The Bishop of Orleans, a great friend of Pere Hyacinthe,
and a liberal Catholic, seems to have made every effort to prevent Pere Hyacinthe sending that letter of resignation, in which he, in effect, defied the Council, and appealed from the Roman Church as it is, to the Church as he thought it should be. Failing in this, Monsigneur Dupanloup addresses him a very earnest and really affectionate letter, pointing out, however, rather bitterly what "an insult" the ex-Superior of the Paris Carmelites has been guilty of to "our Saviour, to place himself as he is now doing alone, face to face, in opposition to Him, and in contempt of His Succes- sors!" The Bishop insists strongly, on Pere liyacinthe's having shown no taste for obedience and humiliation, such as Pere Lacer- dais., and Pere Ravignan, though they had to " suffer " much more, showed in far greater strength. This seems to be a really fair accusation, as coming from a sincere member of the Roman Church, who always makes willingness to submit to authority and to accept rebuke humbly, one of the teat-virtues of her com- munion. Pere Hyacinthe, however, is already at heart a Protes- tant. He thanks the Bishop of Orleans very cordially for his letter, but declines to admit any fault. "What you qualify as a great fault committed, I call a great duty accomplished." A very insubordinate Catholic indeed !
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