikiMfL .. Tlwii ««» tbe thunderf of th» VaticMi iiiroe4agaiiB«t Brit«io«nd Britatn*a Queen, and the biiliof^ of Ho>M) oo hit own authority •(Making greMlhlbga, pretended to excommunicate a nation iuidnteidepoae hieofereign. It is clear» theivfore^ th«t!te?ory Romanist born under the British Bag is a jofaitiiiatic. He has preiended to join hiniaetf toa chnrob which can ha?e no exist* enetfotanyi valid cikira to existence, oyi of ihB Roman territory ; fdr as the seven churches of Asia were^distinot and not confounded together,— as itheyweieteach' responsible for the puriiy of the faith icdnmon > to the' whole Chorch of the Lord. Jesoa^'heiog the parts of the body of which he waa the he^^^so likewise was the Church of Britain dirftiwot from the first, and responsible for her purity w impurity. The Church of Britain waa not^«fofraed by this or that preacher calling aronnd hrai aset pf malcontents ; but by the, acts of heekynbdal. assembly, eoroposed of her bishops aDd»pHes*«r,iand tatified and confirmed by parlia- medtf bud: voveriei^n f thus did she restore the anden^ porityrof her faith and government.* Tbpnk»*ke to God ahe still has the same power and thai totee^ght to vindicate her claims; and al^ddgb hec enemies would' seek to Erpt^"*'*' hertirtiefly,iihe:will^ neverTheless, ere long agaifa asnmllleiid aelemu synod, to «ject a second time ■ ' -4fea''(fj^»?5fb v>.u4 'Viv/'-i "■■.■■■ ♦ ' mlaike vSar «*« WMlSP*^ op *»y th« tyaod w«re sent to parlUi^ SSr to'«?iSaS!lr^ lay elemeiit IteTtog their lettf In SiittswBnt,!*e'li«»i^>of?onw»9S»|o« sitting at U^ Mittiitto* OT theHfiwef the ChurVli. The psrll«»ent proper looWng V looked aftsr the ipiritualaflarftorthe naliaa. ■■■■-T. w^mmmm m. n T-r-.-T-n ijhj-f B» -) 1" •^ > r'' the jord wa> itain her- waa lling acta hOpft; rlia* the ent.* ower »«tid iolae- "T, th« papal •»P««*<^»--^^>^^^';5? !!!' K?;^ hMjeyer beea. atid wUl be. tiie >ck oT pur. Salvation.. Ed. Ch.] , i . . . ..^^^ We hate i»ow shown that there waa neither a ww faith nor a nt^i^ mbUtjry iot«»duced at the period of theReformation; andwithrespecttoourr^ection^^^ the papal yoke, while, haying been unjaatly forced ll^Z. we had aright to shake off.-4n thus acting. Vonjy rejecte4 that which wa. ^«i tte^ U^M^.noi mly an raurpation, but a Areci Jlatiar^ofthe rules of the Ch^cK a. ^^^\^ the third general Council 6f Ephesus. A. i>. 43 1 . The patriarch of Antioch having attempted, in the. beKinniog of ihe fifth century to usurp authority . over the Cypterian Churches (as the pope haa siBce attempted over the. British) this great CouncU of the whole Christian world. "?«^ at Ephesus, issued the following remarkable decree, which clearly establishes the independence of the English and Irish Churches aginst the papacy, as weU aa that of Cyprus against Antioch. lor it was ordained by that holy synod, "that none of Uie bishops most beloved of God do assume any other pto^cethKtuiwtardwasnotfornierly.andfromtht v^ beginjihg, s^'eetto him, or those who trere hu p^c^(»^«t.ifan, haveas^^^^ Wt be b^ 'forced to reatore it w tbt the cai^a of thi Faihera be not tranagresaed. nor worldly pride be introdoced under the mask of thi. wcred L,tion. ^bereforer H^ SSoiri good *d thia hiy Council tliat t^^ f\k 7.^...;.- .»T,..,^l^:- mm 46 OVTUMK OF TUS BlUTISH CHURtJtii loAtfiA AflM aiwajfi Uiongid to ft, tccolrdibg to tbe niage which bM obuined ; aod thoiddi^By role )>• adduced repugnant to thii deera it ii herebj repealed.