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Show BISHOP-APOSTLES A COSTLY MISTAKE, Pope fiow Sees Error Direst-tag Direst-tag Fsiiii Back io Apostles, All Follower of Christ Repudiating Apostolic Succession, Now Havo Proper Basin For Harmony and Union Through Unirammeled Bible Study. fjjg2naira SL Louis, Oct. 20 BSiw''; J a s t o r Russell's HfipKl'AR cl,sc"urscs here to- mffi$itt$ Twelve?" (John KsKm tor dcc'arL'd thut WpHi tan got grent power pSTOR. g5SELL)j m the Church, us " Ing two Inrtrumen tallies lo Introduce fal3e doctrines. (1) By the Second Century the mln Isters begun to be recognized as scpa rate from the congregations, and Instead In-stead of being elected (heir Fcrvants. they catabljsbed themselves as a clerical cleri-cal class and began to lord it over the household of faith, themselves appointing ap-pointing the ministers over the congro-gatiqus, congro-gatiqus, Instead of their being chosen by election, as in die dayB of the ApQ9Ub$. (2) At the same time the chief ones of the clergy, having the title of bishops, wero claimed to be the sue cesaor? of the Apostles, with the same fight to teach and to be considered Id fajliblc messenRer? of. Christ. The doctrine of Apostolic Succession "was formulated. They pointed out that tyhen Jndas lost bis plnce amongst The Twelve, tho eleven met and choso one to fill his place. j The speaker called attention to Ihe fact that the eleven Apostles, In elect j ing Matthias to their number In the pjnee of Judns, did It without Dlrjne authority and sanction. The one they chose the Lord Ignored, nnd we lnnr nothing further nf him In fits own due time the Lord brought forward the one He purposed should take thp place of JudaK ijt. Paul, Jepus nssured those Twplyc tbat they should "t on twelve thrones. Juil Ing the twelve tribe of IsropJ." In thi "Times of Restitution" and "Hcgenera tlon. (Matthew xlx. JJS: Acte ill, ID 21.) Tbope Twelve weriauln pictured symbolically in Revelation as the crown of twelve stars, on the head of the symbnllenl Woman, who represent od the Church of Cbrlt. Again Thi-Twelve Thi-Twelve are pictured In the symbolic j New Jerusalem, whleb portrays the i Church beyond the veil In Heavenly glory, as twelve foundation stones. Revelation xsl. 14. Falce or Psofldo' Apoetlos. Of these Twelve alone Jesus eald I "Whatsoever things ye bind ou earth shall be bound In Heaven, and what soever things ye shall declare loosed.' or non-OKHenlI.il. on earth shrill he c7e dared "loosed in Ueavcn" .so carefallj 1 would the Great Head supervise the I words of those who were His mouth 1 pieces to tho Church Wjtii St. Paul we can then agree that "The Wonl of God Is snfficlenL that I the man of God may be thoroughly fur- j nisbed." (II Timothy ill. 15-17.) I The Emperor Constautlne, a convert ' to Christianity, noted that the teach Ings of tlie various bishops were quite contradictory. Although not baptized. he recognized lhac t these teachers were Divinely guided their testimony would be harmonious. Conshintlne. In A. D. 325, convened the Conncil of Nicer called an "Apostolic "Apos-tolic Council." Iiecauue tho bishop? vrcrq thought to be living 'npostles Although Emperor Constantino proffered prof-fered transportation free, ouly abput one-tbirtl of the bishops attended 3ST For djys. weeks and moDths disputes dis-putes prevailed; and finally tho Emperor Em-peror gave thi derision respecting tho wording of the CroetL And that Nl-cene Nl-cene Creed was prociplgated as the Christian Faith; and the edict went forth that all who would not uccept It should be banished. Thus uniformity of Fallh was effected by a worldly prlnco. For twelve ccnturjes after this. Apostolic Apos-tolic Succession continued, operating through "Apostolic Councils" and creeds. Is It any -wonder that In all tbqsc fifteen centuries the Trp'th Itself was bnriod nnder a maaa of superstl-tloriy superstl-tloriy error, false doctrine? Bible tho Torch of Progress. For four centuries the Bible has been coming back to tJfe people. Proportionately Proportion-ately liberty has been enlightening the world. Igporance. superstition aud persecution havo been yielding to nobility no-bility nnd justice. We all praise God tb,at wo lve In a day when It Is no longer considered fjodllke. Cbristllke. to persecuto others! But, nlasl for tbe past fifty years the influeoco of ho Blblo Is on the wauo! Infidelity, styled Higher Criticism, Is rapidly updermlnlng faith In thp Blblo. The present Pope, resizing the situation, situa-tion, ijns banned Higher Criticism In all Catholic institutions nnd bn.$ issued an- order that tbo faith of all Catholic ecclesiastics and teachers he tested by oath He sees. top. that faith In Apov to)ic Succession is gone from tjie mass-ps. mass-ps. and that to prescrvo religious faith th.e tqasses mt)st he directed back to the words nf'jesus. the Twelve Apost-les and thp Prophets, ns tho only Inspired antborlty on religion. Wo commend his conrse and rejoice In It on |