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 XVI 18. 
 
 S. Mcdlhetv 
 
 The Cluu-ch of GOD is one, not nmny. As GOD is One an.l 
 Holy even so GOD'S Church is One^and Hofy Tlu. Fa1?h 
 
 Zt^''\'^'', ?-'''' ^^yP^^^'-^ in complete and^unc mng^^^^^^^ 
 to the end of time. It is really absurd to ima^^fine the poss ? 
 
 D Im^ n^'"'\ '"P'r^ ^"^^^' «^ ^^« complete Faitiisortw, 
 
 visible Unirch. Her history runs paraUel with the history of 
 the world. Tlu. Church of GOD existed a^es before the Irfcar 
 na ion oi Our Blessed Lord. When Adam "sinned GOD ins itu 
 ted n.s Spiritua Kin^Mom, the Church, as the niediuTt n-ou d^^ 
 vvhu^h and by which He dispensed pardon and gracTto ^Sy 
 
 Te Chn nh r'pnn ^^^ "^ ^^? ^^''''^'"'^ dispensation Is but 
 the Church ot GOD in succession from the ancient Jewish 
 hrerarchy. Throuc,di the lon^. an.l weary a<.(vs of the nast t^^e 
 
 tK^HorD-"';^' "r^ ''''\ -'^^--^^po^^ the L;th'a 
 
 T n.? Ti ^' r''"° 9'?'^^' ""*^^^ ^^'^ g^"'"'""-^ "-'Ivent of Her 
 Lord. The members of the Church of GOD. then, consist of al 
 those who have been received into the same by the init atit-^ 
 
 A S^LrCOD T "V"-^ '"P.'^"?' "^^^ "'- ^-- worship; d 
 tulS H ^? ' ^if "»;'' »"P«i-fectly, under the three dispen- 
 sations ot Adam, Abraham, and Our Lord Jesus Christ Before 
 the Holy Incarnation of Our Lord the Church was localV U 
 character, conhned to the Jewish nation, but when Our Lord 
 oi^anised the Chnstian Church He mad^ it (Si^ She "s 
 Catholic in being divinely adapted to the spiritual needs of the 
 whole human race and calling to Her sacred Fold every ation 
 under Heaven. The Catholic commission given to t^iJhr 
 t^Hon ' >:''f-^ • ^°n»' ^^'''^^''''' "^^ke ye disciples of JZ 
 
 and of^Hofv'^^^^^^^^ '' *^^*^-^ ^^^ «*" ^on 
 
 and ot Holy Ghost. It is this di-mely-commissioned, Catholic 
 
 Apostolic Baptised Church which . the Church of GOD under 
 the Christian dispensation. No other institution of merely 
 human and modern origin can ever be the Divine Church. The 
 world S' ' \V^% scattered throughout the nations of the 
 
 Hei Children continimlly confess at the altar of GOD • "I 
 behove in One. Catholic and Apostolic Church. I acknowledj 
 one baptism tor the remission of sins, and I look for the resu^! 
 rectionof the dead, and the life of the world to come" The 
 
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 (Tuircfi, thim, oxists to-day itt tlii'cr trj'vat \mvts. mcft ymvt tioM- 
 iiiir tinnlv ani i-i'vcrciitlv tin' One, umliviilcil Kaitli. 
 
 'V\h' (InH'k Clmrdi is thf Diviiu; ( 'liurrli in thr East. chit-Hy 
 in Kast<'iMJ Europe, and iijx)n tlin Asiatic; (roiitiiu'iit. 
 
 Tlic English Chnreli is tlu' Divine Climvli in the? West, cliloHy 
 in Eni;lanil, in the Hritish (Jolonifs, uitd in AnMi'ica. 
 
 Tluf Ljvtin Chiircli is thi: Divine (•hurcli in the West, cliieHy 
 f»j»on the European Continent, and in America. 
 
 'I'ht; Bishop of (yoiisttuitinople is Patriai-ch of the Gi-ueic 
 Church. 
 
 The Bishop of CttiiterUury is Patriarch or Archbishop of the 
 Eniilislj (Jlnirch. 
 
