New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-02-17

brsted GaIlicsn declaration This very declaration was
de spirt OF the Ase redused ~ formula, and became
the law of the and but those who imagined that cutting
down the authority OF the Pope would incresee tnst
OF he Bishops very much mistaken TX Wa never
theless difficult tak t 10 ehsnge the doctrines o. me
Chnrch and % overcome the objections OF men ooun "a
France and beyond the MOUNTAINS wno ressruoI 80 :.
6shcan declaration sdsngeruus Innovation oui .ne
nnovS;ors rejected and fslsiEei TRADITION wsen tne
iact were too open ~ b. reputia.ed AID As reuy ue
MED the CONCLUSIONS that might be leg'nmSey ursNn
from them. One OF those WHO obtained large measure
Of abuse snd vhncsfion the great Hh1eorsn Nier
ward Pope Gregory With The Parliament OF Frsnee
began the crusade a desrScron Of the memory OIL tnA
noble man. by prohibiting the religious celebrations
which cusonsriy held throughout the country IN
homer Of the ssIn.ed Gregory. Iney accused him OF
having claimed and exercised authority during has Pon-
tfes;e to which he WAS in 10 way entitled They called
him innovator and tyrant ami some ~ert 80 Tar
A. 20 stigmstize him az mystic and heretic He Che
lectsrer) proposed 10 examine the charges brought
against Hildehrsnd, and which many appant writers
had since repeated and reechoed al aaassHr In his
eve Hildebrand seemed Just Ike great saint-such
as the Church declared him 70 be and that word
SAINT was enough OF answer 70 sny and all the base
less charges that had been made sg1nst him TOR had
be been the tyrsn, and wlelfed ms authority 50 desR
caly a. his ealunnis,ors asserted, never would his
name have been enrolled upon the gioriou. list OF
Csnonized Saints But, spart from TINS be knew not
what rohler champion OF the Church OF ChriS ever
stood forth in opposition 10 me NIsn.y =. ps-sv
amounted 10 ths That he asserted the supremscy o.
the Spiritual over the Temporal God must De ooeyed
by man Could any Catholic deny that this should oe
asserted, The Temporal regarded the the spra'
the soul ard Just the body was or ought to De SUP
ordinate 10 the SOUL should that which reysrded the
body be subordinate TO that which regsrded the soul
Civil government the representative OF the tepors
ORDER and ecclesiastical government, or the Churcn ol
Gcd the representative and exponent Oh me sp|
ual order The former civil governmenp mai It's
origin in rspine and RIGHTEOUSNESS the latter. was
established by God himself and was no other than me
moral order To deny therefore the supremacy OF the
spiritual the temporal, is to emancipate me tenn
porsl order or civil government from the moral law-to
give free scope all rulers 10 act according to he own
good pleasure, unrestraned by any law Whatever; not
by any human law for no human law had any force I'M
less what il derived from the Divine law commanding
all human laws 10 De obeyed. But here derived no
force for told hst the Prince was the aroler
of his own acts and powers. And again, because the
moral law was rejected. and declared not binding on
princes Rulers therefore were not bound by the laws
OF God hence the odious maxim, The King can do no
wrong" Moreover, il would follow from this doctrine
that the laws Of God and the laws framed by tenn
pora princes work in different spheres. That
was q fatal mistake-the two we've not discon-
nected for a law 10 be law must BIND
the conscence-impose moral Obligation when
il was the duty OF men te respecL But moral oblgs
ton could only be imposed by divine decree ora human
law foundered on thst divine law which COMMANDED
M human laws TO be respected II there be no conuec-
ton between the spiritual and the temporal orders no
moral obg alton could arise in the latter consequently
the Prince was not bound administer justice nor his
subjects to obey him they could make successful
rcttance-ior obedience disobedience 10 the laws
of the State were acts that belonged exclusively TO the
temporal order The result OF the whole doctrine
was nothing more thar abominable atheism. Yet
these the certain consequences OF the notorious
Gallican declaration The Temporal order. therefore
was not emsncipated from the Spritual-on the con
traly. il was subject 30 L. Truly, the Chursh was
established TO administer the sacrainents o religion