** Now it will be obteryed, this decree was paned notjasrely for the defence of Cyprus, but for the further lecurity of the rights ofaU province* in aU future timet. Here, then, the RoaisDists, who profess to hold the canops of the primitive Churcb the same Id all ages, staod self-Condemned, on their own principles. . The j^pe has violated the canon above cited. For the British Churches having always been independent of the papal sf e Up to the arrival of Augustine in 596, theBoroan pontiff was clearly bound by this decree (passed in 43 1 ) to leave them in that state of independency, and not to attempt any encroachment on their liberties. "^ And to this pope Gregory was particularly obliged, because, at his first promotion to the see, he declared, in a letter to the patriarchs of Alexandria, Antioch, &c., that he received the /our genera) Councils of Nice, .Constantinople, JEpkesUt and C^^cedon, with the same submission and regard he Ax^XhtfourGoepeU* ^^ " Since, therefore, it is beyond denial, that the Churches in these islands knew no subjection to Rome up to the close of the sixth century (as baa been already stated,) it is certain that every exercise of jurisdiction which the bishop of Rome practiced afterwards, for a time, in this kingdom, was in viohtion oj the decrees of the Catholic Churchy and thai the Churches here were merely acting' m ' t .wSrJS'j,:^ ' ' * Greg. EpUt. 1. 1. sp. tS; and CoUlsr's Ecclc«. Hiit. b. tt. ^ S5. M, mm \ OUTXANi: or TBlB BMTIStt OHimCH. t»i» 47 trial of that crool bondage, they were etiabkdto releatt thtmeeWet from hr* " Nor wai it (at «r« bate already aeeii) till the period of the Nbnnaii Cooqoeat, io the iniddle of the eletenth century, that Rome aMumed anything lilce an atcendancy oter oor Chnreh ; and then it erat not without a long and ardaous etruggl t, that the eitabliihed it* So that the real fact of the case is thie— that out of ei^*te«n cenfttrie*, during which the Church of England /has existed, somewhat less than /oui* eentuneJand a half were passed under the usurped ~ domination «f the see of Rome,— so great h the :«l^si^ty and palpable ignorance of historical facts •TiOQid by'Shose who represent the Church of Eo^nd as a separated branch from the Romish imunion. lor, in all essential points,— in d<^trine, in the sacraments, in the unbroken sue- ssion of ministers, the Church of England is at Shia day the same which it was in primitive timesi*^t And with respect/to the Church of Ireland :r^ **M the eifrontery of the schismatical Roman I /^Mshopl in that country, in assuming the style of the Irish sees, has led acme persons ignorantly to sup- poac that they are the representatives of the ancient Irish Choreh, and that the Protestant, or orthodox Nbitbopa,i«i intruders, it is right that the reader aboHldlK^ow, that by the records of th« Irish church It appears, that when, in the reign of Queen Eliaa» bath^ the Roman jurisdiction wab renouiieed, of all ^ th^ Irish bishops,' <»ily two, namely, Watsb^ bishop #iisii«cfen«tttto*cttat^ t 8m BoBiBiti* tod DInent, fny the lUv. W. Do*«*?'«» Dbcoam on tht Duty of Member* of Iht Chiirdi of Btatteiw. i. . ■^'1 X .'# '^mw ^-^^ It -f^y^^c.'j' 1^^ • -'i-^yr,, ^Tt 48 owTWift W iw^lWi^W ^^^^^ of CllMMi^«pi^.X^lf*!i^^ Limerio^ and jSWddf , bitbw of Co^k tn^qiWfr resigofd; tlw fo^iwr in l^^. M|d the Utter m j 1571, poi«^^ froB^icfoplei^ tb* wpe wofe. ; The reali to tlwonnibf r x)f twepty-tw or twenty- .-^ thttfiWtrMeoMtinued m their See» ; an4 from ^ I ae preteiU oriho4ox or JhroteMant buhai^ hat*^^^^^ .f rived amrord«r$, being the luccewprf, by unbrjken and unioiemipled 4««!