 'Vlui Bishoj) of Rome is Patriarch or Pope of the Latin 
 Clmrch. 
 
 No Bish(jp, n)ark vou, is alx)vo another in the Church of 
 GOD. All are eciual in spiritual authoiity in the Church. 
 Their Jurisdiction does not extend Wyond their own dioceses, 
 hut thei'e has always lieen a primus inUr jxires, a lirst union"' 
 e(iuals, a MetroiK>iitan, a Chairman of the House of Bishops, as 
 we niif^ht say, as in the civse of 8. Janies, the Less, who presided 
 over the first syncxl of the Church, in Jerusalem, in the year of 
 j^racc;, 52 ; S. Linus, who was the first Bishop of Rome after the 
 holy Apostles, or of the Bishops in our own day who occupy the; 
 episcopal sees of Constantinople, Canterbury and Rome, who 
 are now the chief rulers of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic 
 Church. Tliese three parts of the One Holy Church of Christ 
 are plainly distinguishe<i by having Bishops, Priests and 
 ])eacons, a sacred threefold order, who have been ordained in a 
 regular succession from the A]x>stles down to the present day. 
 But the Divine Foundation of the English branch of 
 the Church has l)een called in question by the Latin portion, and 
 yet a reverent and careful study of Church history and of the 
 writings of the Apostolic and Ancient Fathers of the Church, will 
 prove beyond the shadow of a doubt to every unprejudiced and 
 sincere student, the Apostolic origin of the English Church 
 equally with that of the Latin and the Greek. As a priest of 
 the English Church it is my humble desire to point out the 
 Apostolic origin and Catholic heritage of the Holy Church of 
 England, and to mark how careful our forefathers were to pre- 
 serve Apostolic order and primitive worship. An altogether 
 erroneous opinion has got abroad that the English Church is but 
 the outcome of the semi-political, semi-religious Reformation of 
 
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 tho sixt..H.nth .vntnrv. It is ,.onniumly supimso,! thnt Kndan.l 
 an, Knj,lHM. s \Uy Church was .i.ti,Jy Uti. or Ko , 
 rHtlu,h. unt.l that ,M.nn,|. n„<| that Uu-n, ha.l ...vor rxlstt.l in 
 
 o It. an I the KnKLsh Church is .supin.sr.l to havo ha.l n,. sc ,cr- 
 H tc cx.st.ncc t.ll the K..fon,.,aion. ii.n She was iV.undcl b/tVu, 
 piortiptc ^.0.1 CSS K.nj. Henry Vlll. Now this Hctitious^his- 
 
 ub he seh(,ols. but that ,lo.s not prevent it fnnn bein^. a <rross 
 libel, or a piece ot surpnsnij,^ i-norance. No student of histon'— 
 ecclesiastical or proiane-cvm ever consistently believe it For 
 t'LS, '^'IT ^'".'.^ ""r^s us in beirinnin- thestu.lyof th., i)ivine 
 r • 1 A '^ »'"';<rl^.!JU"ven in the acts of the II .|y Apostles 
 IS to hnjl he Apostolic Church one in Faith ; one in Discipline' 
 
 e^rlib! ;; rvn^'M'"''^'^"^^^^^^^ '^^^""^ f"'th. that Dis-' 
 
 Ztf^'f ^'l'T^^'I'',*']^'^^, Holy Sacraments the Church of 
 
 tS/l^ln '^'^ ""''l-^Jr^ *'■*''" ^^''' ^'^•■'^^- The Apostles 
 tau^rht that the essence (,i the relictions life consists in the ob- 
 jective worship of the Ever-blessed Trinity, and not merely in 
 preaching and hearu.s. religious truths apart from a life of de 
 vout worship. The Christian Church was founded on the Day 
 of Pentecost- ^hitsunday-in the city of Jerusalem. At thl 
 first synod 8. James, the Less, the first bishop of Jerusalem was 
 appointed to preside. Remember this. It was not S. Pet,^^ Xo 
 had the place ot honour 111 the first Church council, it was S 
 James the Less. Indeed, we do not find that S. Peter ever ap-' 
 peared to have had, or to liave asserted any superiority or 
 authority over his brother Apostles. From ^Jeru^salem ^he 
 
