Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-02-10

aiiordlGg "Vox' ian excellent excuse
Tor Withdrawing from the field" La
the remarks watch we made, we simply
expires. ed desire not TO continue the
publication oi articles of a controversial
Theological nature. hoping that The
wrleos would close the subject as soon
as possible
is THE CATHOLIC OPPOSED TO
LEARNING7
Ma. EDiToR:-
You gave my friend
"Voxn an excellent excuse for with
drawing from the field, but those whom
your Protestant Herei,cs call "hpos-
tat.s from the Catholic Church." arc
not sufficiently drilled in the discipline
of The old Fox" % be willing t" retire
from IA contest, merely Tor tie benefit Of
the thurch, when they can ye' muster
strength TO pour forth another volley OF
words and cry out "grea. is Diana ot
the Epheslans." II you will only IN
dulge us, think VIC can persuade the
poor ilind,d, bigo,cd, preJualced Pro-
testann llat the PapaI Church Is a
model Of all that is good and holy, and
wise, aud meek, and gentle, and benev-
olent; being w,hal the firm friend and
patron of learning among the peo-
pie.
woul' frs, caution the people, again,
regarding the danger Of believing too
implicitly the representations OF history,
ne wspapers, and books Of all kinds,
which profess to tell the truth about the
pas, or present affairs oil the PapaI Gov.
ernmcni. The Pope is indeed the pat.
ron OF learning, but being also the nial-
, llhIe lead of the Church oil Rome, he
wishes to reserve TO himself the right to
decide what ought TO be taught, and
what ought to be suppressed.
! Much mischief Modiu result TO the
Holy See, i! the press were TO blab out
everything, without reference TO the ex-
lsting rites and ceremonies and doctrines
/ OF the church OF Rome. No power or
/ government exists on earth oyer which
he does not claim supremacy. He is
! the vicegerent OF God, and eau bind ana
/ loose, at his pleasure. None Of the
! Prophets were equal in authority to our
, Lord God the Pope. Therefore does
The Apostle predict concernlug li'n,
that "he shall 81, III the temple oil Cod"
2 Thess. 2, 4. Therefore do the holy
\ Cardinals, who are themselves as proud
as any Of the princes and po'enlaies ol
the earth when the Pope goes to church
upon high festivals, bear him upon
throne upon their shoulders, aud the
people are highly favored II they can
but touch his garments or kiss his loot
+ Therefore, also did the Pope, exercising
this Godlke preroguIive, DO a great
service to our cause Tor when he iound
that The ten commandments as given by
God a, the hands OF Moses, forbid the
making or worshipping Of a craven
mage, or any likeness OF any hing IN
. hya,en or on earth, that men should !dil
down to II and 90 1t homage; aud GIRt
this was Inconsistent with the homage
which Romanists pay to the pictures
and images ol saints, and to the conse-
Grated wafer he recohcIled these things,
by blotling out the commandment and
then ,y dividing another commandment
into TWO parts, he preserved the number
of ten. The church ul Rome finds this
a very convenient power III lnstrocilhg
the people, TOR when they are too 'nqul-
stlvs, or hendslrong, she can always
resor, to tins authority instead OF arSu-
ment and reason, "A al all enqulry IL Sti-
J fcG by the "Ipse dIxlt" OF his Holiness.
; You Protestants, have 10 such resor, as
this. Ii any part OF the llbIc don't suit
your preludices, ycu must either give
them w, or sacrifice the whole Bible
whereas tic Pope can blot ou' or ex-
plain away the obnoxious scripIute.--
7 And if you happen to disagree with
your society (you are not entitled 10 the
name OF church, for the pope gives you
over to the uncovenaled mercies OF god)
. then you must dispute nnd divide, you
\ have no edrthiy power TO bind you down.
lou have TO sacrifice UNITY 10 what you
cal huih ard conscience. tie Roman
let preserves unity by giving truth and
conscience into the sale keeping OF the
fapa powers. A conscicuce lie II dan
gcrcus thing: many Catholics have lost
theil lives by il. Francisco MadIai died
lately in Jail because he WOULD not give
Il up hs conscience to the Ptlest
We have much to tell you hbout mo-
\ nastic Institutions aud universities &c.
| but submit all up in enc or two words.
II Don't believe Protestant historians. -
| They tell you that the Pope found mo-
\ na.teries mpara,ively useful; but
II changed them in,D useless and expen-
siye lodges Of well.led, privileged, and
lazy monks who are always fighting Tor
the loayc, and fishes" and are such n
scandal TO the church, tha, even tina,
bess,ly monarch Henry tho 9Th had TO
.uppress them in England: don't believe