14. Form of Letters of Orders in the Anglo-Rom an Communion. Richardus, Dei et Apostolicae Sedis Gratia Episcopus Universis et singulis has Præsentes lecturis notum facimus et testamur Nos die...... Mensis......... 185...... ordinationem habentes in Ecclesia...... intra Missarum solemnia, dilectum in Christo............ cum litteris dimissorialibus............ examinatum, approbatum idonemque repertum per examinatores a Nobis deputatos ad Ordinem................. juxta Ritum S. C. Servata norma S. Concilii Tridentini in Domino rite promovisse. In quorum fidem has testimoniales litteras manu nostra et Secretarii nostri, Sigilloque Nostro munitas dari jussimus, apud die...... Mensis......... 185...... ..... 15. Letters of Deacons' Orders in the Church of England. By the Tenor of these Presents, We Edward by Divine Permission, Bishop of Orford do make it known unto all Men, that on Sunday the Seventeenth Day of June, in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-one. Te the Bishop before mentioned, solemnly administering Holy Orders under the Protection of the Almighty, in our Cathedral Church of Christ in Orford, did admit our beloved in Christ Frederick Lee, B.A., Merton College, Curate of Thame in the County and Diocese of Cxford, (of whose virtuous and pious Life, Conversation, and Competent Learning and Knowledge in the Holy Seriptures, We were well assured) into the Holy Order of Deacons, according to the Manner and Form prescribed and used by the Church of England, and him the said Frederick Lee did then and there rightly and canonically ordain Deacon, He having first in Our Presence freely and voluntarily subscribed to the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, and to the Three Articles contained in the Thirty-sixth Canon, and he likewise having having taken the Oaths appointed by Law to be taken for and instead of the Oath of Supremacy. In Testimony whereof, Tle have caused our Episcopal Seal to be hereunto affixed, the Day and Year above written, and the Sixth Year of our Consecration. Ed. (L. S.) Oxford. 16. Letters of Priests' Orders in the Church of England. By the Tenor of these Presents, we Edward by Divine Permission, Bishop of Orford do make it known unto all Men, that on Sunday, the Twenty-second Day of December, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty two. Te the Bishop before mentioned, solemnly administering Holy Orders under the Protection of the Almighty, in the Chapel of All Souls' College, in the University of Oxford, did admit our beloved in Christ Frederick Lee, B.A., Merton College, Curate of Thame, in the County and Diocese of Cxford, (of whose virtuous and pious Life, Conversation, and Competent Learning and Knowledge in the Holy Scriptures, We were well assured) into the Holy Order of Priests, according to the Manner and Form prescribed and used by the Church of England, and him the said Frederick Lee did then and there rightly and canonically ordain Pricat, He having first in Our Presence freely and voluntarily subscribed to the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, and to the Three Articles contained in the Thirty-sixth Canon, and he likewise having taken the Oaths appointed by Law to be taken for and instead of the Oath of Supremacy. In Testimony whereof, Cle have caused Our Episcopal Seal to be hereunto affixed, the Day and Year above written, and the Seventh Year of Our Consecration. Ed. (L. S.) Cxford. No. XXIII. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON THE GENERAL SUBJECT. No. 1. PEDIGREE OF PARKER OF NORWICH FOR FIVE GENERATIONS. (Coles' MSS. No. 47. Original Pedigrees. A. fol. 211-212.) Ioannes. Nicholaus Parkerus apud Norwich. Ioannes Parkerus fil. ejus Alicia, filia Ioan. Carey de primog. Snettishame in com. Nor. generos. Gulielmus Parkerus filius Aloissia Monyngs. Matheus Parkerus, filius tertius, Margt. Harlestone. Archiepiscopus Cantuariensis, totius Angliæ primus. Ioannes. Vide P. 180 of this Treatise; where for "College of Arms," read "Corpus Christi College, Cambridge." No. 2. ANDREW PIERSON, B.D. (Vide p. 177.) THIS Priest was both Chaplain and Almoner to Archbishop Parker, who collated him to the Rectories of Brasted and Chiddingstone, and to the Vicarage of Wrotham, and procured for him from the Crown, a prebend in Canterbury Cathedral. He also appointed him Master of the Faculties, which office Mr. Pierson resigned to Archbishop Grindall. Parker bequeathed to him a gilt cup and cover, which had been given to him by the Queen, and nominated him one of the interpreters of his will. No. 3. THE EXILED FRENCH CLERGY IN ENGLAND. (Vide note [*] p. 276.) It is frequently asserted that the Church of England, in the latter part of the last century, was so dead that little or nothing was effected in a Catholic direction. But this is hardly a fair or accurate statement; and is by no means the judgment which was delivered by those exiled French clergy, keen and impartial observers, who were hospitably received in England after the French Revolution, and who, having seen the working of the Church in various parts, gave a most favourable report of the same to their superiors on returning to their native country; testifying indirectly to the fact that our Ordinations are valid. "Though the Sacred Sacrifice is not offered as frequently as in the Catholic Church," wrote one of the French priests residing at Thame, to a friend in France, in 1796, "yet the services and rites of the English Church are like our own, and, it is said, bear a great likeness to the services and rites of the old Church before any changes were made. The churches are frequently open, and the prayers breathe a spirit of admirable doctrine and refined devotion. Baptism, Confirmation (without anointing), Marriage, the Sacrament of Communion are all given, according to venerable forms, very simple, by clergy whose promotion to Sacred Orders, with care and preparation, is made by a manner perfectly in harmony with the respected customs of the Ancient Church. In this town there is an absence of rude licence and unpleasing want of respect: the Lord's Day is kept by attendance at Divine Service; and the clergy, who claim to have, and who I see no reason whatever to doubt, possesses the same character as pastors and priests, as their spiritual forefathers, have always received, and retain until now, the confidence and affection of their people. There is not a little to be learnt from observing the manner in which the Church of England is respected and reverenced; nor can the most anxious critic discover the absence of anything that is essential to the efficiency of the same with the flocks." The writer of this letter, who kept up a correspondence with at least one of the families in the town in question, was the Rev. John le Grice, of Rouen, who lived to return to France, and to publish a very interesting monograph of his life in exile, issued at Rouen, in 1807. A Diary is given in the early portions of the book. Tide, likewise, "ADDITIONAL NOTES," note 6, p. 335 of this Treatise. No. 4. OPINION OF EASTERN THEOLOGIANS ON THE EDWARDINE FORM. The author is indebted to an old friend and valued contributor to the Union Review, for having, with much persevering labour, obtained the following Opinion: 66 We, who have signed our names to this declaration below, hold that the services for making a Priest and a Bishop i.e., the Forms in Edward VI.'s First Prayer Book, submitted to us by the Very] Rev. Dr. Lee, Secretary of the Eastern Unity Society, and other Priests of the British Churches, though diverse in construction and form to the unchangeable rites of Orthodoxy, might be lawfully used by Churches having the tradition; and, as we judge, are sufficient in themselves for bestowing the Presbyterate and for conferring the office and character of a Bishop, according to Christ's appointment. CHRISTOPHER DAMILLA, Expositor of Theology. BASILIDES, of the Great Monastery, and Theologus. [A True translation of the written Opinion intrusted to Us, as We testify-A. SKENE-FORBES, B.A.; Chios, Aug. 14th, 1869: H. P. ROBERTSON; Athens, Sept. 25th, 1869.] |