Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-02-10
The Immaculate Conception,

The Immaculate SOUCopLlOu,
rhs belief was early entertained in the Cath
~ church that the Virgin Mary, "the mother
Wv nod was without the stain of original sin !;
VI. n VAS regarded as one of the points as to
~ a;.h latitude of opinion mi ght be entertained
.Mant danger of the heresy that involved
Wal Wal damnation. Thus in the 18th century
~. conons of Lyons took the affirmative; and
s s.' Rernard took the negative. Subsequently a
on controversy was carried on this point
teas the scotists and the Thomists The
.,.hrated council of Trent resolved so far as
~ ~. Tho doctrine of the conception of all men
.a" ar;s;nal sin was not intended to include the
n:sr;n Mary. The discussion was revived at
,.a University of Paris in the 10th century.
As The vebemence of the controversy seemed
thar to increase than to diminish with the
isnss Of wears: and special embassies were sent
~ Rome requesting that bull might terminate
The contest, but in vain. SO high did the dis
mite run that in Spain, knights in entering
pa If the military orders, vowed to maintain
s sSa doctrine: and 50 prolific has it been of
n .n that Petrus de Aha ct Ortorya, who died
~ Ie;7 printed more than forty volumes on
~. subject. 1t was in 1908 that pope
c,ament XI,. appointed feast to be celebrated
Lon,r Of the immaculate Conception, and
~ .bst time the Catholics have generally
LILA n 4 as an opinion, but not held to it as
article Of faith.
This brief sketch will give an idea of the i'm
nortance given to this subject in the Catholic
rfror,d It was to make q quietus of this matter
.ha, the late great assemblage of bishops was
hs,d at Rome. This council decided in favor of
rnot;no m old opinion to be a new article of
tho church creed On the Sth of December this
was completed, and proclaimed, in due form, on
the anniversary Of the old festival day estab-
Ished by Clement in 170S and at the church of
st. Peters
This was great occasion. Two hundred full
ROBBED ecclesiastical digntaries from all parts of
the Catholic world, with innumerable office
hearers, assisted in the gorgeous ceremonies.
Il is said that q more remarkable assemblage
has not been convoked within the present
century. "The grand procession" a letter in
the Newark Advertiser says, "was formed at
the Vatican at 81 o'clock in the morning. 1t
included the pope's choir, the civil authorities
Of the city, and the whole papal household en-
costume with the candles and various other
insignia of festal occasions, and moved in
solemn state to the cathedral, chanting the
prescribed litany. long line of official
preceded the rich baldachin of the pontiff. A
more sumptuous cortege could scarcely be
conceived
The spectacle in the church was of the
grandest order of Orientalism. After the
solemn service of reading and chanting, Car
dinal Macchi, Gas doyen Of the sacred college, y
and in their name standing among full robed
prelates at the foot of st. Peters throne, pre-
sented the following petition:
"That which for long time, 0 Most Holy
Father, has been ardently desired, and with full
voice demanded, by the Catholic Church, viz :
the de6nitive decision, by your supreme and
infallible Judgment, of the Immaculate Concep-
ton of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, mother
Of God, for augmenting her praise, her glory
and her veneration, we, in the name of the
sacred college Of cardinals, and the bishops Of
the Catholic world and of all the faithful,
humbly and urgently pray that this solemnity
of the most Holy Virgin may be accomplished
is the common desire. For which end, in the
midst of this august sacrifce-in this temple
sacred to the Prince Of the Apostles, and in this
solemn assembly Of the most ample senate of
bishops and people, deign, Most Holy Father,
to raise your apostolic voice and pronounce the
doematic decree Of the Immaculate Conception
Of Mary, by which there viii be joy in heaven
and great rejoicing on earth"
The pope responded that he willingly received
the petition, but it was first necessary to invoke
the aid of the Holy Spirit. After the sublime
" Veni Creator" had been chanted by the whole
assembly, the supreme pontif read aloud, in
Latin, in tremendous voice, the decree:
at is dogma of faith, that the Most
Blessed Virgin in the first instant Of her con-
ception, by the singular privilege and grace Of
God, in virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ,
Savior of the human race, was preserved
exempt from all touch of original SIM"
The cannon sounded; the bells chimed; the
G,,c 1ou, a. ard f,ov,1 $ba
windows the streets became full of gaity the
pope was conducted in procession to the chapel;
and the image Of the Virgin was crowned with
acruwn Of gold sparkling with precious gems.
rs In the evening the city was Illuminated;
bands Of music played; Cardinal Wiseman, of
England, preached to an illustrious audience !;
Count Bonald, of France, responded in behalf of
the assembly, and q gold medal bearing the
image Of the Virgin on one side and an inscrip-
ton on the other, was distributed.
lBoston Post.
A Man OF EXTRAORDINARY ENTERPRISE
Our readers, says the New York Sun, have no
doubt heard of Professor Holloway, for whether
We 60 to the confines Of India, the diggings Of
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empire of China, or in fact, to any other part Of
the World, g Holloway's Medicines are known, -
for every language and insevery newspaper in
the World Of any note his pills and ointment are
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acknowledgements appear in thirteen hundred
papers in the Union alone and again, few would
scarcely credit that he has expanded, in differ
emit parts of the world, the enormous sum of two
millions of dollars for advertising.
Holloway's establishment, in the Strand, is
one Of the lions Of London, and should be visited
by every sojourner in, the modern Babylon. He
has now one in Maiden Lane, New York, where
bis medicines are manufactured, the Professor
himself being there for few months; and as
they are no longer imported from his house in
London, THUS saving the duty to the American
publc) he has reduced the prices from three to
sWo shillings per pot or box. sss q 5'ss
~ proof Of the great celebrity Of the Prof
essor, We may add, among other things, that he
nas teen great traveller, and last year visited
81. petersburg, where he had the honor of being
presented 70 the Emperor, and obtained per-
mission for the sale Of his medicines throughout
ne Russian Empire. A few months before this
ne bad audiences to the Queens Of Spain and
Portugal, which resulted in royal orders being
granted for the introduction and sale Of his
medicines in those two kingdoms.
nmiler honor was conferred upon him BY
iae King Of Naples and the King Of Sardinia.
~ has been to oil the courts Of Europe, OBJ