. Life and letters of Henry Van Rensselaer : priest of the Society of Jesus . day. Dr. King is giving us good lectures on the ApostolicSuccession, Archbishop Parkers consecration, etc.; the Ro^man Catholics objections and how to refute them, espe-cially from their own writers. It is certainly most scholarlyand impressive to quote by reading from the books quotedin the original language. Had Woodman*- been thoroughlygrounded, he couldnt have the impudence to say that hecould not look upon us as anything but laymen. That NagsHead story is the most palpably absurd thing ever in-vented. It is asto
. Life and letters of Henry Van Rensselaer : priest of the Society of Jesus . day. Dr. King is giving us good lectures on the ApostolicSuccession, Archbishop Parkers consecration, etc.; the Ro^man Catholics objections and how to refute them, espe-cially from their own writers. It is certainly most scholarlyand impressive to quote by reading from the books quotedin the original language. Had Woodman*- been thoroughlygrounded, he couldnt have the impudence to say that hecould not look upon us as anything but laymen. That NagsHead story is the most palpably absurd thing ever in-vented. It is astonishing how Roman Catholic scholars, upto this day for the most part, implicitly accept it, and handit down in their writings. The fact of Lingard rejecting itis almost authority enough, did not the various registers atLambeth and different Cathedrals and State records provethe true consecration most convincingly. Considering that * Rev. Clarence Woodman, at that time a student of the GeneralTheological Seminary, N. Y., afterwards joined the Church and becamea Paulist. 88. LETTERS FROM OXFORD we all stand upon it, I think the clergy as a rule are culpablyignorant.* The Archbishop of Canterbury has been, as usual, talk-ing in the most absurd and ignorant way about reunion withDissenters. The other day at Convocation he talked a lotof bosh about Apostolic Succession of the Lutherans andthe Swedish and Danish churches. It is a wonder he didntmention our Methodist Episcopals; they have bishops, too,by name. In fact he did speak about the three bodies ofthe American Church, whatever that may mean-—I dontknow I am sure. He cannot mean high, low and broad, forhe certainly has no desire for union with the high. It issad such an old Erastian should be a Primate. He is doinghis very best, although he cannot understand it, to under-mine both Church and State, for they will certainly falltogether. Mr. Boddington, one of the Missioners who washere, is to be tried in his, the Archbishops c
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