The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-08-09
Tenlpora. Su pretnacY

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Church, We often find incidents which should
De widely proclaimed AT the present dav As
the Csthohc Church never changes its dogmas
or deerees. the prime pie of burning people
ahVe Tor difference of opinion. exists to- -dav in
It's primitive power. Give Poperv the author
itv and ability that it ha two hundred wears
ago, and burnings, masSacres aud prosecutions
would be revived in all their horrors Instan-
ces of petty persecution are manifested everv
day by the Catholic authorities. and they show
the mate intolerance and malignancv Of the
system which only wants posesr IN order to re-
new the bloody scenes of ancient days
In the year 50: when rP99ResFy wer SS5tish SS05atish
I,rh II Europe, it was exercising temporal author
,sv over Emperors, Kings. and Princes, one
Arnold, of Bresca, commenced preaching
against the intolerance. rapacity and corrup-
lion manifested by the Hierarchy. This Arnold
was remarkable man Learned. eloquent
ind truly pious, he soon reused the Roman
people to such condition that they renounced
he Pope and resolved to form once more
Republican government. This just minister
denounced the corruptions of the church. He
Reclaimed against It's enormous wealth, its II
Righteousness its ignorant clergy. lie partlc-
ilarv declared that the exercise of the tempo
rial power by the Hierarchy, was in direct VI
olation of the Holy Scriptures. Il was the
aim of Arnold 10 restore the church once more
to simplicity and purity.
The dissemination of such scandaious doe
trines kndled the vengeance of the Roman
Pontiff He denounced Arnold as an outcasf.
and when the people, reused TO sense OF
their wrongs, talked of republicanism and lib
ertv. the pope ordered Frederick |, Emperor
# GeEpany any aqa tbs HafA 5P M q
md after mock examination, the unfortunate
nan was taken outside the city of Rome, aad
burned alive, This so terrified the Roman
people that they ceased from further resistance
o the Papal tyranny. The chief crime o.
Arnold, in the eyes of his murderers was,
that he had disputed the Pope's authority m
eDlporai ofairs-that he had declared II a sin
against God TO. crush, mutilate and destroy
the sacred liberties of mankind. For this high
crime. and for exposing the rottenness OF the
Papal system, as then carried out, Arnold OF
Brescia was burned alive,
Frederick II, an able man, free thinker
upon religious matters, assumed the thrl ne o
Germany, in The year 1919, and at once begar
TO oppose the temporal authority Of Pope In
nocent III, that powerful prelae As Empe
ror of Upper and Lower Italy, also, Freder
lex 5 power very extensive. and lnnocen
at once began by insidious measures 10 piat
the separation of Naples and Sicily from th,
consolidated Empire. The reign of Frederick
II presents continual scene of wrangEn!
and contention against the temporal authorit,
of the Pontif for Innocent firmly maintained
the dogma that the church was superior t
the State
A few years previous to this, Frederick. a
the command OF Pope Gregory N. refuset
to go upon a crusade to Palestine. Upon thi
he was cursed and accommodated, and hi
country laid under a ban. But the follow
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ceeded with his army to the Holy Land. with
out being relieved from the Papa curse.
The act 50 enraged Gregory, that lie by ev
cry means baffied and annoyed the Emperor
project, and even sent Papal army 10 ravag
the territories of Lower Italy. during Freder
ick's absence. The Pope directed his soldier
to plunder the Emperor's possessions to tn
extent Of their power. He declared their mis-
sion holy one, and directed that each soldie
should wear as badge. the keys Of 81 Pete
and the cross embroidered upon his shouldcr.
Frederick fastened home. repulsed the Pa
pal army, and conquered peace. He ais
compelled the Pope to withdraw his bull of ex
communication. Did space allow we shoul
be glad to dwell at length upon the lives an
and characters Of Popes Innocent III an
Gregory IN Both of them maintained b.
every possible means the supremacy of til
church all things temporal, and were BIZ
ter enemies to liberty and republlcanism.
Innocent N followed the course of his pre-
decessors He renewed, in the most violer
manner the sentence ef eHcommunicatio
, against Frederick, declared him an enem
against God; that he hal forfeited bis kingdom
his subjects released from their oaths
allegiance: that ban was upon the whole en-
piye. I pom this, war broke out afresh. Pc
secution, anarchy and crime ragged all over L
per and Lower I.aly Between the Churc
/ and Frederick there existed continual strife VI
til the monarch, dispirited and worn out wit
contentious. died, SO SAYS history, of broke
heart, in the ifLy sixth year Of his age.
Pope Boniface Y LII. was another champio
t Of temporal authority He declared ever
: person hereto who did not believe th
: Kings, Emperors and rulers Of all kinds We
l subiec, 10 the temporal no less than tie spir,
: ual power of the church.
The Fourth Council of Lateran issued Il
: following decree: For the defence OF the fai
r all Princes must SWEAR that they will bon
; ffde, most diligently study 10 root out of the
4 territories all he subjects pronounced BY q
church hereiics, which. should they negls
: to do they must themselves be excommunc
:, Ted and deposed =
We have presented the above instances, n
/ on the ground that they new ones. justdi
: coveted among thousands of the same specI
IS thai have taken place. but that they may
= kept before the people" as undying evide
/ ces against the vast power. the manifest al
'e secret corrup1ious the fierce intolerance of t
Papal Church.-Cia- Tunes
"Ah"' said mischievous wag to a
: DIV acquaintance of proud aristocraiie cas-
- Il perceive you have been learning trade
Learning a trade" replied the haugh
"a dame, looking needles and pins, indeed v