The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-11-01
Temporal Power of the Pope

To prove that the temporal power OF the
Pope in this country was a mere shadow, our
neighbor Of the jeff. cited us to the pastoral
letter of the Bishops. In reply.ws published
the Oath each Of these prslates have taken OF
fealiy 10 their sovereign lord. Ito preserve. de-
fend. increase and advance the rights. honors.
privileges and authority Of the holy Roman
Church. II Heir lard. tie rape and ms sac
cessors to persecxfe and roge srdv with
heretics, schismatics, and rebels TO their said
lord the pope, to their utmost power" We
showed conclusively. that. having taken this
oath, all thai they urged in that letter WAS in
tended to quiet excitement--a mere whit~-
washing--a tub thrown TO the whale OF in
palmer words it became necessary for them to
lie for the sake of ecclesiastical utility -
These holy Bishops only followed out one of
their maxine: giving the impression diff.
erent sonse" from that which they them.
selves understand!
According to what is called the canon
law" the pope fills 'the place, not of mere
man. but of the true God on earth If thi.
be true, then he is insallible. and it follows. Is
smatter Of course. when lie speaks it is as the
voice Of God; therefore we conclude that the
eyidencs of one Of them relative to the tenn
roral authority one Of the pontifcal attr.
butes. is sufficient TO establish that point. In
nocen; Nth declares that ",hs Roman pontif
can inyalidate civil contracts. promises, or
oaths made by Catholics to heresics and that
sirply because they ars heye,ics:' and THAT t.
deny the proposition is heresy and An attack
upon the pontifcal authority in questions rela
ting 10 the faith, deserving Of the severss,
punishment"
Thepope, then. is both spiritual and tenn
poral ruler. He claims to 5e monarch Of all
monarchs. His senate Of cardinals and cleo.
tors are princes. His bishops also are lords
each in his own diocese, but are still his vas
sails bound TO him by feudal oath. To him
also are bound the rulers Of the Jesuis and Of
the various orders Of monks and nuns. who
are an all pervading soldery. sworn to do his
will. To the bishops also are subjected the
secular priests. and to them are subjected the
people. Thus the whole system is one COM
pact and all-pervading government. the rule
Of which is absolute obedience to the central
power and its agents in regular subordination.
lis an immense army under military discip-
line.
We do not 'fear that this great American
Republic is in imminent danger Of falling un-
der the dominion Of tho Pope" % long ..
Americans have their eyes open to the snake
like sneroachments of the papal corporation.
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty"
and as long as freemen act up to that maxim
and do their whole duty, they will 'bruiss
the .erpent's head whenever and wherever
it is found erecting itself to strike at our hber-
ties; whether it assumes the garb Of An angel
Of light and. crawling under the mask Of
kindness, breaches lip service patriotism, like
that Bishops pastoral letter. or. like Brown
con. boldly proclains that what the Church
has done. what she has expressly or tacitly
approved in the past,-shat i exactly mAas she
riH do. or t0e'sly approve IN tie fxtsss, II THE
SANE CIRCUMSTANCES occrR." Our aim is to
prevent. A. far as our humble efforts will do il,
the "ssme circumstances" from occurring
II. in so doing. We cause the "old woman" of
the jeff. to shake in her boots with laughter
even should the wrong side Of her face be 50
convulsed, We shall still 60 ahead believing
We are right.
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