«t. of the ancient Jnth Church ; which Church be it ever reroembereO, waa the laet in Eorope that fell under the uaurped juriidictioo of Rome; her metropolitan* not hayiRg a received the Roman pall (the badge of alav^ry,) aa it appeara by the fifth canon of the fourth Latere Council, tiU 1162. For to comparatively ahorfa time, not exceeding four hundred years, wa* tb^ f Iriah Church bound under the papal yoke."* It is clear, therefore, that the Established/ Church of Ireland alone represents that Churpb which the Jaboura of St. Patrick, in the fifth cen- tury, planted in tl|e island. •^Thosa who pre8id«;^v over theRomaniata have received consecration frpm.i Rom^ at a very recent period ; and ^ cprruptipw ,, which prevail in their religion,and which distingiiif.ll i it fro«| oura, bfoame prevalent long after the Sa^t •,. death. Qordjwjtrinf a, consequenUy, approach m^i^t! nearly tn hia than, tbeira do; and therefora, <><)r i ^ Chunsh iiithft tftti andoriginaJ^Char^li of ChniMjr I WgtkesofUidMoMw TeeeHsr of ths Cburck I IBT the Ttaisi. t. ,.£;fe "Wi^/&~ HKSi^m_ OUTLnraOFTHlBimWCHWWII. *^< Tlw tuthor trotti that •lOBcielil hM now *€«ar •aid to profa boththe adtiqaitj; and Indapwaf WJ^ of tha Chorch or EogUngi. Foriijf hata^aan ^^ /^ it waa fbaddf d. if toot by tha apoatla St. Pa«thi«.|^ .ilf at lea.t uh6n\y after tha aportcdic uma.; that it was flouriAing io the sacond, third, and fourth centurie.; and, in the latter, was lapiajjemad^^^^^^^ by British prelatet at different Councilt. 1 bat m thoMidays there waa do attempt on the part of the ; bishops of Rome to arrogate to themselvea tba riKht of universal supremacy but that all. tha apostolical Churchea of that period wera indapend- eat of each other, and of equal rank and »«jhority. Tha unanimous tradition of the early Churchf points out the Apostle St. Paul, as the one by whom the doctrines of the Cross were preached m Britain. This fact is fully proved by the testimony . ^»V the middle of the reign of Nero, says, » m tha maao time— that is the interval between these two events—" Christ, the true sun afforded his rays to thU island shivering with icy cold." Easab^ir when showing that the apostles pfeached tb«f< doctrine io the remotest cities and^ coontriWi adds particularly "that soma passed otar tbt ocean «rc roc KoSofuya, ^r^^T^' JUT^l thoaa which are caUad tha British Wands. Ta^^ tuUiaii A. B. 100, lay.,-" Thara •" pU«a. J^ Britain inaccessible to Roman anna which wtrt aabduadto Chriat." Ongan A.». aao, MlMttr- . < - -. ^^im- "^""mm., r^^^pp^**?.- m **yrbtkm^ Mtitfo W&mA* eombig # tli^ uiiililtttii^wonhip«foiMGodr*iiidagfthiMyi^ ^ ** ttii pQiVirlDf God ^ar Satioot it «f«r with tbedi i in Brhaio lirlko tre difidad from oiir woirld," aad Si. ChtyiOitom layt.--- •• The Britiifr W*"^"^ sitiiited iMydOd oar tet, tod lyiog in the very ^ ocean, hnte felt the power of the word, for eirea there Churches are built and altars erected." TheHotean Catholic Church has made a blunder from which she cannot recover .herself, at a time ' when ^he had not so illly developed her anii-chris» tian form when she did present some comeliness, her coitom was to appeal to antiquity for the validity of all her acts, other branches of Chritt*0 Church have taken ber at her word, and proving her to be a dispenser of Ijriog wonders andcnnningly devised fables, have so banted her from her old battle ground of antiquity that she is now obliged to