The Works of the Right Reverend John England, Vol. 2
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Excerpt from The Works of the Right Reverend John England, Vol. 2: First Bishop of Charleston Letter III. Ye seraphs, who God´s throne encircling still, With holy zeal your golden censers fill; Ye flaming ministers, to distant lands Who bear, obsequious, his divine commands; Ye cherubs, who compose the sacred choir, Attuning to the voice th´ angelic lyre! Or ye, fair natives of the heavenly plain, Who once were mortal - now a happier train! Who spend in peaceful love your joyful hours, In blissful meads, and amaranthine bowers, Oh, lend one spark of your celestial fire, And deign my glowing bosom to inspire, And aid the Muse´s inexperienced wing, While Goodness, theme divine, she soars to sing. To the Editors: Gentlemen: - I now proceed to show that your correspondent "Protestant Catholic" is not only inconsistent with the tenets of your church, but that he has altogether failed in sustaining his first charge against me. He stated that Roman Catholics called upon the angels and saints in the same way that they did upon God, to be merciful to them, and this ground has been removed, because of the untruth of the statement. His next averment is that Roman Catholics "pray to angels and saints to save them by their merits." And here he assumes two grounds for their condemnation: first, that it is idolatry to pray to the blessed spirits, next, that we dishonour Christ when we ask to be saved by the merits of such beings. I shall take each topic separately. In paragraph 10, he lays down his principle: "And what is prayer offered to a creature, whether visible or invisible, if not idolatry?" If by prayer he meant the homage which is due only to God, by which we ask of him as the sole fountain of grace and mercy, that which he alone can effectually bestow, I answer distinctly, to offer such prayer to any creature would be idolatry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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