ANGLICAN PRETENSIONS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXI, Issue 19, 7 September 1894, Page 11

ANGLICAN PRETENSIONS.

TO THE EDITOR N.Z. TABLET. Sib,— Did yoa ew read"Lefson X, ihe Church," a second Gate, chiatn for the child r-n of the Cnurjh (ths Anglican Oburch), London Education Union, 20 Harrow|Road W., 5 aod 6 Paternoster Bow 8.C.? Q. What is the Catholic Ohuroh? A. All God'a faithful people. Q. Who is the head of t':e Church ? A. Jesus Ohriat oar Lord . Q How may we Icdow the Church ? A. By these four signs :— She is one— she ia holy— she is Catholic— she is Apostolic. Q Why do you say the Church is one ? A. Because all who belong to the Church bare one Lord, one Faitb, one Baptism. Q. Why do we say that the Church is boly ? A. Because she te*ch»« boly doctrine, ard her children are called to be saints. Q. Ar« all her members holy in their lives 1 A. No ; there are good and bad members of the Cnurch. Q When will the good and b*d be separated ? A. At the end of the world.

Q Why is the Church called Citholic ? A. Because she has to teach God's truth to all the people in the world. Q. Why ia the Church called Apostolic ? A. Because Bhe was founded by the apostles. Q. Who has taken the place of the apostles? A. (N. B.)* The ministers of the Church.— (Does he mean of tbe Church of England ? Undoubtedly, 0 tempora 0 mores.') Q. How many orders are there in the ministry? A. Threebishops, priests, and deacons. Q Why should the Church ba very de»r to us? A. Because Christ loved the Cburcb and gave Himself for it. Q. By whom was Christianity first brought to England ? A. By holy missionaries in very early timep. Q. What were the people before? A. Heathens and idolaters. Q. Has our Church remained true to tbe primitive Church? A. Yes she teaches the same doctrines aa the apostloe. (Is that not very good ?). Q. Which branch of the Church has aidel many corruptions A. The Church of Home. (Thia^is still better.) Q. What do you mean when you speak of going to church ? A. Attending the house of God for p ayer and praise." (basta).— l am, j etc, Fatheb Gekgoky, 0.8.8. St Benedict's, Newton, Auckland, N.Z:, Augnst 21, 1894. * Paren' hesea are mine.