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16 The Exigency of Truth.
established in the eleventh century. We
know also that the Universal Episcopate,
established in Rome after the Eighth General
Council, was condemned beforehand by S.
Gregory the Great. These are facts, as much
as the constant reference to the See of Peter as
the Centre of Unity is a fact. And the way to
reconcile these facts is, not by ignoring one set
of them, but by balancing them. As ordinarily
given by Roman Catholic writers, the passages
they cite are really only applicable to the case
of those within that Church to secure their
obedience ; they are utterly inapplicable to those
beyond their Communion, as laying down the
principles
of union. When a Roman Catholic
sees such passages quoted as Cardinal Patrizi
has just cited in favour of the Roman Catholic
view of Unity,* he at once recognises in them
the spirit of the faith in which he has been
educated. But an Anglican reads them as
o
referring to a state of things wonderfully
different from that which they are alleged to
support, And both are right from their own
point of view. A Roman Catholic may not
know, but every competently informed English
Churchman considers that he ouo;ht ~ to know
that S. Cyprian, whose
"
golden words are
cited to end the controversy, was notwithstanding
* Vide his Reply to the Address of certain Anglican
101-5. No. XIX.
clergymen, Union Review, pp.