The faith of our fathers - Carmel Apologetics

"28 THE FAITH OF OUR FATHERS.tinctive appellation. There is also the MethodistChurch North and the Methodist Church South.There was the Old and the New School PresbyterianChurch. And even in the Episcopal Communion,which is the most conservative body outside theCatholic Church, there is the ritualistic, or highchurch, and the low church. Nay, if you questionclosely the individual members composing any onefraction of these denominations, you will not rarelyfind them giving a contradictory view of their tenetsof religion.Protestants differ from one another not only indoctrine, but in the form of ecclesiastical government and discipline.The church of England acknowledges the reigning Sovereign as its SpiritualHead. Some denominations recognize Deacons,Priests, and Bishops as an essential part of theirhierarchy while the great majority of Protestants;reject such titles altogether.Where, then, shall we find this essential unity offaith and government? I answer, confidently, nowhere save in the Catholic Church.The number of Catholics in the world is computedat two hundred and twenty-five millions. They haveall one Lord, one faith, one baptism,"one creed.They receive the same sacraments, they worship atthe same altar, and pay spiritual allegiance to onecommon Head. Should a Catholic be so unfortunate as contumaciously to deny a single articleof faith, or withdraw from the communion of hia