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Eastern Church makes request fervently to God each day in both her morning and her evening holy services." *

XX. Roman.

MONSIGR DUPANLOUP, BISHOP OF ORLEANS

"I venture to add likewise to the honour of many of my contemporaries that the fervent aspirations of the Church are earnestly shared by some of our separated brethren; by the noblest minds, and by the greatest and most devout of souls. Men are growing tired of division, observing that nothing comes of it but sterility and strife. They are weary of anarchy, which is the most active solvent of all faith, of all religious belief; and at the same time of our weakness, and incompetence to bring home to the truth, to virtue, and to Christian civilization, so many races still sunk in idolatry." †

XXI. COUNT JOSEPH DE MAISTRE-Roman. (before alluded to.)

"If ever Christians re-unite, as all true and sound considerations make it their primary interest to do, it would reasonably appear that the movement must take its rise in the Church of England. : . She is most precious, and may be considered as one of those chemical intermedia which are capable of producing an union between elements apparently dissociable in themselves."

XXII. DR. DOYLE, BISHOP OF KILDARE-Roman. (before alluded to.)

"To the thoughtful mind-to him who patiently considers the principles which guide the Catholic Church, and the policy which her rulers have put into practice on several occasions, in

* Letter from Athanasius, Metropolitan of Corfu to the Rev. Dr. Fraser. + Comment on the Encyclical.

the true spirit of charity; a formal restoration of communion between her and the Established Churches of England and Ireland need appear no mere fanciful dream. Where there exists so much which is common, equally venerated by those on both sides, and where even the current antagonism only points out the desire for truth, he must be blind indeed who sees not an opportunity on the point of arising for a cessation of strife and a beginning of united action. I see much which leads me to believe that such an union might be effected as would neither be false nor hollow, but lasting and sound; and which would bring with it many religious, social, and political blessings to our beloved country.'

XXIII. LASTLY, ARCHBISHOP LYCURGUS-Greek, 1870. His words, given us by the present BISHOP OF LINCOLN:

"I cannot forget the enthusiasm with which, in Lincoln Cathedral, having mounted the pulpit before Divine service, he (the Archbishop) looked around him, and, stretching forth his hands, exclaimed in his native tongue, May I live to see the time when the blessed truths of the Gospel mny be preached here from Greek lips to English ears.'"†

Here indeed is a loving Catena of good and holy men coming from all quarters, who have had, and still have in their hearts, and in their lives the hope of reunion. Why should we despair? Why throw a single grain of sand in the way of an approach to the blessed end; the end of Jesus in His prayer "that we may be one." BEATI PACIFICI.-The writers of the Sermons on Re-Union, coming from all quarters Greek, Latin, and

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* Bishop Doyle to Æneas Macdonell, Esq.

+ Life of Alexander Lycurgus, Archbishop of the Cyclades, by F. M. F. Skene, with introduction, by the Bishop of Lincoln. See Sermons on Renuion. Appendix.

English all unite in this, and in the Society for promoting the unity of Christendom, for this, we write and pray, dedicating our holy work as good Catholics of the olden time to the three great Patriarchs of Christendom.

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Yes! Praise be to God, we are fast advancing and soon the fruits will be seen, for no longer as individuals, no longer needing to pick out a Bishop or a Priest here or there, but in solemn Synod assembled, the Church of England lifts up her voice and prays for Union. The Bishops assembled at the Lambeth Conference A.D. 1878, addressed a letter to the faithful, and said that:

"Remembering the blessing promised to united intercession, and believing that such intercession ever tends to deepen and strengthen that unity of His Church for which our Lord earnestly pleaded in His great intercessory prayer "-they recommend-" the observance, throughout the Churches of this Communion, of a season of prayer for the unity of Christendom "-and that "the time selected should be Tuesday before Ascension Day (being a Rogation Day), or any of the seven days after that Tuesday; and they hope that all the Bishops of the several Churches will commend this observance to their respective dioceses."

IV. The Reasons by which people justify themselves in violating the rules of unity, take opposite courses as is natural with opposite minds. In the third reason just cited, it was the narrow view compressed and bigotted by self-will and prejudice. I now proceed to the opposite extreme which will be the broad view, that is a carelessness and looseness of all the bonds of discipline, by which alone a society of any kind, much more a Church can be held together. The idea is that universality, which is of course contained in a Universal Church gives a right to any Bishop to exercise his office without limit of place. He may go himself, or he may give mission to Priests to go whithersoever they list. This view is

principally taken from the well-known observation of

S. CYPRIAN:

Episcopatus unus est, cujus a singulis in solidum pars tenetur. Si quis ex collegio nostro hæresin facere et gregem Christi lacerare et vastare tractaverit, subveniant cœteri, et quasi pastores utiles et misericordes, oves Dominicas in gregem colligant." *

There is indeed a missionary aspect in the Episcopal office, and it might be thought in a broad view of the question, the duty of a Bishop to urge the propagation of truth against error, wheresoever he might find it, without being tied to any special place. This might be true in such a case as that of S. Paul, and the other. Apostles and Evangelists, whose mission was, at first, over the whole world "Go ye and preach the Gospel to all nations." Their jurisdiction might be justly called and allowed to be universal, and so in its degree, it may be the case now with ourselves in those heathen countries whither our commerce, or our victories in unavoidable war lead us. Also it might be the case where heresy may have eaten into the hearts of a people, and their faith in the Church may have been defaced, or lost. It is to such cases as these that S. Cyprian's rule applies, and not to the jurisdiction which the English Bishops have of late years assumed in such countries as Belgium, France, Germany, or Italy, when it is once granted, as we have already shown it to be, that there is no heresy, i.e. no public heresy in those countries. You have to show that there is some great wrong existing,

* Ep. LXVIII.

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