Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-11-01

rhus .ho survived him. r.ns.,ed By the Empsror to
former dignity and hs authority again acknowledged by
the shops aud people Of the empire Tneodore
died Ia l6t9, and succceded by Pope Martin Who
speedily s.-embied council Rome aud condcmncd not
only the Mouothote ductrnc but us .he most wick ed
type lately published against the catholic church by the
most serene Emperor, Constantine, tho ipsys OF
Paul. the pretended Bishop Of This WAS
the ras open attack Of the Pope upon tho supreme pc
cAi authority Of any eoupu!; and Il at once put
down. for the time by the degradation Of Martin from the
pspacy, and hi. hsnshment distant ccuury IN which
,Ie he died. His late rendered more moderate and pIu.
dent his two immediate SUCCESSORS. Ia 1880 the
Emp ror, by advice OF Agathc, the Roman PouHf
convened another general council which proceeded TO
excommuncate the Aonothoite docrine Of will Of
Ceriet and Ia approved BY Pope Honorius, long
before $685. and by the decree Of this council Il VAS
ondemnsd as hereticA and Honorius ~ berstic and
both anathsmetized.
For the period OF hundred years previous 70
the coronation of Charlemsgue In $780, tho western en-
pire bad administered ally by the authority of
the emperors, Who for some centuries had resided az
Copsannope: but sustained bv ignorant and super.
stitious multitude. the real vested In and
ercised by the Popes In 1884, the emperors sent mill
expedition TO reduce the Popc the refractory
Romans submission but the OF his ships being
lost in sea, the expedition vas abandoned The
possessions Of the empire had been formed into
EIarchy, after the repeated capture Of Rome by th.
Gohs tho viceroy, exarch residing at Rsyanna and
from the failure Of the attempt of emperor to reduce
the Pope Rome had formally but not vet fully hs
come subject to his authority In 74O Lusitprand king
"A tRrritp
of Rome; and in this need Pope Gregory III applied to
the renowned Charles Msrtel for succor The appeal
6rst made TO his piey to come to the rescue o.,
the successor OF St Peter but being dsrersrded in
that form. the willy priest then addressed his ambition
aud his thirst for dominion. proposing to rcnouucs for
himself and the Romans all allegiance to the emperor
to take him as their protector under the title Of
upon his undertaking to defend the Pope and the church
Tnose overtures acccded by the iron warrior
but before they could DO carried out he the emnerc-
and the Pope. ALL the OF this year. 74l sunk
SnIn III IdaFia . #
at the time, king Of France and Charles MsreI under
the Of Mayor Of the palace bad been his prime
minister, and 10 truth exercised all his power PENN
the Of Charles succeeded the dignity aud of
his father and formed the design Selling upon the
throne of the degenerate monarch. He submitted the
question: case Of conscience, to Zachary who was
then Pope, z" who best deserved be called king he
who possessed Of the title without the power or he
who possessed the power without tho title" Expos 81
on the one hand to the emperors claim of SUPREMACY
aud his indignant hostility Tor rejection: and IN the
other to the warlike incursions of the Lomb.rd,
the question had difficulty in the mind of Zachary: and
he promptly decided that no who has the was EN-
titled TO the name Of king The clear and irresistible ar
gument, which brought the mind Of the worldly
minded and ambitious prclate this conclusion vas
his consciousness that he could not maintain his own
vast preteusous against his assaan and tina, this man
ofpower could aud would, because they could mutu
serve each other PeIin toppled Chlderic from
h'I throne and was Immediately crowned aud anuoin-
ted king b! Bouitsce, the 'ope's legate, and two
wears afterwards, Pope Stephen, the successor of
Zchsy having France to obtain aid against
the Lombards, perform again in greater pomp the
the ceremony Of the coronation Of Pepin render still
sacred and imposing his title to the crown The
king md his court went three miles the Pope
ami avshed upon him the cxtravaOant honors Pc
sfghred from his horse, and attending him on foot
part oil the WAY and performing the Office OF his groom
ccqrery. In 76S, Ais'uphus king Of the Lombards
Invaded the ExTchs,c laid seige and took its ca ps
the city Of R4v.nna, consummated the CONQUEST of u
he ren',oirg possessions Of the empire in the west
Flushed by his the conqnering Lombard
III hCrais 10 the Pope dem tuding the submission of
me and vii her misunderstanding that thcv had
belonged to the emperor, snd his the right o.!
