Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-08-18

the Seal OF Infallibility. The Decfe'
runs M follows
"Let the secular powers be com
Ipelled. II necessary, TO erferp,inafe t,
their utmost power, oil heretics demo
ted by the Church 20 Gen. Coan
Laf. a. ID. 1919
We SEQ now that this 1nfallibl,
Church both sanctions and command
1.-The putting Of heretics to death. ThaI
these sanctions have been gratifed
and those commands obeyed. the pa
gea Of history. stained with the blood
Of martyrs. iearfully portray. As Il
Ia claimed 10 be the infalllble and
Interchangeable Church. what, then, will
be our destiny, should that fnfallibil.
ity ever predominant IN this country
Hereties denoted by that Church
would, perhaps, never be publicly
burnt 10 death; not for want Of will,
but because even the secular powers
now begin TO hate the monstrosiIy Of
such sangulnary intolerance, or. as the
Scripture expresses 1t. the "ten horns
Kingdoms Of the earthl shall hate
the Who're. and make her desolats. /"
| Rev. xvii, 10.
To be convinced that the Popish
Church is unprogressive. or. at least.
unprogressiye in good, We have only
TO visit those countries where Popery
prevails. and where there are but few
Protestants. Look at Cuba for in
stance, or Mexico, or South Americal
A more ignorant, degraded, supersti-
tious and vicious race are not 10 be
found. at least, among nations claiming
to be civilized. For proof, ] refer to
every tourist who has visited those
parts Of the world, and published an
account Of his travels.
In regard to lying, let us read what
Saint Ligori says on the subject, in
his work entitled 1.-THE Moral Theolo-
gy Of the Illustrious and Most Rev
erend Lord Alpnonsus de Ligorio. -
He was enrolled among the Saints. as
the title of his book declares. by Pope
Plus VII, on the 18th Of September,
1916, and his book was declared to
be "sound, and according to God,"
(sana ac secundan Deum. sa
ITO swear" says this great Saint,
with equivocation, where there is
good reason, and equiyocation itself
is lawful, is not wrong. And il a per-
son swcars withom good reason 70 is
not considered perjury: since, in
one sense Of the word, and according
10 a mental restriction, he swears what
Is true. Thus. also, If any one is in
terrogated about anything that it is
expedient to conceal. he can answer,
i say No. that is, Il say or utter the
word No. ."-(Lgor. lib. iii, n. l52.
"a culprit or Witness" continues
the Saint, "who is interrogated by
Judge, unlawfully, can swear that he
is ignorant Of crime, which, in truth.
he knows .''--( Igor. lib. iii, n. l54. J
The Saint asks the question. "Can
an aoulterer, who is questioned by the
woman's husband, deny that he COM
mitted adultery with his wife? / an.
swer, lie can, by equivocally asserting
that he did not break the matrimonial
tie, which, in fact, is true. And if he
has sacramentally confessed the adul-
terry, he can answer, Il am innocent Of
his crime, because by confession il has
been pardoned and removed. ."-Lgor.
lib. III. n. 16e. ss
"It is asked" says Saint Ligori,
whether servant, by the command
Of his master. can say that his master
is not at home? 1t is admitted, J" says
he, "by card, that he can strike his
feet against stone, and answer, He
is not here But to this,'' says the
Saint, 81 do not agree, if the one who
asks the question could by no means
perceive this-i would rather grant
that the servant could answer, He is
not here that is, he is not in this door,
or at this window-he is not here SO
far as to be seenll!'-Ligor. id. Id. n.
l65.
as Il lawful" asks the Saint, "to
swear to anything false by adding,
in a whisper, circumstance that is
true? Some divines say il is; and
their reason is, because, in order that
an assertion be true, it is sufficient
that there be an outward accordance
with the mind, whether this concord
ance be expressed by signs, or by a
whisper, which may so happen that
the other may not hear it. But it is
better to say that it is lawful if these
signs or this whisper could by any
means be perceived by the other, al
though his senses do not perceive
them. ."-Lgor. lib. ill.,, n. 168.
Lastly, in regard to whether the
Pope's supremacy over all the nations
and governments of the eartn, as is
admitted by the Professor, is to be
considered in no other light than
spiritual one.
To elucidate This point, we shall
have to consider what the Inquisition
is,-who established it, and for what
purpose.
Popish devotees are made to believe,
and Protestants, too, are told, over
and over again, that the Inquisition
was not established by the Catholic
Church, and that, therefore. the Church
is not accountable for any Of its acts,
be they what they may We shall
now, again. quote from Ligori.
"Pope Paul Ill.," says the Saint,
established the General Inquisition
at Rome, in the year l542, by his
Bull 81, commencing with the words.
'Licet ab initio. ."'-Ligor. De Prohib.
Libro., p. 238.
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