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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - Chair of St Peter
DESCRIPTION:THE CHAIR OF ST PETER \nBy St John Henry Newman \n◊◊◊ \nThe very first act of the Apostles after Christ was gone out of their sight\, \nwas the ordination of Matthias in the place of the traitor Judas. That ordination \nis related very minutely. Every particular of it is full of instruction; but at \npresent I wish to draw attention to one circumstance more especially: namely\, \nthe time when it occurred. It was contrived (if one may say so) exactly to fall \nwithin the very short interval which elapsed between the departure of our Lord\, \nand the arrival of the Comforter in His place: on that ‘little while\,’ during which \nthe Church was comparatively left alone in the world. Then it was that St Peter \nrose and declared with authority\, that the time was come for supplying the \nvacancy which Judas had made. ‘One\,’ said he\, ‘must be ordained;’ and without \ndelay they proceeded to the ordination. Of course\, St Peter must have had from \nour Lord express authority for this step. Otherwise it would seem most natural \nto defer a transaction so important until the unerring Guide\, the Holy Spirit\, \nshould have come among them\, as they knew he would in a few days. \nOn the other hand\, since the Apostles were eminently Apostles of our \nIncarnate Lord\, since their very being\, as Apostles\, depended entirely on their \npersonal mission from him…one should naturally have expected that he himself \nbefore his departure would have supplied the vacancy by personal designation. \nBut we see it was not his pleasure to do so. As the Apostles afterwards brought \non the ordination sooner\, so he had deferred it longer than might have been \nexpected. Both ways it should seem as if there were a purpose of bringing the \nevent within those ten days\, during which\, as I said\, the church was left to \nherself; left to exercise her faith and hope\, much as Christians are left now\, \nwithout any miraculous aid or extraordinary illumination from above. Then\, at \nthat moment of the New Testament history in which the circumstances of \nbelievers corresponded most nearly to what they have been since miracles and \ninspiration ceased\, — just at that time it pleased our Lord that afresh Apostle \nshould be consecrated\, with authority and commission as ample as the former \nenjoyed. In a word\, it was his will that the eleven Disciples alone\, not himself \npersonally\, should name the successor of Judas; and that they chose the right \nperson\, he gave testimony very soon after\, by sending his Holy Spirit on St \nMatthias\, as richly as on St John\, St James\, or St Peter.
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