Untitled - Rore Sanctifica

Defects and their Remedy in Re-union. loi>
could Jbelieve that all is perfection on the
Roman side, and failure on our own : but we
see that there are points in which their system
is far superior to ours, and points on. which
oars is superior to theirs, so that when the
blessed day of Union comes, we shall find that
both sides are capable of being benefited by the
results of the other s experience.
At first sight the unanimity of teaching in
the Roman Communion seems to be one of the
most enviable advantages possessed by that
body and lost by ourselves. In almost all the
Roman Churches in this country von will hear
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either the same doctrines, or at all events
doctrines which are not inconsistent witli one
another. There is but one opinion, one
teaching about the sacraments and about every
other
point of Christian doctrine which has
been definitely settled by their Church. The
clergy are all taught and trained in the same
system, and they feel that whenever members
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of their flock are transferred from one abode
to another, wherever thev find a Roman
Catholic congregation they will find the truth.
There may be differences, but thev are of little
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practical value except among the educated
classes, and they refer to matters ("which except
in the judgment of a few ultramontane
enthusiasts) the Church has not dogmatically
decided.
XaturalJy they look upon us as a
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