The Arkansas banner., 1845-04-23
THE MOVEMENT IN THE CATHOLIC
 GEIIIRI1II M rtr, n,r :, A-ng

LIE hOS EAlhNT IN THE CATHOLIC
 CHURCH IN GERMANY
 The commoton produced in the Catholic church in Germany by the remonstrance or John Ronge, the Catholic priest, and others. agalnst the scandalous pilgrimage to the .ITov veSiment at Tfleves,o still continues. In the nope oi sllencng Ronge, he has been excom- munlcated by his ecclesiastical superiors; bu, the only effect of this has been to induce him and others, who agreed with him ill consid erlng the procession to Trieves as a scandal agalnst religion, to break off all connection with the Church of Rome, and to form them selves into separate community, opposed to that church on all the points on which Protestants are opposed to 1t. In Prussia and northern and central Germany the opinions ot Ronge are supported and opposed with equal violence. At the University of Jena tie students have shown their sympathy with this new felormer, by what the papers call :. the English practice of burning Bishop Arnoldi, his opponent, in efligy, and, in revenge, the adherents of the Bishop have burnt Ronge in eifigy at Neideahnsten, in the grand duchv ot Nassau, a little way from Cobentz. Sun day was the day chosen for the latter auio. da .te, and to make 1t the more striking. one of the pockets was stuffed with copies of hls olllclal paper, the Silesian Fatherland's Gazette, and the other with the Journal of Frankfort, which supports his principles.- Ronge's partsans maintain that this burning was a got up affair, and that the Jesuits of Coblentz had much more to do with it than the burgesses of Neldeilahnstein However this may be, neither Ronge nor his partizans are al all discouraged by this burning by dep- uty, as will be seen from the following account of their formal separation from the Church of Rome, which we copy from the Gazette of Silesia. The article is headed ..The Gene ral Christian Community at Breslau,' and is as follows:-
 At the yesterdays meeting of the General Christian Community at Breslan, John Ronge addressed the assembly ly in an energetic speech on the hindrances to the establishment of q Universal Christian Community, and on the spiritin which alone they could be overcome He spoke also of the duty and necessity off establishing freedom of conscience, in accor- dance with the original spirit of Christianity and the spirit of the age. After this address. the following leading principles and declara- lions oflath of the Universal Christian Church were again discussed, andin theend agreed on:
 Article lst. We declare ourselves free from the authority of the Bishop of Rome and all his followers.
 Article 2d. We maintain the right to con- plete freedom of conscience, and renounce all constraint, deception, and hypocrisy.
 Article Sd. We declare the foundation and pillar of the Christian faith to be the Holy Scriptures.
 Article 4th. We declare that the searching and reading of the Scriptures ought not to be i restrained by any authority.
 Article jth. We declare the following to be a summary and symbol Of our faith
 l. believe in God the Father, by whom the world Was created, and by whom il is governed in wisdom, righteousness, and love.
 , l believe i'll Jesus Christ our Saviour, who by his doctrine, life, and death, freed us from slavery and sin.
 3. believe in the power of the Holy Ghost, in the Holy Universal Church. in the For giveness of Sins, and in Eternal Life. Amen.
 Article 6. We recognise only two Sacra- ments as established by our Saviour, namely, Baptism and the Lords Supper.
 Article z. We hold the practice of Infant Baptism.
 Article 8. We hold that the laty should parlake of the Sacrament in both kinds, and believe that the Lords Supper is a remem- brance Feast of tine sullerings and death of our Saviour The practice of confession to the priesthood we cast away from Us.
 Article 9. We recognise marriage asa di- vinely established ordinance; to be held sacred of men, and to be blessed to the church, and we acknowledge no disqualification or hin- drance to it, except those established by tue state.
 Article To- We acknowledge Christ as the only lntercessor between God and man, and cast away from Us all intercession of saints, ali worship of relics and images, all priestly absolution, and all religious pilgrimages.
 Article II. We believe that good works are only acceptable to God when performed from Christian principle, and deny the meri of all fasting
 Article 12 We believe that it is the first duty of Christian to give evidence of his f,it, by hi. WorEs