Calvinism - pagina 77

CALVINISM AISD RELIGION. brought back to earth, the

and a

altar

was

73

rebuilt of stone,

had reconstituted

priestly hierarchy

Next of course

ministrations of the altar.

itself for it

the

was neces-

sary also to renew the tangible sacrifice on earth, and

brought the church to create the unbloody

this at last

opposed

itself,

not

against

all

Calvinism

this,

contend against priesthood on

to

or against altars as such, or against sacrifice

principle, in itself,

Now

of the Mass.

offering

because the

office

everyone knowing the

of priest cannot perish, and of sin

fact

realizes in his

own

heart, the absolute need of a propitiatory sacrifice; but

do away with

in order to

and to

to call believers to Hft

up

where

the real sanctuary,

worldly paraphernalia,

all this

their eyes again,

Christ,

The

ministers at the only real altar.

on high,

our only battle

priest,

was waged,

not against sacerdotmm, but against sacerdotalismy and Calvin

alone

fought

this

with thorough consistency. rebuilt a kind of altar,

to

put

it

away,

Lutherans and Episcopalians

on earth

entirely.

through to the end,

battle

Calvinism alone dared

;

Consequently,

among

the

Episcopalians, the earthly priesthood was retained, even in

the

form

hierarchy;

of a

sovereign became

summus

in

episcopus

of ecclesiastical ranks were imitated

claimed the absolute equality of service

of the church,

leaders

and

officebearers

of MinisterSy

(i.e.,

Lutheran lands the

all

;

and the

divisions

but Calvinism pro-

who engaged

and refused to ascribe

in the

to

its

any other character than that

servants.)

That which, under the

shadows of the Old Testament dispensation, furnished intuitive instruction

types were

fulfilled,

by types and symbols, now that the had become to Calvin, a detriment

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