cheat her followers into a belief that she now poa* aesses full and absolute power to <^hange times and customs ^d add to the Word of God such new doctrines as best tend to support the Sapremacy of bet Pope. Yes^ the Roman Catholic Cboreh vrbich claims to be mistress of all Chorebes, now dedans tha^otlr Lord and his Apostles leftodiy ) the teedt of religion which Rome thteogh her Fopea was do develop* into (kill bloom, notwithstan^og the declaration of an apoMle, that we are not to cMdit any other doetrine than that which ba preaobed^hooj^ preached by all angel. Wt hava also Wrtd that the British Cbordh hadeidaled tact gold iodepeadent Chuffeh fo r pretiotts to the irrival of the ■■ if pi Hi « f ll^unRir Ttti BiimMrcwjBCH,' •"■' W u|mJ^^m^Mt^^^ to th« kt|#f fei tWt iitlimt * t*irtt lq btlMitf o^ A« P«W«> '*««■•• ^^^^ ttMiM moy embffteed ChmtiMiily { JH |Mt »7 Itrtlwiiwtiif proportion of tht Swon* wm «m- -fwtiid? W pwUteo «>f Britith oiigUu Ttw^tho littof prdstet wfowd to yield tboir indepf tdtficf , bf to^utng to the •athoriiy of the Cbureh^f Romo. their obedience to that Set hiting never been demanded >iU the clow of the tilth century; but -4htt after a long reeUtance, the BriUeh» aa weU aa the Saxonii conformed to her diecipUne, and recelfed her corruptioiit at they were fnceewiwfy Introduodd into the Church. That it wat not till iboQt thi middle of the eletenth century that the pope acf^iiT^d m*h tpiritual powers «f claimed ,i»y cifU au|hority in thete kingdomt; that one aoverei^ tfter another retiiied and protetted ' iMiinttithe encroaohmentaof the RomUh aee; but that at length, through the pntilanfanona conduct of King John, the Church of England lott her independence in the thirteenth century, and with her independence much of her remaloing puwty of doctrine. That eten after thit period* when tho power of the Roman pontiff had reacj(e4itan»»dtl extent in thit oountry, the i retittaoe* manlietted a«aintt papal encroachmentt by diferent meoarcht Xo •fterwardt tueceeded to Ihefthrone^^llinly ahow% thit the BngUih, howoter oppuetei^iWeTer ^..whoUy lott tight of their independeiiiej^lther in I.' Church Of in «tale. That «i *h» fl^lftcenth I ^sentnri WickUflb app«»edi iiiid *n»i^hia trinilili"" ^ *ii> Bihlet maiJT hMB M» aid piooi 1/5 cj r. .^f-- \ i K » ^ndifUaalt, In T^ogliM^ M <«tU^ «p In. |iilber. •<«MptriMtlifM «p t&Mr toiiBe, tbon^ «Ktli« peril ^ 4<^^hflr MNMgiiiBit'Chfe ooftuptiolif Mi alwiM of. tiM,p«ptI iytlfttt^vMch it l«nitii4nerMM#tO)«iich icsnmiMitVtliiftliitlM i«i««itbcentiirf th^ftniUy . / 4MQ^ in the iJi^tfriiial&m of the Churfrh o^EoglaDd i l^wbieh ift^ to be onderstood^ not the aepttraling . .. ftom. toy other ehorclH or theinlfodoction of eny ^ viwt9 reUgioo, but the casting off the> oorroption of • the old, and ha rertpeation (aa niarly aa ttould be ' % «ppreacIiedVto tllat pave and Seriptiiral nlbdel of ,t primitive antiquity, via. ^ the holy Catholic and ^Apoit^ic Church/** ; ^ ^v ** S^or can we," to use tb« wordt of «n eloquent '. ;-: divine^ ** aofficieotly admire the Mn§ kindoees.of ''*? Alpi^y God^ iiho allowed' the aeedt in^M of^ Beformation to J>e aowo among; »• by Wickliifefyei . then, noturitheCawttng the poxi erful buoian aid ' whioh be hild/and his great popularity, cauted them ' V *.t#iiwtMi it were< in the earthf until thoM: which V w«|e£ toond ahonld bf length of time decay , ■'■'■' ttod again, that he placed lo many impediaMiiu in ■4^ ^e wiiyiof oBf final aclbrmaaoi& (for «ha» man /- ^oaa^idlyi he doet