 thence reached the European Continent through the n.inistry of 
 he Apostles, but chiefly of S. Paul. We are told but little in 
 the Holy Scriptures as to the particulars of the Apostles' work 
 m extending the Church of GOD, but we learn t'.om many 
 sources that the Apostles visited almost every known country 
 m the world, and ancient Fathers tell us that S. Paul visited 
 Spain and Bntain. Be that as it may, we know that there wis 
 commercial intercourse between ancient Rome and ancient 
 Britain and by this means, if by no other. Almighty GOD 
 
 To 1^ ^w'Ik ""nt P^^««°^"y proclaimed by him. Suffice it 
 Apostolic days, and took deep root in the virgin soil. In com- 
 
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 mon with other national churches the British Church maintained 
 Her independence of the Church of Rome for more than five 
 
 Tn,ZT, +• ^f "y.f ^T «".«««^^^io'^. not from the Church of 
 Rome, but from the Church of Ephesus, through the bishops of 
 
 ChurorV^""'', 7.PT.^,' "l"^^^"^^ eome^from the aILZ 
 Chuich We read of he Church in Britain contending earnest- 
 ly tor the Faith once dehvered, and of S. Alban, Britain's proto- 
 
 303. on the spot where St. Alban's Abbey now stands as a Hvin^ 
 monument ot thc_ Apostolic British Church. If. as is statexf 
 here was no ancient British Churcl till S. Augustine's mission 
 n o97. how comes it to pass that as early as 31.4 three bishops 
 of the Church in Britain-the bisliops of York, Lincoln and 
 London— were present at a council held in Aries, in Gaul ? It 
 is important to remember this for it poiuts out to us the hicrh 
 esteemin which the prelates of the early Church were held, and 
 
 «n^ fti"prT-""S''^!' '^^'*^^"» ^'^^^"^ *^^^ CJhurch in Gaul 
 and the Church in Britain in those days. It is necessary for 
 
 us always to remember that the holy Orders of the Anglo- 
 Catholic Church come m the first place through the Church of 
 Gaul, and only secondarily through the Chui-ch of Rome. Even 
 S. Augustine, although a priest of the Roman Church, was 
 Son' nl P^^' archbishopric of Canterbury by a Gallican 
 bishop, and Pope S Gregory, that holy and worthy bishop, 
 who sent S. Augustine upon his mission, denied the papal 
 supremacy, and when Augustine wrote to his Holiness to ascer- 
 tain whet^ier he wished him to use the liturgy of S. Peter, which 
 was the Roman liturgy, and the one Augustine was fjilar 
 with, or whether he should continue to ule the liturgy of S 
 
 il!5' '''q n ' ^''"'''^ !? ?'' "^ *^^ ^''^''^ G''^r«h when he ar-' 
 rived, S. Gregory replied ordering him to make selection from 
 the ancient Briish liturgy. How, then, can we say that the^ 
 was no Apostolic Church till S. Augustine arrived / With stern 
 facts such as these upon the surface of the Church's history in 
 
 fh^lT' Ti ' nu"^^ u^^^i^^ ourselves with the strange error 
 that the Holy Church of England is a mere sect founded in 
 modern times by King Henry VIII.. that wicked, proflilte 
 blood-thirsty monarch ; or that it was founded by ^ome aood- 
 
 ThTwS' ul ^r'^*"'^'^ ^'^ ^^ ^^^ ^'"^^ «^ *h« Reformation. 
 t^A TK . *^^^5^*y o^»' ^-ight to be called the Church of Eng- 
 fortn. 1 J^^/.*^.^^^^^ ?s a merely human institution existing 
 for moral and religious reform, with no more authority than I 
 
