The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-29


Yolk pronounced the following prayers:-
Blessed be thy name, o Lord God, for that 1t hath
pleased thee to have Thy habtaton among the of
men, ana 10 dwell In the midst Of the assembly Of the
saints upon tile earth; bless beseech thee the roll
gious performance OF this day, and grant that this
lsce now set apart to thy service thy holy may
be wofshpIed In truth and purity through all genera
lions through Jesus Chrst our Lord Amen.
The Iesc+ of God, which passeth all understanding,
keep your hearts and mines in knowe nd low al
God. end Of his s Jesus Christ Lord aud the bAss
ing OF God Almighty, the Father the Son. and ~ uciy
Amen.
An Episcopal benediction was then given and the
congregation separated.
Rupture In the Roman Catholic Church.
RECOMMENDATION OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHURCH
or ST. LOUIS, BUFFALO, BY BISHOP TIMOE-
STATEMENT OF THE TRUSTEES-rHEIR DETERMINA-
TI0N not TO YIELD.
from the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser June 81
The following document appears in the Buffalo
Seniina. We reproduce it in our columns because
Il e bold and praisew0rthy stand against the Oppres
sion ard injustice taken by the trustees of St. Louis
CbuIch, has excited y very general sympathy in
their behalf and ali matters relating to their perse
cltion are read by large number OF our subscribers
with lively interest 1t will be that the truss
tees Of the church are at last "exconmunicated"
by 1T John, Bishop of Buffalo" Messrs. Martin
Roth Alexander Allenbrand, Michael Mesmer, Jacob
Wilhelm, George Fisher, Nicolaus Ottena t, aud J.
L. Munschauer are therefore condemned by the sen
tence OF the said 1John to pay the penalty of their
eternal souls for refusing to yield uy into his hands
true, soen,ply confded to them. Let the reader
not forget he real cause for this attempt to dipar
age the character OF these respectable citizens and
10 hold OFT 10 the world the idea that they have
Lten guilty OF sorue great wrong Louis lie Couteuy,
one OF tie fathers Of our city. and whose memory is
embaimed in the hearts of its citizens for his many
Writ es. gave lot OF land to he held in charge of
Trustees for the purpose, and contributed literally
10 build the church OF st. Louis. For years, perfect
harmony existed, and the society continued to pros
per, wien the present Bishop made demand of
the trustees to surrender to him their charge.
This demand they have continued to resist, for
which the anathemas of the church are now invok
ed. Their contumacy has at length placed them on
level with the hosts Of Episcopalians, Prcsbyte-
raDs. Methodists, Baptiss, lnitarians, and the nu
merous other creeds against whom the gates of hea
ven are barred by their excomm inicators. Some
man to shut ont from the Crea tors mercy and from
the hope Of salvation from the lite to come, seven
worthy men, honest, virtuOus and free from re-
ploach In their daily walk of life, on mere ques
accommodated stand as good chance of glo-
rious immortality as he whose wrath and enmity
they have excited. Thousands of good Catholics
in this country will regard the action of the Bishop
with disfavor and will look with sympathy and afec-
ton upon the prosecuted trustees and congregation
of the church Here, the Bishops thunder falls
not upon the ears OF q benighted and bigoted peo-
pie. Here, the causes which have led to this step
will be inquired into and discussed. Here, where
the Catholic masses are imbued with the spirit of
freedom of conscience and yield no blind submits
sion to aft; here, we say, the sometime
full weapon of the church will lose it's deadly force
and the arm which yields it, when raised unjusty
will fall palsied and powerlsss.
Whereas, The so-caIed Trustees of st Louis Church.
though frequently wsrned of their Catholic proceed
ings duly notified Of impeding escommunication,
cease not their usurpuons against church lsw and dis
cipne; and whereas the National Council he at Bald
in 1882 declares that all who do what SAID Trustees
have long been doing BY the very fact under the
sentence Of accommodation pronounced by the Holy
Council Of Trent against such Of church
dscpne and whereas the said Trustees did themselves
aproal to Rome and the Holy See sent Nunco to de-
eide thei who and decided that the Trustees
were wrong hat the Bishop right and that .'he
could not bave acted otherwise .h h did y Wsreas
then the Nunco exhored the refractory and the rus
Of st. Louis church. by adopting the Indicated
which alone is jlst and indispensable, will give noble
proof Of faith and charity: But they refuse
never be received obedent of the church odn
The learned Nunco ending his mission those words of
my duty say that your answer is truly painful epec
ally to an envoy OF the Holy Father to whom you
disregard altogether Catholic principles
persist it only remains for to deplore the sad
position in which place yourselves in the face of the
church but the responsibility of this rests yourselves
The same learned and pious Nuncio, writing to the
Bishop, says Of the trustees and of their abettors -:
consider them not being Catholics at heart and right
reverend sir should your episcopal ministry inspire you
to declare in order that good Catholics may know who
are their and who are not and that those who
now are led asray no longer be deceived to right
or participation in the beneoctions and benefits of the
Catholic Church. leave it to your holy inspirations
Finally, whereas the Holy See has since approved the
ude Of the Nunco though sad and reluctant the
bishop is bound to fulfil his duty Alas article which
the trustees have just published in the public papers,
Boosting, amid many untruhs to comply with the
decision of the Holy Father this sad duty more
imperative then declare the saA trustees Of St. Louis
Church in Buffalo, to wit Messrs. Martin Roth Alex
ander Alenbrand Michael Mesmer, Jacob Wilhelm Geo.
Fisher, Nicoaus 0ttenot, and j. p Munschauor to be
cation and through the authority given to His Church
by the Almighty God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, do
hereby then czcommunicate them; declaring further,
that all who may henceorward accept the office of trus
tee in St Louis Church. to continue the present unhoiy
opposition TO Church discipline WILL ipso facto that is
by the very fact incur tho Accommodation
Pray for their conversion that they may return Ca
holc unity and that their souls may be saved in the
Day OF Judgment.
Given in tho feast of the Octave of Corpus Christi 22d
June, 1854, from our residence in Buffalo.
fJ0HN, Bishop of Buffalo
The trustees, in q communication to the 1dUcr-
tiser, assures the editor that notwithstandni the
bull OF accommodation, they have not the re-
hottest idea of abandoning their position. They
say;-"We admit that the report made by Arch
has been sanctioned by the Propaganda in Rome,
as being inaccordance with the rule and statute Of
the Catholic church; and also that all the transac-
lions OF the same preate, while Governor Of Bolog
prevent any kind OF misconception on the part of
the public as to having yielded take the liberty
to state that there is no design whatever on the
part OF the congregation to accede to the demand
made by the Bishop, nor submit to be gov erned in
temporal matters according to the said article w.;
though many not being thoroughly acquainted
with our position may think it very criti cal oke
Our opinion is that temporalities have nothing
whatever to do with spirtualities and We have no
thing TO reproach ourselves with, not having
been the aggressors in this affair. We beg leave to
state that there is not the least foundation for the
belief that the congregation of ST. Louis Church
VIII ever yield to the request made to her, having
resolved to remain in the situation in which she IL,
until it shall please the Bishop to provide her with
good priest thereby causing that peace which once
existed, and which is now very much needed
for the propagation of our holy religion, ~ De re-
stored"
Gerin Smiths sctser OF II. signatscn.
III