Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-11-26
TIE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.

shaving But his efforts were of no avail; shay
ing had grown into national custom, and Gus
tom will defy the hardest reformer; it were easier
to introduce Mexico into the Union than the
Bloomer costume among ladies, and to abolish the
peculiar institution" than the stovc-pipc hat.
The Christian Church continued its opposition
to shaving as late as the beginning of the ninth
century Wearing the beard was one way of pro-
claiming to the world their protestation against
the Pagan civilization. The apostolic Constitutions
formally cnoin long beard, (opoytet prGteyca non
Jarbe pit,,m corrumpae book |, chap, 81 St.
Clement, the Roman, cites Loyititus, and hurls
anathemas at every shaver, on the ground that
God created man in his own image, and that it is
sacrego to reap the chin. st. Clement, of Alex
andria, st. jerome, 81 Cyprian Tortullan, and the
other Fathers Of the Church condemned those who
shaved as disfguring themselves in order to COM
ply with the requirements of q luxurious and
eficminate civilization. The Carthage Council, in
39S ordered that clcrgymen should wear short
hair and long boards, (ClericuS nee CONAN Rut,idt
nee Jdy}d,n ra,ttt canon Az This order was re-
newcd in the sixth century by the Council of Bar
ceona. But the Western Church, like the Empe-
rors was obliged to yield to the omnipotonce of
fashion. About the beginning Of the ninth ccntu-
ry, Pope Leo, the Third shaved. This act was the
signal of furious disscnsion, which lasted nearly
eight hundred years, and on several occasions
barely failed to produce the most serious schisms
From that time, however, with the exception Of an
ephcmoral reaction in the sixteenth century, the
Western Church and Western civilization have
been distinguished by the shaven chin; while the
Greek Church and Oriental Civilization have re-
Ijoiccd in the flowing beard
For a century or two after Leo the patrarchs
at Constantinoplc continued to cxcommunicate the
clergy at the Romish Church for shaving, while
the latter prolesscd to he Indifferent to the subject.
The Council, held in 1881, at Limoges, France,
ordered the clergy to shave, but did not make it n
matter Of religious doctrine. In alusion to the
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Of the question, the Council said" And in this,
they (thc Grccks) cannot blame u.s. nor VIC them. "
But Gregory the Seventh would stand no trihing
on this subject. In 1913, he called n Council at
Gironnc, which prohibited boards under the sever
est penalties. Some of the clergy resisted, and,
among them the Archbishop of Cogliari, and his
subordlnatcs. Gregory wrote to tho prOdcstat
Q000) 1--WE command you, at the same time to
obge all the ccccsiastics under your jurisdiction
to shjrye, and TO conliscatc the property of the
rccusants to the profit of the church Of Cagliore.
This same Gregory formed league with the Duke
of Sarlana and other soycrcigns for the purpose
of war Of eXtcrminatiou against the beard.
We have said that, in the sixteenth century
there was an cphcmcral reaction. 1t was due in
part to tho revival Of ancient learning and Of an
admiration for ancient Art and, in part also to
the general relaxation Of ecclesiastical discipline.
Pope Julius the Second, in 1903, sportcd II long
and floating beard, but It cninc near proving his
of shaving, they opposed the rc-introduction Of
boards with equal violence. For two centuries,
the popcs tried in vain to carry their point At
last, in 1900 Clement the Eleventh, sacrificed his
moustachcs to the peace Of the Church, and the
general etiquette Of Europe
Since that time there have been various attempts
to revive the fashion Of wearing the beard. None
of them have been successful. Throughout the
whole Of the Occident bare faces are the fashion,
and long beard is sure sign that the wcarcr
wishes to rebel against the leading influences Of
society Judges lawyers, leading merchants, and
ccrgymcn shave; while street preachers, womans'
rights men, mormons ilibuslcrs, and Red Rcpub-
/ licans have Il contrary tendency. We are aware
| that there is strong disposition on the part of
many young Americans to bring out boards and
defend them but we would respectfully inform
them, without waving our non-commttulism on
the merits Of the controversy, that they are under
taking lIerculmcan task, if they wish to upset a
fashion. All the conservatism in the country will
/ frown upon such an attempt.