you in Christ'sS if rZS V ?'^r'''^^^'^^^ ^"'^ ^^^^^^^h 
 
 came of our ownlcorc //! F '"'^K^'^JT''''''''''^ "^' ^"^ ^« 
 and living paitoUhe One i\'-' ^""^[t ^^""'''^ '''''' "«<^ ^ ^rue 
 purchased vviJh Hi L?trW?,^Y^^^ ^^"^^^ ^^"«* ^^^th 
 right to call ol^ vc^'ctfoir"' ^'7^' '^^'" ^^ ^^^^^"^'^ ^^^^'^' "^> 
 then we should be no chmchn^ !f T ,1° 1? "^'^^'^ P"^^^^' '^^^^^^ ; 
 the "episcopal" sect f hi ''*^"' ^^'^" '^^^ ^^^^^^^ «nlv be 
 
 you,4Tr^^.reTof^tTt";tS ''' "? clergy ; and 
 
 equal authority to prelhth^^Zd^^^^^^^ good a right and 
 Holy Sacrements as Tn! 1? .?^^.' *""'' administer the 
 Church of E.;^i I^stSo, t'-K t h t ,trToS'8l • ""' 
 
 back to Chrisfa^d XlZtL -^^ t'?''°P" '™ 'T'? """"g'" 
 Christian priesthooT bv S^ P * ^ i" - "^f °rfained to the 
 first bishop^of Rome P.f=i ? m "J'' ^"'> *""' l««™n« ^e 
 torian of the PrSve Th,!.!!?'- ' ',? 'f';"^'^ ecclesiastical his- 
 Apostolical succe on from t f" **"* ^'"^ 'S™'"^' "•'«^<^« ">« 
 Then we have it cont^n,,Tf ■^■"»\o?™r<l to his own day. 
 
 who sent rALSinet ?bris^"''''''''.?"P''''S"'-y*''^ «'■'=»'. 
 which had lapsed TnM An^ia """'* "'"' P*"'' "* England 
 
 Archbishop oTcanJe^rU" &o"ar^5T'X;l "^ ''^^''•""■' 
 proceeded along- throuo-h fh^ ..1^- i ^^\ ' *^en the succession 
 
 secration of Archbishon P«vV ^'"^^^ T"?^ *^^^^^" <^^ ^^^ ««"" 
 1559 Jn the archteni^^^^^^^ on Sunday, December 17th, 
 
 the Apostolic haLrof^Wmt^^^^^ ^' ^T^''^' ^""^«"' ^^^^^ 
 Scorey, Bishop-e?ect of Zl^^f^Zn' ^'^^'^P ^^ ^^^^ ' ^^^n 
 Exeter and Zhn Hodifn R l ' ^t' C^^^^^^'^'e. Bishop of 
 reverently laid upon h^^^^^^^^^ «^ ^-^f-^> se- 
 
 cration betran at 6 « Z p ^ ^^*^- ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ conse- 
 The sermofwas preaehS bv^^ "^^ '^^^^^'^ V Pearson, 
 and on January t^helst 1560 fZ7\^''i^^f''^ °^ ^^^^^^^'d, 
 The succession tlln .^ .• ' '^'^^'^^^^OP Parker was enthroned. 
 
 present ArchWshon of Tri ^"^^l^ ""^^^ ^* ^^^^l^^^ our 
 White fifnson D 5 who :« T^"'^^^^^ ^«^- Edward 
 
