Untitled - Rore Sanctifica

Ritualism in its relation to Re-union. 281
same cry, and in that case the echo is of course
all the louder, but it is only an echo still. Yours
G. N."
truly,
Let us examine, not so much the letter itself,
as the opinions
of the school from one of whose
members it doubtless emanates.
The authority for all Kitual must, I suppose,
so far as it is binding upon Catholics, rest upon
a consensus of the Catholic Church. This is
allowed upon all hands, even by Anglicans.
Would it not then be really the best course for
all who hold this principle to endeavour in the
next place to try and ascertain, not what points
of Ritual are not Catholic, but those which are?
And when we have ascertained any point which
we are convinced is neither especially Eastern
nor especially Western, but the heritage of both
alike, ought we not at once heartily and honestly
to it put into
practice?
Is it not very much
"
beside the mark to say, that the
practices and
usages which can be proved to have been
received universally
in the Church from the
days of the Apostles are few in number," whilst
Anglicans do not put those few into practice ?
The fewer they are, surely, surely, the more
reason there is for observing them ; the less
excuse there is for neglecting them.
But there is a sad weakness somewhere in
Anglican principles, or rather in Anglican prac
tice. Anglicans argue that the points
of Ritual