The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-08-09
The Pope's Power. as Expounded by the
Highest Authorities of the Roman Catholic
Ghurch

he fope's Power. as Espounded By the
Highest Authorities of the Roman C,,ho,;c
Church.
An cid book printed in Latin. was laid upon
our table last Saturday. L was. as annears
from the tile page, published in Rome in
1888, by Lucius Ferrar, by permission and
privilege from the highest authorities consroN
ing the publication of books in the Papal
States, and Of course in an authorized decIa
rauon OF the doctrines of the infallible church
and rs lnfslllble head. The endorsements of
Il are by "Dominicus N;colauS, Counsellor Of
the Congregation Of The Sacred Index.' bv
= Fanciscus Rso. Of the Order of PubGca
r2n Professor Of ThsolesST .sSTbsr,aFs and aa .h
n PPIooaion of Francis Xavier tba NJ,
t,Ii, l sTena Father Master of the Sacred Apos.
quite enough to stamp with tie seal 81 ,ric
highest Roman Catholic authority. a book pub
lished a. Rome And now. although we are
somewhat rusty in Latin, we viii try TO give
faithful translation of few passages taken al
most at random from this volume of several
hundred pages, and, if we at fault in the
translation, we will thank our old friend Bish
op Spalding, or any other good Roman Catho-
lie scholar to set Us and the public right
Il will be seen that the Pope IS represented
to be king of heaven. earth and hell. and in
earth, excommunicate earthly monarchS. and.
AS king OF heaven, excommunicate the angels.
the inference is inevitable that he can. king
of hell pardon all the devils and take them
in among the saints.
Hence the Pope is crowned with a triple
crown, as if King OF Heaven, earth and he'll.
Nay the excellence and power of the Ro-
man Pontiff is not only in things celestial.
terrestrial and lpfernal but is also over angels
possible that angels could err in faith. or could
act contrary to faith, they mig h be Judged and
exconmunicated by the Pope. For he is OF
such great dignity and power that he makes
one and the same tribunal with Christ; SO that
whatsoever the Pope does, seems to proceed
from the mouth of God.
Arriving therefore at the power of the Pope
the Pope is as God on earth. the only prince
Of the believers in Christ, the greatest king oi
all kings. holding the plenitude of power. to
whom have been entrusted. at the time. the
governments of the terrene and celestial EN-
pires by Almighty God. Hence now the com
mon opinion teaches that the Pope as the
power of each sword, to wit the spiritual and
temporal which jurisdiction and power Christ
himself committed to Peter and his successors,
saying, Il will give to thee the keys of the
kingdom of Heaven. and whatsoever you bind
on earth shall also be bound in Heaven, and
whatsoever You loose earth shall also be
loosed in Heaven" Where the doctors OBJ
serve that he did not say key, but keys, com
pretending by this the temporal and spiritua
power, which opinion IS most extensively con
, tIrmed By the authority of the Sacred Faith
ers, by tie decision of the canonical aud ciyi
t law, and apostolical constitution. that they
affirming the contrary, appear almost to ad
5 here to tia. opinion of the heretcs reprobatet
5 by Boniace VIII
Whence unbeheying princes and kings cal
70 be- by the sentence OF the Pope. deprived il
certain eases of the dominion which they hav
over the faithful, and king, become hereto
can be removed from his kingdom by tn
5 Pope, and to him the right of electng pertain
If his (the heretic's) sons and near relations
should also be heretics
$ Whence it is nothing wonderful if to tn,
Q Roman Pontiff, having. as the vicar Of Hin
: whose are the earth and Its fulness, the We orl,
and all who dwell in it. dc. unsheathed no
: only the spiritual but even the material ord
the most ample authority and power "a jus
cause advising il has been granted of breakin.
, sceptres and of taking away crowns, whic
power of plenitude the Roman Pontffs nc
! once but often times have used, as there wa
! need, most powerfully grding their swor
! upon their thigh.
The Pope IS of 50 great authority and pow
. er that he can also change, declare or interpre
Divine laws. The Pope can even do thi
without General Council, since a Genera
Council is not above the Pope. but the Pop
: above General Council.-Erehange.
PRoFIcIEScY AT WEST PoIxT-We recen.
}. ly heard from the lips of one of the Board 0