 Truro to that ofc^'teturT i^^^^^^^^^^ its" "^.^^1^;^.^ 
 
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 aiioa and license by an apostolic bishop arc tl\e spiritual rijrht 
 and legal authority by which every priest and deacon in the 
 Church of England presumes to minister in holy things i!i the 
 sanctuary of Prayer, and to plead with sinners in Christ's stead 
 to be reconciled unto GOD. And because the English Church is 
 a part of the Church of GOD founded by the Son of GOD, the 
 Lord Jesus Christ, and because the Englisli Church has kept in- 
 violate the Catholic, Apostolic Faith once delivered to the Saints; 
 and because the English Church has retained the manner of 
 worship practiced by the Apostles and early Christians; and 
 because the English Church has still the usages and forms of the 
 primitive Church"; and because our Lord has placed pardon and 
 grace, and the promise of eternal life within His Holy Church, 
 for these and many other reasons we are found to-day members 
 of the One, Holy Catholic Church of Chi-ist on earth. When 
 once we have seriously grasped this truth Ave cannot join our- 
 selves to any religious society however good and earnest its 
 members may be in themselves, unless that societv can prove by 
 unquestionable credentials, and by a living history, that it is 
 divine in its foundation. Apostolic in its teaching, and tracin«r 
 it.s beginning from oui- Lord and His Apostles. Since Jesus 
 Christ has founded the Church which He expressly calls 
 "My Church." and has built His Church upon the' Holy 
 Apostles and Prophets, He Himself being the chief corner- 
 stone, to that Church in one of Her three great parts we 
 should, of course, belong, if wo desire to follow^ Him Whom our 
 souls adore in the full obedience of submission to His Divine 
 will and commandments. It is not, ray brethren, that the 
 Catholic churchman questions for one moment the sincerity of 
 many of those who do not belong to the Divine Apostolic Church. 
 GOD forbid. Charity never faileth. It beareth all things; 
 beheveth all things ; hopeth all things ; endureth all things. We 
 know from experience and observation that Almighty GOD in 
 the plenitude of His mercy, communicates spiritual blessings to 
 those who earnestly seek them outside of Holy Church, but we 
 must ever remember that if men who have left the Church's 
 Holy Fold, or, perhaps, have been trained amongst the religious 
 societies around us, receive spiritual grace and blessing without 
 the Church's holy nurture, it is all to be ascribed to GOD'S in- 
 finitive mercy and love. It is GOD'S condescension to human 
 weakness or ignorance of the truth, and it is no reason or argu- 
 ment for our disobedience or disloyalty to our Holy Mother 
 
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 Kingdom of Heaven and y^^^^^^^^^^^ sTne'wt Thrn'^r S' ''^ 
 ments and services of thJoC i ."^,?7r *^^ ^^^^^ ^^»cra- 
 
 distressing degree fo^^^^^^ ^^.^^ ^"^^^'^^-^ ^ «^ost 
 
 ordinary and divLelv-Cointo.f 2 ^ ?"T"« ^^^'^^ ^^'«»' ^'^^ 
 Because^othersmaTiU^vesntln^^^^^^^ ^T^^"^ ^^'"''''S- 
 
 appointed and ordfnar?ZnnJ]nTi •''''• ^' °"^'''^' "^ ^JOD'S 
 Church, let us rXr thank Tod 1 ^T''"'''^ ^"^^'' *^^'°"^h His 
 we may weep S tenr. h ' ^'^ ^^'^'^ "^^^^^^^^ although 
 
 some of our Lrest frie^^^^^ IT" T7>r'^T,''^'' ^^^'^^^ ^^'^ 
 
 "hold the faith rZ7o7spw1n"'tth' 7^/' "■""'• """' 
 " righteousness of life "^ '^ ' ""* """"^ "' V<>^<'- »"'' »' 
 
 studying the historv nf fv!fnr^u ^^ Church;" and by 
 
 ever^ dSdple of K tuw"?;!:; ^HhTcath TTf ^^7 
 and al Enfflish-sDeakino- rK^;.*" ^ .i ., Cathohc Church, 
 the Church W?shaufnw.n * "' *" t^" ?"Slfeh portion of 
 baptised we were «=rLceird ,•n^'''"''"^'^'''f' *'''^'' *<> ^^^ 
 "coVgatiorof Xstrfllck" ttr^'r'''™''''' P"""" of «'« 
 ly .nlde members of ?he Chmxh of F T^'/'? ^^ "°' ^""P" 
 
 " Like a mighty army 
 
 Moves the Church of GOD ; 
 Brothers we are treading 
 
 Where the Saints have tro<i ; 
 We are not divided, 
 
 All one body we, 
 One in hope and doctrine, 
 
 One in charity." 
 