but in order to do that she must expound the law OF
God alike 20 the governed and the governors she
chs rlaiuy nd
moral and the civil law. In 1913 Hldebrand witness
ed hceutOusnes despotsm and slmony IN the persons
OF the European Monarchs yranzng over the rights OF
their subjects and degrading the purity OF the Church
by the open practice Of simony tor Sees were openly
Given or od by the SOyereigus 10 their ayortes Tne
bishops elevated by such means caring htte Tor their
duties or their focks but good deal for their worldly
beneht sold their benehces Hldebrand saw the tear
full tax before hin-hat OF taking away from secular
princes the privilege which they assumed OF disposing
of the Secs and Ahbacies within their doninions out
placing his trust in the Mo-, High, he collected all nus
powers for the superhuman tack Inc imuorhhes
and cruel despo,ifm of Philip l., OF France, most
profieate Prince-trst called down the lndigna
usn of Gregory-an intcrdct was placed upon
tina, gdom. and II was not raised unt tne vi
cous monarch gave evidence OF reformation. boesiS
atIe ctuel" King of Poland was accommodated also
Tor biz murerous ects OF despousm. But the principal
antsgonit Gregory had TO encounter was Henry 4th,
Emperor OF Germany man OF hcentlo1' haots, am
bnious desires and constantly at war with hs v"sas,
inyolSi ing him in expences that readily led han To give
counicnance Smony in order TO raise money to meet
his necessities ~
the various events connected with the dispute between
the Pope and the Emperor IN relation TO the nomination
of chops, which the Pope commended was the eNci-
vc province OF the Metropolitantha was spiritual
act and not a temporal one. Gregory did not regard
the reckless cOur1e OF the Emperor. unmoyedi but
more than exhOrted him To abandon tue vices OF
bis youth and restore 10 the Church what had been
taken from her and do justice 20 his down trodtcn sub
ieCts The hing turned deal ear 10 his sdmonltlon
they seemed but 10 harden him the more Then
came the attempt to kbnap the Holy Father
by the Project Census NJ the instgation OF Henry
his rescue by the citizens OF ROme-the OK.
con municaiions Of llenrythe setting up OF the Anti
Pope Gubert and deposition OF Gregory the struggles
and encounters Of the paTtisans OF the cOntentlng
psTea which ended In the withdrawal of Gregory 70
Sslsrno where he died in 1895 His last words were,
II have loved Justice and hated inquty aud therefore,
die in exile" How could Gregory VII. be termed an
uurpng tyranti IL was be who boldly threatened the
tcckiess despots with excomnunc alton aud all the ter
rors the Church. II they repented not and dd Justice
to their subjects, and hOnored thet God In nothing
did he oyersteP bis legitimate powers-snd IN nothing
did he forget the dignity OF s sacred chhacter rs iaer
OF al the faithful. Nor was he an innoyat0r Tor long
before biz time, mOnarchs had been accommodated
or deposed by Sovereign Ponnfs-thus the Emperor
Arcldius was communicated by Innocent L-Lo-
thaire H. by Nicholas lt would be impossible almost 10
enumeraie all the hin he accomplished for the good OF
the Christian world he was the bret % plan an
expedition q the East, Tor the protection OF
lhIftan I'm. INNS 70 me hOiy -epulciic nor
wary eve fail 10 observe that the No.en- were Advancing
step by step for the Conquest Of the Western World
and he remiss in taking meaure 70 check their
progress In in fast the Popes had proved them
selves the beet champions Of bertycly and religious.
The tuwaiks against which the powers u darkness on
strength and had been cruz he'd and shattered
by the stroke Alter some further remarks IN similar
strain the lecturer concluded by observing that the
time was defined TO come when this whole country
would be Catholc-when a clean sacrifice would be
offered throughout t. IRON the rising % the setting Oh
the ssn and did not become VS. 20 provoke The power
Of God by iInpairng, in any manner. those powers
Which He has given to His ylceserent here below.
TbAt power -tili great weight aud a sovereign
dread % those WHO sought 20 humble our holy repon,
.pectre that haunted the yrgnt ia his dreams, and
COMPOUNDED biz cOunsels when be awakened.
The Lecturer warmly applaGted at the close OF
be obserysOn a. indeed, also throughout the course
oil the lecture
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