rathly^) and helA bacfc^owr .vtepvl^^arbitrarkieaaof Heikry ;;mnd vhell wi i mnmmpin goiBf down the etreaai oC the Jinlea too •;< uMidily'v ehMked «• at «aee by the uneipifted « dliti^ar fidvaid^wid pronreil^oi I7 the fire 4^ the ^ MiriMi p ei aij I Bt i eB t iod took away by »Mat^*i T4Mtl^ thaie i« when «• oMit tfffiited,i Mid then rTiwU^ miihn^ • Danber^ tf laboBrMi in the " * wheBi not iJMwild J \ / ' ^ ; t ^- • * to *" re -^fci '.'l tA t v 4 ,fi--ia ♦. -^ - - ^ |« . V-E ' ***** tf . ( -Tai^ ^ >m' ' -i-. Vrti^ ., ^: OTil^ , . .'U M ( . Htii, ' vih; • .1" ' '•^'*^' ' f% ' ' '- , »f.** ■ . • •* r - - J ' ■ • ^ ;'-* >9fl>lt «'- I ikii^ih* ««lQt»fkiiMf iMiB •*■"; ^'. " 'A^' \% .1 -..'"'TSJ •L.^ i.«*'ifc,• ' P\i iJJb W I •> J^ *••''■ _!__! m;* 1 ii ■^ .% 'n « H ' ' \ /. '? '■■? M P?, |fy uliofi^ cVi«ltuiBl|ty wu firtt inlrodycfdt i^pidar «rfor Ii«ff^ig MfttgocM '^ow^^^^ apt buiprtf • 0briitiiM>, ba wm iipqinlifiiMl i»Mji d^ifp 4oofrli»e. A«iKH|||b« aariy l^l«ai#li I, Corpao W#> atin^* iMNHeaunirBtll fo^«rty^|§.a ffaicior, |^ acbolf c, aM i( l<||f^|atot» fiui l|.,ia i^ayefi ^t Jio wia «oaf«rled^ tL ^ ^^ Briuanonim tiiacetiM Eonaftli (QiMtcd by O'Halloran Mid |toort, ilit lii i >j lH« Wtf » Bi«orlat of IreUnd.7 ' * ^ ' , ..^__ ttiM l^ 491^, for \ ^i^|i||q^ ^ eoiinteriatiM tbem. They wera. Mi(Niip|ilM^ln^ Patrick: iad,' |y|fBiii|»gai or^ahved^ JMMmi^ and oeliihy him **^tia the Iriih bettevr iiN|i|»^^^«i/^ ^^ He arrrSted in IiellMid i.iii^t;: livtMld^^^tido etHi a leering ibr ^ivitia-: t^ii^id ivit l4Mreed to Hj the eobunT* ilib iHUwr'tf Sf^^tlek ehdrtly Ibiloiieiai 19(e ^ii Upplltia aaeolBed Palladiai, hmded fi^ HohHii,' dli^ aiid fM««i^ 4he foHopliii ;l^iter at thf JKog^ MaM af I'in^^b^ k^ lieafalra; IiiilMioii»'wei««Miia^litiyaucoeid)iif alid^ «i|iPihed abuMdiaa in every paft 4^ tiM ItiM^I ; rfc L^' ' IHlpMf*. vol; t ip. Mi, wff^^pm o« jpQB mw nmtaum^ ^^■ .j^'flff^^, Awni^tW* 4M'(Ml4lit am*' '' i4^t.' I .' f. ,*. ■• : ""'- t !, - ^^ b^^ippdi^ lojuB oi|f#el of tlif' -Irivil/Cliimiii i|> iQ^lf W iii$, CsrlMrf : R{«lttliiff»k(; iv|ii«li^ WM rtetmM in tb« yt»r 408 1 l>3r rbit <1b» a ■etojiantp, iQ coi^anotlpii witb Hy Nitl^fiij^Mvof^. f4j^itb,i:M<^^* ^*^^ t3(t^iid«d Ibftir poirei! Ia4 t^ i^ttlieiii IbU^i, tbfly bfcain* in tiiM iii^^ p|]^i^t.of jr«IiwdiMtd $^^ mattet* of lb* oMinlff. T'bt #«l«bnrted IriibmftQ Sk< CoIambi> or OolBiRlii^r 4($^|rMjje«o«pde^ fioin «b« |iy S^>*^ftb€ |ottjni8fi9ii of bi« ltU«irob|liiMdil^M«r bSiHdfttlfii, poDft}^ llKfir biogt « fip9l of tli» iMl -' Silipd fifU;f,M fon^fM ffiaM rfov tbi ipiil^fMft tvfi^feor Jl^i 4ia#l«iiii Ibo jtuSm9mAm^n m^tti '« moBitti^^aiid «l|Wob^ 1^ ot ^noe pip^ ce«4i|| 19 diffoH, tbat. boowMge of Gbrl«tiitti# ^li)^il^tl^,bJ^l)cql^ /Ho.4te&^^ T|ilt Wottch of ibe Iritb Cborcb wm •nbao-^ quOBf^ ozlMided^td Eplbittd, |%|«i IN: ^ V ^ J&W% jlkij if »ortbM^^ — "^ Qe wi ld mk- tfdootod tn ^ ^' iMHMild ttbt^Sbfiii^Mi lldlk i ^ u-^Z ff,S l!' %i> i i «^ «iMi|iit, qfp irfiom llw Wi« bwkwfd Hit iiMll VfttN^ qtt^M»nitl la |li» f f offfti #r«« wWflk t#p|(i!i,«Dd m)i9q1s eo^^wtd ba^lUfil Uootjr, and t^ ^iiil r^cei««d |bepr reli^9«i tciMtf •! tbt lMl|ld«fiif|hew Irish iQttcuefor«.t * ^^^ : |k|| fkoM wer? pq^ tht onir men nhofU'lRbn^ t^ifgrlb t9 dHTaie the ty^Miog* i4 CbriitiiBitj, ciydi^allbNi, md iiMrattti^ fii tlwi« f«flj 9^h w4 i«. fi»p9ff their own ho»«M«e hy iiilefCQ«r«9. iiit|l^:«|g»f of ofher ltii4». There am titoeft ^H^^iy fff^ iotercoiiwt holwfen IftlMid M(d ^l^teni^Churehet; %hv ""^ long id^tieftl 1i| dA^rUiti