The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-04-02

church sustained by the riches and talents OF the
o. % esrs a. ,ntn y WII church "A th,1s
would not be the church Of Christ, and you nd
similarity between 1t and what he describes because he
describes time when those who should persecute to
the death the children OF that church should think they
were rendering God service. so 1t that there
Of that church which had endured persecution aud st
trumpbed, breaking the fury OF the both sides
brethren Of The episcopaey for the Pope Is tu, bishop
In the order OF rank IN things sppertaniug to order
bshop but in what appertalns to jurisdiction hs
Is The chief In that he In chief although regards
rank he is bat Of order He surrounded by his
brethren and at the proper time that document which
had been prepared for the PRONUNCIATION OF this doctrine
was read by him. in clear, distinct, audible voice,
but amid silence winch was, l may say, awful,
In such multituee sf people. wher he came that
part ich is purely aocirina which is the dsanition
namely that God BY special rerogatys had, through
tom ex,.y stsIa on o,iSuai Suiit1,asn has c.,.
ssy 10 that point his voice failed him with emotion,
and then ,oa night hats seen % every cheek present be-
the proper ne after having announced IT. the music Of
tie special choir was forgottenthat choir peculiar
and so cultivated In its Of execution, forgot
ten-and the great hymn Of praise and tbankfuness,
7s Deum iau tan-vss raised under that mighty dome
ard sustsned oy 40 900 voices Such the
spectacle witnessed that But In the
time the bells from Of three hundred churches
announced tho tidings to the expectant popua
hon and from town to town and from village 70 village
vent forth the that at lass, by the suprems
thorty of the church, IL was No longer belief of ndi
ydual choice Affection but doctrine OF the Catholic
church. that Mary the virgin Mother of the Son OF God
among other prerogatves Of divine grace had been
oeved without stain OF sim As there may have been
Disconcepton regard to this point IL is proper
that should explain to you, briefly the and sub
stance of the question need not remind you that the
Catholic church. in her origin preserved the faith ia the
utmost simplicity IL was believed but yet there
no cehnition BY which II was formally xpfes sed And
thus you that whereas the divinity OF Christ the
very cornerstone of Christian doctrine that dogma
an indefinite one, and not in the form in which
have it, until three hundred years sfter the time of
Divine Saviour. win any one say will any Socinian
say that because this doctrine was not defined II
bepg defined proves nothing proves that Il tvas be-
heyed, and that the definnon was not nece 'aary Pic
period when Arius and his associates werr posed IL
taie advantage Of the simplicity, or If ma sa it,
the vague Of the faith; and BY n- .lious
Of human language they pretended to tear that the d
viny Of Christ certainly not hitherto believed. So
too with reference to the very Scriptures II at later
period st when the church defined and proposed those
books of the holy Scripture which OF inspired origin
and OF heaven Up u that time some denied book
some another. There was certain vagueness and In
dehnteness about It so again with regard the nature
of Chrst-the schsm which took place in the time Of
HISTORIAN. The Nestorians would have Christ
duality Of persons-she divine person and the human
person They would admit that ths blessed Virgin was
the mother of the Jesus but not the mother OF the
Divine Jesus The doctrine Of the church had been at
all times that the persons and that the divine
and human natures united in the person and
consequently, that the blessed Virgin Mary was the
mother OF this person-Jesus Christ. So at the
Council OF Ephesus where the question had been much
areuedhs multitude Of the faithful outside waiting
patiently 10 know the authoritative decision OF the
church on this subject as soon as they heard that IL
was lawful to continue s as they bad cont nued be
fore, call the Mother OF God through the
crovotd sreets Of Ephesus, procaimng the joyful
Thus, you perceive that doctrine may be true and
may be revealed and known TRUTH long before 1t
ceies the authoritative seal and sanction OF the teacher
which God has appoE ted TO preserve all truth and 70
make known all things whatsoever touching the faith Of
Ibrist IN what therefore, is the differences between
coIditicn Catholics now, and what II before
this cogma was proclaimed: ! win tell you, In brief
sentiment .hich familiar in the writings Of
our predecessors. We find the ardent devotion which
the earliest times they have manifested towards
Master hey loved his blessed mother hardly separating
hem with this difference that the one was pure crea
ture created in time and the other God and
united But in the .humsn relations OF Christ they
never separated him IRON his mother In that
toio and repusive sense in which modern heresy has
attempted TO accomplish IL. We, therefore, believed In
the Imma culae Conception sentiment. True, there
was time when we might DENY IL without ceasing to
be Catholics because It was not defined. Just as in
utbrr matters might do so; and Just In early
the New Testament because there hsd been suthor
atve dshnition Of what books should be regarded
inspired writings We know that st. Augu.tine be.
