The New York herald., 1844-11-12

veges and liberties Of citizens OF the United Sstesl So
say Of the second-popular prejudice-popuar preju
dice which bases itself in great measure the false
ss So% how
| course Of the last winter, in lecturing upon
Of S ss nS snd as ns
the ministers of the Catholic religion contend and
that the use Of the % r.,
and forbidden And here 10 the great distinction
II use the sacred scriptures properly then are you
entitled to an indiscrimnate perusal Of them If you
abuse them then evident to any Of common sense
that ths Bible should be closed against your abuse And
brought upon much abuses and in the language
of the author of the Acts Of tho Apostles has caused
will allow the Bible go into the hands Of the peo
pie without note and comment" Well, do not allow
and comment because we believe that they cannot
derstand unless they have an explanation Recoiieet
that there no book more dcu to be understood tnan
the sacred scriptures. Now ii place in the hands oil
youth the works Of ancient classic writer he per-
fectly understand the words-he may comprehend the
Observation-Disclosures would argue II is utterly unne
cessary for any classic critic to note and COM
ments to such work. We have notes and comments to
if you take the trouble to enter a dispassionate ex
animation Of the necessity Of such notes and comments
believe that you will ell, whether Catholics or other
wise agree with me that as far os an ndiscrminate
Perusal Of the Bible goes. i would be proper
!. W wsrs~by s' notes and comments Let mo give you
"1 % | l On sasang hs Acts Of the Apostlss X0%
they that with saw, indeed the light bat heard
not the voice Of him that spoke with me-" Thsn pass
the ix chap and 7th of the book, and you
read" And the Lord said him, arise, and 60 into
the city, and there it will be told thou what thou must
the men %a
| fiat contradiction, which would puzzle any young
IeaSer 20 Of the Bible What, them doe. the church
| language of the people, but give notes, 10 that
the young mind may not be eperpexeiexpain these ap
Christianity altogether, on the ground of contradictions
in the sacred scriptures We have then, in our Bible
otuotuv koI IN
would to the explanatory comment appended the text
Of classic writer, and find this explsnaton" They
though the TS At
comedies the apparent contradiction In another place
the chapter falls upon this text which to him must ap
pear very conradictory-"Now the law entered in that
this text, it will naturally become bewdered What
the law given in order that we might commit more sin?
would TO ms negaosr snd nnd nm
this difficulty. The reader finds explanatory note, a
pended to the text" not as il the Law were given On
through mans perversity, taking occasion to sin more
from the prohibition Of sin" merely adduce these
character the notes. and show you the time
hepoprety as we conceive Of having these notes and
comments for the explanation and understanding of those
otherwise difficult and obscure passages Butis true
that it has been the Catholic Church. which has pro-
permitted be read by the people after the Reformation
Was this not the can:e of liberty in England Was not
nns .hs nd 20 = o N con
sequence this universal indulgence that all the here
cies which preceded that event were demolished7 tits
indeed generally believed by those who have not nves.
tgaed this matter that Henry VIII declared
himself head of the church, the Bible opened to the
means the case Iquote from the History Of England
by Or. Lingard 4th chap vol Some years had pass
tershire but Of suspicious orthodoxy fed into the
Netherlands and there printed translation Of the Holy
Archbishop Of Canterbury who ordered all copes Of it
to be seized and burned, on the ground that i was
false % with all s sGrs Of
having previously consulted the Bishops and deputa
on Of dvines from each university and issued pro-
clarng that in respect of the magnity OF the times
better that the scriptures should be explained by the
learned than be exposed to the Misrepresentation Of the
vulgar promising that after the false and corrupt transla
ton had been destroyed there would be produced by
the joint abors Of several Catholic and learned
Thus And that the ground Of in the transla
tiol England, immediately after the Reformation pro-
hibed the general and indiscrimnae Of that Bible
And il In the spirit that the Catholic church in
the Council OF Trent assembled finding that the Christian
the abuse Of it, declared that it necessary that there
should be some restriction upon the reading of H. and
translation OF Tyndall The promise Of another trans
laton not forgotten. It was urged by Crnnmer
and finally on petition OF the convocation trans
laon composed partly of that by Tyndall and Others
issued under the fictitious name Of Thomas
Matthew" as printer, by the royal license An in
every church. and allowing permission to all to
suit it provided they did disturb the preacher during
private houses " But again." says DR.. Lngard, he
had formerly sanctioned the publication Of an English
but on ts being TO him tins this anho
rized version was filed with corrupt reading: calcu-
lated TO- nslead the pnway and had shss not only gene
the vulgar in ale houses and other places Of resort which
had often ended in blows and breaches Of the peace To
remedy the first Of these evils, was recommended that
the version Of Tynda he condemned altogether crafty
false and untrue and that there should be authorized
translation, without note or comment ito stop the Sc
cond permission to read to others recommended to
be conferred lords and gentlemen but only in secret
to their households and to females Of noble and gentle
birth (And bear the next sentence in your minds
ANY other women or any artifcer apprentice or jour
liable to one month's mprisonmento This was the
liberty of the Reformation in England IL pass now to
sensiions Of our creed Il has always been to me mat
ter OF asonishmen that men, erudte eloquent smiable
Sn1 IL tine
these misrepresentation OF our holy religion Now, am
making too harsh an assertion forgetting my or
dnary gentle character of lecturer by means For
instance and again II has been repeated and
published and is believed by many. that we attribute
church tells believe that which false that
obey This Is but article of faith which gross
ly msrepresented For believe in the nfaibility Of
the church in this respect that according convc
on the church established by Jesus Christ with
m to ali generations We believe that the church
nfalibe only in esting to the truth of that deposte
handing down unimpared and unchanged that depoae
from generation to generation and that the church OF
the 10Th century testes to the infalliby OF the doc
rnes Of the first century, during the time Of the Apostles
themselves Bat that saint for instance be canonzed
the church infallbly right The church may have
upon the calendar the Of some extraordinary per
sonage who may have been thought fit be presented
mode but the church does not nfably decide that he
in that he may be presented to the ad
maton and alton Of the faithful account Of the
virtues which we believe he display ed whilst on earth
merely aude, just now, to one article Of our faith
shall have ample opportunity Of noticing many during
the these lectures But there IL denuncia
tion which fe Las born So" in the language of
st. Psul-bound to deprecse and cast back in all due
charity, whence it came. For long have voice
| and a mind SO long shall ! stand before this com
munity and declare that am no idolaor-that my
church Is not guilty Of doatry, matter what may be
The decision OF Convention in Philadelphia or else.
where The authors of the famous "Pastoral Letter. y
say in auson TO the Jews 1.-THE Jews for this sin
rejected Of God and ever since have become outcass
from the divine favor They leaned that false pripci
pie that broken reed that dangerous supposon in be