ftod in «uo«ted|f)glg««, even whoa ^t^ium^ wffW^dergoioM gMdiieiaeelhielnoA^ Ugt4% the 4^h»nMtf r oTthe Irifh oottcges wit< efi^M|i|e4 for ao4 «i4e. Tho fiiQ^ni lehool cC I^^^ aiioog>ther emlnJOTniiB, prMlift| lt» iHtlwMir. ^admiawere intitedto Britab fiw ^ par- %Ml«CliiMation. Thp^. ^ ^-. :.,v , Jjfj;iiiJk.ii.1i* <,.i«»i«gjj>..w MFw^WYgrsv'r^*' i%\ fv % $S 'ovttdttni 01* ivni msB oBimnc. - •leiif^titoJtli to itfeeeiildil iThitimlit a«i|«ilMMM iHth Gf«ei«i HterMinw witiiiehtlml' ' (^€hr«^ciMtwitr «•» •dopte^ in mtnfdKthi' nd irill Im fbofiiA in itee of tli# #iriiitit^6r oof' Ifiib'inib^Mri|itt^ TiUr ctfelmted YitgiHi^ ^ Ifi^tr hthmA febMC th« jeir 745, won th« i>|M#l$f < F«^ tilt ARber «^ CbttleiJuigiM. Ite wu ifeeofiQ* ptntedoD irft rottto b^ ft Greek Bishop, mmttf ^ * Dobda, ftod even at ft hter period • G^eeb Cbiirch'^ exieted io the coonty of Meatb. * 9t. Cbtraoa* - tbmt telle iis,ithftt tiM lotereouree of Hie Iriab CbttVeli.Wfte kept «p with tbe . Eaaf, e^enf ill ^be^ uintb ceitiiiy, wbeo ber detgy ** repaired to Cmi*/^ •lafttindple to.iiic|tefr«'of oeitafai ccdeeiftatieal IhH' dItioM and Ibe-periytft eompotatioo bf Eii^.^ And ft Freocb writer, Erhi of AoxarM, {SHF^mI' samt oeDtftiy, oliieihrea, >*^ Whfti sbftlF 1 n^ ^: Iretiiid, wbo dUMUbig tbe daogervof tbeder^ i#' uiilfatiDgwItbddioatber wbole trahk of fiftitM-'^ pbere to oar aliorce f Colonbaiiiie' fbimded titf ^ taoMitery ^ LttmuU, in Fraoe^, wbieft was diledj ' inbaliited by IHek taonl^ but Ibej t^re i^lire^^^^^^^ froiii'ibiiici i4tb tbeiridlddenoiiai^ pioftga^, DiuM 4m6^ Italy; aod^ftnindi^ ttiifti tbe iieiliaieiy (if Bobble. Thfj ipi^t 9|^il^ aiio|llttrlai^ft«^ lo^bed^li llfl& teiiiQfyV'^tind'kis nam^^ thk Wiifb^ „ '*G^timiitbrleiii>ii St/PfttiH*^ ilft^^^^ Sainti Btofttiia; OnaoilaDiii; AMftii,'Oi#ti?lt^J I :--ii . ;i-\i?,v^;*l"ji Jl .'jr aisdq ■4: v^-^.- v-^i •^w^s V \ ummm ov TH> nisH ohobc v. ig5«|* BiiBMtry III FfWt. SiODt Kmif« hfv aiir yM»tfttild JoImiibm Seotiit EHgeM ntfit irt w fcro ylitt czeltcd tiM tirprlM <&f more piir ' Hnftiliiidt «|«f. He wMlilglily eite^Bcd by bbt^ CliffaftMiPge and hit •oeoewor, LQlhiire, wlb *|p- f Mil*^ Mm matter of flM pii«biiiiatlMf««isellriiriiirt«tlW ykmbm»r\ Hewaa •♦**rbe4b4Mototmit. H^tbi otthe ««w«|eKoal tMi #hoie ie^ m^m 10 haf« bcea the '.Ootptl t^ CkHti^* wMk U v#«rtMntff)itrMcvi!i Ittlaillidiilltti X- :*■?! ^iir R^nUVST 'lit^ P '■ miikM^^^o&Oa^mAiikm^^nifhwH ibatlMlAwwfl 1m ■HiiiA^ m$^m mrme offM, MM 4» aid tfM Iriih: %hwH^ hr ■||tt iiihMq«ffiit« I» Hit liriilkirfs SMliiiitiDOi or y aiiiAMie, of iHiidi 4MnI * mtilkf flitt libbop, *• all ia«fc «• irt»t iHtl kH idMia^ Asiilf^ 1iit|,^#^ tUlgifd to MMnAt f ^ f^^ •< ^'i* » Ii flieor^aii, thai *< dtlniifh withoai tho km of ^UikrootiOaBi yot ao •omiahiagfn tho tS|0^ of Clliritlkn doHttooathaill oaoeoAa oH tio Asl^ihoaHlif aatioii;^ and ^ a» grmi mm^ #* . M«r oji^JNMntf «iO|iiait i4«tv»-- >% ^ avfftaM ot ns ttits oimiDflr. 'ih ^ tHtklMMiM^^I* cop (torn the Ititf, «M OttmU tlMa*poi£liPlMth Cbatth licia'difl^ajr. ^ Tii»%ttod^8Sf Patrick dfolirtt, *' iM^ be i^o ^ AlMrff lli Mt to recchre the iiibmitiii fn bit Wk* ^mi kam am U help h^ after ha ifyt^ 8l. 3#rlgidit who fbanded the «bbe7 of KUdtre, set %ym t ptMe» **«bcfeanto, with her liiAident, ind Widvira, the UMd 16 teMrt, Oat thtg m^i tnjojf U^tm^ioftkthod^ Md bUfOd o/Jetut ehrkt'^' •od id Bede'e ** Life «>r 8l. Gatbbert** we ne toldt ^4. »'- OMgiilBe BWMiiiliBr/*':' ■■• ^»? ^LtttanyinaQ ebould tbiok thitaQder tlieforiii ^ik bleed eTooe be migbt be Mii 4Mi iVe been jet- taker of the body end blood onw Lord by way ff ooBoomiUiice.