heved in the immaculate Conception, for though he had
relied much the doctrine OF original Elm bsng univsr
sal he bad always said, cepting always ths blessed
Mother of God" She was excepted. He did not say
that che conceived without sim because IT not
his province to pronounce dogma In any autho
TO be included in hs theory Of universal depravty
And what s this universal depravity, dearly beloved
brethrsns You know that it is original sin. You knov
that by the fall OF first parents IL introduced,
and all mankind became tainted You know that pol
uted fountain does not give forth pure water You
from that Hrst pair the parents communicated 70 the
children their nature, and they could not communi
cate higher nature. The guilty parent could not
muncate TO the being about TO be created.
Thus original passed into law and the doctrine Of
the Catholic church ba. always been that the bsssed
Virgin Mary by her merits In the birth Of Jesus Christ
| applied 10 her in anticipation as qualification
/ for her high calling, was exempted from that
ss from ~ origins. Ts ar, n s'la'ss in s the q
the grace God which cleanseth from that gna
taint OF guilt She, In the very moment Of her concep
fs1p kpf fla ~ Cad al ksn
tism, in ber mothers womb. Mary according to the
defined and faith Of every Catholic heart
had contracted the slightest STAIN the slightest
bemish, e,ker OF original Of natural sin. And, In
fact, dearly beloved brethren, though this be called
separated iIon the Catholic church any who believe
reanynot by mere common paranee-b believe really,
the divinity Of Jesus Christ they should as matter Of
course admit-they would be by their
PEELED TO acmit-the Immaculate Conception OF the
bessed Mother because he issued from the assh OF the
blessed Virgin Mary because he was In that hesh thus
mnis,ered under the of the Holy Ghost
and because IL would be ncongruty and indignity
TO suppose that he would take aesh OF being who had
been At any time, at any period, in her conception
Afterwards, under the dominion OF sin and under the
dominion Of the devil. And this would have been 40
had IL been otherwise She could have been the
Mother OF God had she been, not preserved BY His
divine grace and power from the stain OF original sin,
but rapsomed, who had been the slave OF the
| devil by original sin but who emsncpaed and
rescued, and qualified A. emancipstsd slave TO be-
the Mother OF " the word made hesh.h No such
thing The Catholic heart never believed that Always
and everywhere the sentiment Of the ImmaculAte Con
cepton applied 10 the very nature OF ths Christian
faith. As matter of course, II a consequence
necessary from the belief in the Incarnation. THIS
| sentiment always existed, and would have existed,
though had not received this authoritative sanction
II the universal faith, the universal belief through
out the Catholic world and Of ages and ages since the
CONNIE Of the ehur.h. What the nature Of
faith then Our faith then kind OF principle
Our faith in this matter Il the faith Of those who
do not recognize ths principle Of iniaibe authority
let speak Of Of those outside the Catholic church
He believes in great many Of our doctrines, in the
Trinity the lncarnation and many other tenets which
dogmatie In tie Catholic church. Bot how does he
/ believe them lie believes them because he reasons
them out bimself-because there 10 certain system OF
religion his head Of which these form ingredients
He believes them thus and calls that faith and that IL
| the highest degree of faith be have. But when
| an infallible teacher, infalibls propounder OF
/ What 10 true, gives authority TO this faith, u
then becomes real and IL faith for one but for all
without that aatborty may believe . dogma, but
We have no authority 70 impose II any else;