The secret history of the Oxford movement; with new preface containing a reply to critics - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ... they with feigned words make merchandise of you" (2 Peter ii. 1, 3). The way in which the priests of the Church of Rome, at the Reformation, made "merchandise" of men's souls, by their Masses, was that which, as much as "Manual of C. B. 5., p. 5. Ninth edition. 20 Notes on the Roman Ritual, p. 261, by the Rev. James Kane. 51 Manual, p. 6. Dublin, 1867. anything, made Englishmen first detest and hate the Mass. The Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament is now apparently trying hard to revive this scandalous custom in our Reformed Church of England, under the name of " Offerings for the due and reverent Celebration of the Holy Eucharist!" Another of these " Recommendations" is, to offer up at the Holy Communion, "Prayers for the Visible Unity of Christendom." At page 70 we read the prayers for this object recommended by the Confraternity. The following is an extract from the first of these:--"We earnestly pray Thee for the restoration of visible unity of worship and communion between the divided members of the Catholic Church, both East and West." Here we find the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament praying that the Church of England, and the Eastern Churches, may again be in "visible unity," not only with the Eastern Church, but also with the Church of Rome. On this subject, and the many objections which may be brought against Corporate Reunion with Rome, I shall have a great deal to write in a later chapter. In the " Laws of the Confraternity" it is provided that--"Grants of Altar Vessels, Vestments, or Altar Linen shall be made by the Council-General, according to the means placed at their disposal, to such poor Parishes and Missions as may need assistance." M The...