*'} And thte 'phictlce coDtioucjl >lDat %fi€i it^ nae Miaddep j^ ibe Pcpi^ 'CdpietllllCci,;A.I>. l41'A* - ! ,;.x,..^,:--.r..::.,',..^\ lo tbe year 815, Ct|od!oi, in Irkhnin, jdio .:«w one of ibe foondere of tbe t!nifereity!,bC Fi ;f|ltiii| of ibe Sacrament, Ibut tfq^^ '^M Bccaofe bretf dotb con^m t|ie My« mj ^olii«ork1>looirk tbe lletb, tberelbre tU « It .Mkieeni^* L^B,t'aft^i^'; Jm^K ■ ^i.\i^ :!^ii^lA!s' Jh^ik idiVi .^.^ B\ to m^mt:* Aofl MiUtt^ i» ilifov^fiCMaNm fMMe;** Mjf, •* Who it pim»iiiiiipl«i» Clultl ^llteMlft^ofPmiAi iHd frtnl Bigb ftrifitt Um .MfiprilfllcdbitNf AMbii,orilie or^tr^f MffW - >ii iw > rtt € ;ht to wlipat mro. iJwayi giftn fifttf mhkk mkikt^mn, ihtfnttaof Ute mnh ctitflAf ifirf^Mr ;|^lM^t|6w.^ W» iIiaU obI/ «d^ eo« ttitioM^f .iioK to Ibit i«rlf pfifUjp of tbo Irwb fokli,aiidtlii^ ip the ceicbf Atcd IHib pMt, Moor«^ w|io^ \nM$ >.|Iiitoi>3r of Ifofaiadi** ttoltt, tlMk the do^iriiMr ii^ the IH«h Cburob on tbU p<4ot hat always Imod^ *^tWt^ body of Cbritiia iHidvff tbe tjinbdliiiiot corporally or carnallyi bat io a apuitual mtiiiM!* . ^a aooiiber poiot th# Iriab Cboreh did ooi udopt . Um pnotice of the Cboreb of Roai«,;-^tbe c«Hbaay of tbo dergy. Salok Patiick jitUa nt, that hit Iblbar^ Galpburnina, waa a deacon, and that |ili grandfather, fboeiaat vat a prieit, and hela!dd()^ii rdef for the ooodnct of tbe priest and hie wi(il^; ;^Fbe Priests of the Irish Church eontiiiucd » iparry until a lite period. Aoialgaid, «ha: ir«| ^Piiokiteof Arnufbin the year lOSfli «lif> iii^|^ aarried man,, and the Father oC two l»ish'ope^ihil ^mt.^: Csiihis, who died A*i>* 1139, wap 4 iiauihri^ ilMiQ; :^hai eight Piridiates who pirec^e^ bin wei^ ' Mirfled. 1%^ Primaey, in fkct beoaoie an Itt^m* attot,t and when Pippd power was auttcieitly'ci* j*,i * tlW ITI-'* I aw Chrlilai aiwt f fMsM iMililiiilisilL jBtesetf K^k Stf^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^k J^Mkg ^IaI^^^MV' ^^Kfl^^h^Mj^K ^^^m|kA|^^b, * ^tf . •P[y ^^^^^^^^^^^^P^^ ^^^9 ^^^•^" ^•^^W^p^ ^W^Pj^ww i ttit nMt tfiitM ftiMttt it amrtM rlHt " • 'n'l w«,fti. Ibsrf^liiMtMMlIM* tt ■ w« ■^T^ ;■ ..j~/! V,. -Hi /IMrrMW «r ^0 iiMW cimyw :A vfoto* to John 8iio«iiUmi«h Mf h^tr^ i9 liMN^ hf tlui^ abelidi tMt W ap«ff ft If^iiMl: % 3iHlileh toiBikiuid graodwM tiioevidfd totbo b^* #M« ftirtlitr t^ott of differooeo bttweoo t|M oiib ^ AlM^^oniitbCharah^ 8«iot PiMikiilyM' > '**Mm not that which ii holj notoihe dogitiSMr lie f ho in ii» lifetimo 40«t not detefiro to fcc;^ the i^cfWco, bow cin It attist him nfttr hU denthf * ,X^* M ■aytft "Thefw ha thrn h*Wtf tlons jM^fthB power of AliiHghty God: the flnl the ^S^iprfiiQan and the middle 5 the highett whereof ^llieilled the kingdom of God.or'^ihe kingdom of r '^^heiMrene; the lowermost ia termed hell; the ;j||il^> named the preiei^ world;" FpUowlog ^u|l$ the ■object, he taya, " In this world there la « M(^re ofgeod and bad, but in the kingdom of J^ none are bpd, but all good 1 but in hell, none ^j0^ but all bad I and either plaee le rap- I&4 Drom the middle one.'* Coluinhannt| foUowa S.l^e ibotatepa of St. Patriek, andphorta thai we akonhl *'l|fe belieting in Godt OTwing the pfe- •tp^il^of Christ wAiZr ICTe fMielat, p»^ l^f Jteie Mi^fMiUm ia2ea<«piicre MTAifof** nndlSeduMoa i 1 4pHin9> at the end of life eitiker % MtSMtribM'^ writ ln %m a din s tij i il ii l ii |y * I >&- r-i- f t >*♦; .