quest In this extremity, Stephen applied 6rst but
ug the emperor and then visited France to
in person. Pepin, for his protection. The French
sing sent powerful to accompany him across the
ps into lsy and to beat hack from the eternal city s
~ak Ike invaders The willy Pope in the mi DIST OF the nom
shosercd upon by the % Pepin had the adj
ress obtsn from him promise that the cities and coun
which might be quered from Astuphus should not
ne restored TO the emperor bat should be freely possessed
~ ST. Peter snd his The invcbIe arms of
Ppin scattered the power Of the ,mbIris and he set
o~n in sers before their metropolis Psvs Aistup hus
forced TO sign treaty, which bound him to deliver
e. she Pope the Etarchate, with all the cities castles
aud territories ther.uno belongings DO forever held
.ni possessed by the most holy Pope Stephen and his
successors IN the apostolic see OF ST. Peter After hest
tion and further resistance. the Lombard forced by
the ressess Pepn, TO execute this treaty literally and
the Pope put in possession Of all that il ceded to
MIN the Of ST. Peter and thus his spiritual
| he united temporal crown The fret was ACQUIRED
through the iirs,rumentaly Of Phoceus the second OF
Pepn and both by unchristan aud wicked com
| ton with usurpers aud men Of blood.
This the midnight OF the world and the little learn
ing Of Western Europe confined almos. wholly TO the
Nonks its people, besides, with nconsiderable eIcep
TONS were sunk in seemingly hopeless ignorance and
perstilon The Popes the Monks and all orders OF its
clergy, made available every opportunity to enlarge its
territory and i;s spiritual aud temporal authority and the
pspacy went on steadily increasing in wealth. influence
and TO the accession OF Gregory VII n 1918 when
reached its eliminating point For centuries yet it re-
coded not but continued perfect aud consolidate its
vast powers IL spread Europe, and 10 every coun-
try exhibited itself with grandeur which dazzed the
Imagination and strength against which no DOW er could
stand II exercised direct and absolute cognizance ia
all matteiSoi church and religion and and
discretionary all temporal governments and claimed
both TO be Of divine authority and inf4lble Kings upon
their thrones embed under the Of its isur.
and the world OF mankind sunk in despair under its ter
| rible accommodations. Gregory IX excommuncated
Leo the Isurian Emperor Gregory VII denounced SEN
tence OF deposition against Henry ", of the most
| pussant OF the German Cesars aud forced the proud
monarch to perform a pilgrimage across the Appa-
mines, aud to await bare-foo,ed in his anti cham
| Der At Rome for three days before no would deign
| 10 notice tho psnitent. Ceestne III. eIcommu-
nic,ted Henry VI, Emperor of Germany. Leo
pold Duke OF Austria and Alphonso Y, King of Galici
and Leon L.o III huRdered accommodation against
Philip Augustus King Of France because he hcstated 10
execute the command Of that Pope that he should
back bis wife, whom he had divorced. Two successive
popes accommodated Henry H. the abest and one of the
best Of the German Emperors, because would not sub
NIT himself and hia power :hem and enforce their
scees ey arayeJ against MIN other monarchs in long
aud desoang Boniface VIII pronounced decree
deprivng Philip the Fair, King France of his king
DOM Julius III did Louis XII. Henry IT, one Of the no.
best men sat EnglaDds throne was constrained
by the OF Pope Alexander be scourged With rod,
upon Beckels tomb, Paul III and Plus v. respectively
Numbered bulls o. accommodation and deprivation of
and kingdom against Henry VIII and Elizabeth of
England; but the Reformation had dawned upon that
proud island and her dsenhraled nonachs threw back
their contempt upon the arrogant pecnsons of the
cessors OF 81. Peter. But these imperial pons
the Catholic Philip II, Of SPAIN to their suhecon and
England aud the reformation successfully withstood the
shock Of the Grand Armada Urbsn H. interdcted bisb
ops and priests from promising allegiance to kings and
princes. Martin awed the Emperor Sigismund into a
violation Of his safe conduct Huss on the argument
tina, faith not to DO kept with beretics and against the
violated word Of that sovereign, and with his eItoed
consent, had the great reormer burned Is hereto by
the order Of the council Of Constance IL the Of
the l3tb century Pope Innocent III compelled John King
Of Eogand surrender him his crown and then 70 re-.
ceve back the vasss OF him and his successors, The
same Pope had by his power, given the empire to Philip
Duke OF Brunswick he constrained the Emperor up by
him, 10 take oath IN this form II promise TO honor
and otsy Pope Innocent my predecessors
and obeyed him" "Appesls TO Rome shell be made
freely and freely pursued" ~ promise eItirpa,e an
hereses and TO restore TO the Roman church eli her pos
sessions &c.