“THE END OF CONTROVERSY," CONTROVERTED. A REFUTATION OF Milner's "End of Controversy," IN A SERIES OF LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE MOST REVEREND FRANCIS PATRICK KENRICK, BY JOHN H. HOPKINS, D. D., LL. D., VOL. II. THIRD EDITION. NEW YORK: DANA AND COMPANY, PUBLISHERS, No. 381 BROADWAY. 1856. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by PUDNEY & RUSSELL, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New-York. PUDNEY & RUSSELL, Printers, 79 John-Street, N. Y. TABLE OF CONTENTS. The validity of the Anglican Succession-The Unchurching dogma falsely assumed by Milner-Episcopacy considered by the Reformers and other standard divines of the Church of England as necessary, not to the being but the well-being of the Church-The necessity of circum stances-Analogy of the Ten Tribes-Milner's charge that the Church of England denies the validity of lay-baptism-Proved to be false-The consecration of Archbishop Parker-Cranmer's private opinion of no consequence-The Nagg's Head fable-The Episcopal character of Bishop Barlow doubted-The doubt refuted—The whole of the four consecrators of Archbishop Parker validly consecrated-The original record-The validity and regularity of this consecration acknowledged by Fleury, Courayer, and Lingard, all Romanists-Milner's falsehoods —The mission of the English bishops denied─Milner claims that mis- sion is voided by idolatry-Corruption does not abolish lawful author- ity-The analogy of the bride-Duty of faithful sons towards a faith- The story of Pope Joan-Blondel and Bayle-Examination of the |