The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-12-08
For the Pinneer
The Eighth Day of Oecenabcr.

This day has long been observed Festival in
the Catholic Church in celebration of the immaculate
conception OF the 'B!cssed Virgin Mary" Mother Of
our Blessed Redcemcr. In Catholic countries it i.
kept Sabbath. llce The celeb, alton is transferred to
next Sunday.
This day becomes remarkable epoch throughout
the Catholic world. Probably by the time this reach
many of our readers the decision Of the Church
the long undecided question Of "Mary conceived
without SIM will be delivered at Rome. Thither
convocaion of Bishops have been summoned to
deliberate this important subject. The decision
will lie final and received as such from the rising of
the sun to the going down Of the same.
Catholics when in prayer invoke the intercession
OF MARY Conceived '. Ithout SIM title her thus.
tot Il command of the Church, from this the title
will be matter of Faith. The decision is not that
OF any individual I've he Bishop Hughes, Bishop Gre
tim, Bishop Purcell, or Pope TX, but the command
of God interpreted by the Church, ''to you is given
power.' Go teach all Nations. He that hears you
hears me, &c. In this convOcaton it is presumed
the spirit of God reigns. "Behold am with you"
SC.
Many matters pertaining to the explanation Of the
Bible have never been decided The first Co,m-
Gil of the Church held at Jerusalem A. ID.
81, decide the law of Circumcision. In the
first Council the Apostles established Judicial form
81 action which the Chmc has followed ever since
in deciding all questions that relate to Faith and
Discipline A. ID. $50, the rac,ice Of he baptsiny
commenced.
Not till A. ID. :;2j was the opinion Of the Church
brought into requision on the unity OF the Trinity.
AriuS publicly asserted the doctrine "lhat the Son Of
God " As not equal 10 his Father in Nature and sub.
stance Ar,ensin Aour,hed for Yeas adding many
eminent To it's standard. The Church nterpOs-
ed with ST. SyIves:3, at its head Nice was appoin-
ted the place "a ,en,!czvous. Dsputants on both
sides were heard. The Council delivered its opin-
ION, which is called the "Nicenc Creed, and which
stands 10 all Succeeding generations as the ToucE
store of Orthodox heie in the Divinity OF Jesus
Christ. BY this Council also enacted many
for the regulation Of ecclesiastical scipline-
The uniform celebration Vi Easter, sc. A. ID. 3Sl.
Macedonian rapidly sprung up, denying the d.
vine procession Of the Holy Ghost. The Council of
Consantinople silenccd it. A. ID. 42S Nestoranism
touri$hed under man of that name, maintaining two
distinct persons in Christ-that of God and that OF
man joined together by moral mon-denying the
incarnation, or that God was made man, asserting
that the blessed Virgin Mary ought not lie styled the
Mother OF God, sc. Pope Ce!estine calls an assem-
blage of Bishops at Ephesus which eXcoInmuniCateS
Nc>toris and declares Mary to he the mother of God.
a. ID. 7S7 pictures and images were prescribed by
the enemies OF the Church The second COUNCIL Of
Nice luStIiieS them as Evolutionary.
Whenever any violent attempt has been made to
alter the ancient doctrines OF the Catholic Church,
course has been had to the Roman See, which is an
undenab'e proof that the supremacy, not of honor
only, but Of jurisdiction, universally acknowl-
edged to reside in the Roman Ponth This conduct
the Church pursued against the Arians in 1885, against
the Macedonians in ISL, against the HISTORIANS in
$50, against the Eutyc ASH against the Mon
ohelites in $50, against the 4cohoclasts IN 1871,
against the Photians in 500, and Luther and Calvin
in 1915.
To this end the Church calls to her aid the prayer
OF the faithful She docs SO a. present. Advent
commenced last Sunday, which signifies coming, i'll
tended season of devotion with reference to the
coming of Christ in the flesh, and his second coming
10 Judge the world This is also the of Jubi.
lee in commemoration Of the law Of God as spoken
unto Moses.
Retreat will he preached every evening the coming
week in the Cathedral in English the two succeed
ing weeks in French and German
Thus has the old mother Church practised in
the days of the Apostles. AS the citizens Of these
States glory in their union, the Catholic church may
tr us, proud Of the Unity oE her children. Thrones
and dynastes have crumbled; Rome, once the mis-
Of the world in political power, is the seat
of the bound!css empire Of Cathoicity. All nations
have put changes round about this inmtabe city,
but Rome never. All nations round about St. Peters
chair have grown old, and withered, and died, and
their tombs scarcely discernibIe, while Rome flour
ishes in eternal youth.