*,: ^ ft OVtU|M " TBI iHnf UBVMUUit « ^tMMt^^ «iMl^;ilHii amitii It^B^ ^irfM lib Mliti tti^ e^dMV' liiiu dieter. Mot rtltk^* ^^M iHit «i^^ CfMMr." And M^iHif liiri f idfifiij^«>lOf metier betid* tiM Fithit^ 8m, Mil li(^«kiMf%M^!tliiitof itopii^ ^ ^ ^v 1^ We Infi^biM^owD, tliil cm tei^ pointi OT dodtriiiitii^'MlrGlNirdi inw «mii^^ ^li'UM€biifdi«riUnNff widiMtfyttly Mtod lA* dependent nf feln dootrlne and dMjAioe, bfit AtiT- teiiitcditt ioDOfttioDt end eoeroectoeiltf nttta long tfler etet|r etbtr «Mf^ itt £iiiopi^^^i^ drnreli.''^'--'^- ''"'-'' " 1^001 eMtmmiiei itme teiveen iht two ■Cirarehee. The fnl wee thit of the ** The Threie <;hf4^ert,** wUeijnwikeoed the ftare of th^ Bo- liMi 9ie, tiidi fb^ned one of the eii%etelSdhdir- #iiirtlie ihiee €heptwe nnd t m n fi hi ft ii»-itl» %ftftt%llk iMf wnnirt, ihey 4kffAi^im^l)klt jMjkife I* the rftt ofthe eehlMMti^.*^ tbLjtmtt^^ri^i hM^mAtflSbm indeBendeMiir-ef ';i.i ^ n ih# 1^1 an4 bftt (fan hli ' 'hi,4 Aqi ■)< J > y • >W r't. • N „ i ,> ■,\ r- i * 'A. V ^ Mnnjm OF vbm mm (nnli0& «^ il*liMiClMidi«iMWl bo c|MtlioMa,ooil tbo 4pt Hw mte tr lloknfi^io for flm hoftag opfl ■ny 'Md|Mra»o#fOi^wiV^ ny pioloMkmo to H( whilst Joliii,Blibop of Coii# ltd liwi MMMbod tbi^ titio tittM^ fHi^mitop TUt^oowftAftfo^laMiilMBltely imt la ^N«|i liMOJMlia tloto, OBd Joko, ip hit eor> itflMMideiico Y^th Gfogory tbo Grtoi, then Biihop hfteo. ot|M hhMdf -UolftMlil Biiho|>.*'-7 ^kofory tottoiifUtod iottdlf, l^t John puiovoiroa. Ood oofrrotpoiidoboo iipoq tbo totiioot. ooiiiod bctwooii tho impn» Olid EmpioM. In o toiler t6 (holmior he ioyi, ** It it o huwotoblo tbioiibol hU bMther tnl ftOowhUh^ ihobid oAdeoirettr t« bo odHod oob Bbbop. Bot, indoed, ^bot olio ti MOdMfoi hi Hrfo Mr^Of hot thoi tho tfanco of Aotiehrkt oro nigh oi hood ofOA'iiowf^ '5. + t ! ^Va; i. .--f ^iKp'«^- ■»iw ; .u V3 'iv'; ihu^i ^i:v !•<> ??lfMt'''; i.fc'.^i ^' ib^RY AS n^WAs ANblta. 3.-* ..'t ') ,:, ^ ' ' '- ' 1.., »" r* ^ ""i* /' r.''-> M!;. .]p J «wl^MyMwtf l» Prv^MMi^* (on UMi «bBi»^ ' '"^^ioilttftheRmiMQOailMUeClimlO*' '^^^ ,'.,." ' ' ' r j-» ' •■ > •"'* ' ^ |; W« cbQfeM l^t w« b«vt>tf n l^ihi^mfi^ lij^, iQllif. j^D^e Having or RooMf CilliQli« F«|t(l» |]^,jl^, i^tilir ^e of owr SqpQPHi.O^Tf'^r* 9piritoal apd t^nipofal. wd kj iN dU^|M«an4 Mf|oir 0ar Mtitetiihf ^A^n of tb« Qf #r ^ jff inii^ jiq4 we'Sfdw t? •eitlfy ti|ip bf ^ ii(»i^i t0;tiie fr<^d : ,.,, ::%.>"tui4^:#? ' •^IIL WflcoaftM and iMotrtaiB that the Popt of Rome it Yiaar of Chriit, and baa penary powtr oiFrenduiogaod fttaiirfiig tba^^lna of all ntQ a«« oonUogto bit irfll; of tbrattiog tbcm dofm to bitt, Md^of aiwMiiiiMiiieadiig tbcoi. ** Ilii lil'eoDJIbM tbat wbatavar otw tbiog tb# Pl^i^llm, vbttbw il bo io SoriptiiA or M ia fad #batofcr bo oottrnwiidi, ia dttbit (liitffi#t Mid tborofbro oofbt to^ bo ball hf % imtar oitMm tbaii Ibo prooapti of ib# flpoft My B^ » ?v. ''/ . 'V'.j*:, *f' 4 A -#) Miinr iiiiT wii nci it< ,t. A" «iM»«Mi»lilt«!dmdi* not «% t»1« lib 10 bt IdNMd, k«^^iad M^ 19 lidt ^ Va Wt eoofbuiitliar Um mdior of mf f: •>yill: 1f« eoliM tlwt to iofokt iiiiit% ii^ ' Im»^MN«^ lli vail, iAkI Mi eMiM Oliiit^ t^^dtopbul* aloMiM^ to pti^ Cor Am diMlftIt iirijl[i|1ii1>w1l>iH>':c^V^i'?i-«i'" h« n' '€ ^4 Ki I|MI( u^* i!^i ;' vmmI xix:. 9r4*«»i&^ tfepii^ tWWMfe of III* iatiM "^ -'^'ii'^ . tux. Wf •oiii^'tMt^litlNifiii-atei^ mkm jM(MlfMdii iMWBtlCili pWfWfMili^ PWPHfWIl; ' ^r- tMM.i i>- y* TSr =^' III Sofitat fi|^«Bd ti^omt^ by If/ ^fM%wmWm ihutj^^-mi molt '>J ■ X'! jf4:^^f^s^r 0^^- •^■- m. \* ■%. j.S«, >'•-♦, ->» "% IR"**'^'"' ' r . » t^-'- •>^-- ^ t