PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 950, 18 October 1910, Page 4

PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD.

; "AVHOLT AND WHOLESOME ;: : Vv' ■ ;;-::■;:'-' thought." ■-:/ -v : " ; r ;: The position of, the. Church of : England-: 7 : in regard' to. 'prayer's;'for the "dead was? .' briefly, referred: to '.by Sfi.?;Justice'Cooper;;: yesterday '■:in,, a" jlidgment affirming, tho ■:' ••' legality_,of a bequest tb provide" for; masses'- : ' ; , for ! the dead.in a Roman Catholic Church, , ■ . ;"It -is interestihg.tovnottce," ;. .-: learned Judge, -"that,' although{the-.'dooV*'.-'. .trino of ■;■. purgatory, was '-■ declared by £''■•'"■:.. statute. of .Edward. VI.- to. be:,'vain and.;.:: 0 i •superstitious,'.'and' is denounced in .Ar- ■'•■;: •iiclo';22. / bf.'the" : ArtJ.'cl6J3-"oI.-tho.'Cliiircli'.of-:--"-v':-:': Englandvas.unwarraated.by .arid','cqntrary.;:.v->,; to.- the .Word 'of God,:, prayers '■•. for : the : - ; ; ■: dead -were'held: in-;Breeks .v.;-Woelfrey,'■':>;'." not: to^be: Prohibited "by.;'■ the v Church ':of :,;■'•: England.': iln.' that: case,-: decided 1 -' in ,1838,:; «;'■':•■ ■ the ;Dean; of Arches, after- a eomprehen-'■;';;.■■ :>Y sive; examination .'of judicial: and ;ecclesi»v:-,': : - : astical' authority,rotated that ;: .there ■ ::-.: no,;auth'ority. : or cahon : by x which.the prao- '■::.. tice:pf'praying:fo'r-;the 'dead:,was;prohii;,:.::: bited,i''i ; and ri that prayers' fory.the:/dead.•'/ : . ■';■'. although' discouraged.;by:many;,divines;of .;::-'; the Church,' had;neyer.;been ; .treated "as"*>■■?■■ forDiddeh;;': : -They ; were discouraged :.lje» :.,; : V" cause, they '.are; inconsistent-:with • the':: :.;; statute' of:Edward;"and:with; the ■ Article 7,: ;:•'" concerning'; purgatory,:;,and.;because:;they"; .;.;'. •form :. ; md' part '.-V of., the .Recognised service -,vy.-. of :..the:'■;Church.;-..The ■' Dean>iof;/;Arches, ■-- >~':\ therefore^:-sustained;,-the'-' leg'ality : ;of art; - :■■ inscription ?upon "a- tombstone..-erected'' in, ?.': V', the iparislv,'churchyard,of-;Carisbropk, Isle ■":;"■ fi of ?W,ight,:which.;inscription;iwas-in the,;',- :,' fqllp'wihe.iterms-.-TTray. for /the - soul. of : . : ;.-,.,. J. -; Wobjfjey." ; f ItVis 'and;; wlioltk .';'',.':: some thought';toV-pray'"; totr the-dead.'" [Y :•'. ..'