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 ly the objector and the se^tr t „T TK ''"'"'"' '"''^ligent- 
 no more children tosTed to an^l' Z " """' y°"' hencefortl, be 
 the mercy of eve^^Tan^: of do^trLrbv'Se'' rtf'^'J''^' "* 
 
 ^r^i^^^^t^^ Yon are 
 
 Church cf numbile s Sainto .d V.V • "'■°'V°* ""^ "S^^' The 
 labours. The Chn Jh .Tf^- /'rgins who rest from their 
 
 onr own biloved X Oufen^ViZ'' ■'^"^1^ of England down to 
 to us from the anS British rirt 1^1 ^^"^"^ .lescending 
 grand, old, historic Church :fE„lfd "^ '^' '"' <=ent«ry,_thS 
 
 Fold. °'y sacraments or to leave Her Sacred 
 
 that^'tZTnKh^rc™ rbuTV^ect'T"""?' '° ^ -"-' 
 which sprang up at the tim^ nf *i? ^^"""''''y '™'"a" origin 
 this when it is^said that ?t doL ♦^"^T"*'""- Romemfer 
 where yon go to, s^ lonra, vJ?^. ' ""f **■" ^'^''* ^ou are, or 
 
 Ah,my Erethren l^lnLlZ T ,^°°'^ "'' ""><'■• P'OP'" 
 gation ; and becau";,"?^ Inthe ^J"' TT "^ ^""^'"l ■"vesti- 
 easy religion which X forth no'^ltrl?^^, P^F^f V'^^-^ »" 
 them, and which too often mean. ^ 2\u "* .^f'Wenial from 
 days of the week and^s.^^ ^ . ^^^Idly spirit through the 
 -mon or sZ^g^od ^"^f^^ltt"^---' - "-'orm oflgood 
 
 devotion ; and tfe desT^t;, wo^t '^^^n*°-'° r i^"^' "'' 
 hohness within His Temnle>=f.P V? '" ""* l^auty of 
 hearts ; and it is «4 s?rt of so cIlW "''r'^-'''"'" *''«''■ "'"d^ and 
 which the Catholic CWhman !n-* ^^'°"' "'*'"'"' <'''™«on, 
 
 agamst. There is abroad ta the woTdto'Ia^ T'T"'^ P™*"^' 
 
 i« WO la to-day a religious senti- 
 
Catholic Faith of C'hr st ' Thf '" ^''.^'"« *^^« P^^^^ of the Hd v 
 mg themselves chr tia ns tt l'''' ^^^^"'^^"^'^ «f P^rsm^ ca I 
 Pnneiples that inusttC'' the chrrP'"?-^^""^ nofclH'n. iAlo 
 tion of the religious 7ife i • to .n!""'/ ^'^" ' ^^^'' ""'y coi ce 
 ^Y in saered^nter ai„';enV'^Fv/" ^ 
 solemnly protest against tirsuhilr"^"^ Catholic Christian mu4 
 
 ^ May these medltatilf Ld ui a )'' '•'''. "^' ^""' ^^^^'>^ ^'^'iff "" 
 more devout and nr«r.f,-«ni • a^'— priests and peonlo f^ i 
 
 our catholicity ; m^ii::^:^'^^:^ •"""•'■'^' ;'*-4s 
 
 •'i-ighten our hopes, anri k-nrl „c t "<''"'^«'^ , increase our taith • 
 
 Holy Catholic cLlX and es^cWrj? t'*' '"""^ ""^ ■»» - - 
 the Church of Endand • and IT ^„""'' P™'t'on of it call 'd 
 these thoughts ad«nce the n»rr'™ "" ""'"'' <=™«der«tio„s „„ 
 the Chu,.lt: ..rhat°aTl lyTZ 'Tf Th°' '^'.P'"' "-""i' 
 and I in Thee, that thev also nL?, V ■ "' ^ "■"'«'•. «* in Me 
 
 "o r.f™ """^ "EL OF CHRISTENDOM. 
 
 take away all hatr?d and p-eiu^^e ^^' ?' ,""''W *™L 
 lunder us from ffodlv iiniL^ ■'T ■ '""' whatsoever else ml v 
 one Body, and oSeTpirit ^nd o'^e K """'I'' """' ^^ ">-e feTu^t 
 one Faith, one Baptism „np n , ^"Pf f """• falling, one Lord 
 
 S''?°''^*°^"> ^SI'VZ CL't/T' '•"■•Sail so wo 
 one holy bond nf T^.,+k _. , ^®^"> and of one soni nr.,-+^,i .• .