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protestant"
Having disposed Of certain points in the arti-
Gle written by protestant" we will attempt to
answer his arguments. Inregard to the charge
brought by Wesley, that it is a Roman Catho-
lie maxim that no faith is to be kept with here
tics, you say, Mr.. Protestant, that Six Catho-
lie Universities denied this-thc action of the
British parliament controveris it. AS well
might you say there is no law for collecting
debtsin this State because, Gfit were the fact)
six primary conventions in the State had denied
such law, or because the legislature of Mary
land had controvertedit. Six thousand Univer
sites cannot disprove the fact, nor six thousand
Parliaments, unless they be such parliaments as
are known by he name of Gcumenical Coun-
ellis. The factE.stin stares us in the face" as
Wesley says, "and will do so, till another Gen
eral Council publicly and explicitly repeats that
Dinfamons determination Of the Council of Con-
stance And as he again says to the Romanists,
"yop fix it upon yourselves in every new edition
OF the Councs;.in all Of which this Council
stands for perpetual monument of the fact, and
this very determination, without the least touch
ofblamer 1t stands upon heir statute books
constant Source of terror.to Protestants, and
Of consequent molestation to Papists, then why
does not some Council at once repeal itl 1t lies
dormant now to be used when ''the good of the
Church"mny require t,and the power of Church
can enforce it,
You quote from the Banner, 'This canvass
has produced nothing stronger or more power
full against the aggressive policy Of the Romish
Church than this letter written seventy FIVE
years ago" This remark we adopted from the
Vicksburg Whig,but adopted it because we
thought it just. sYOusproceed, show letter
written in 1880, can prove the aggressive policy
of a church, seventy five years after it was PEN
ned is beyond my humble comprehension Any
Popish priest would laugh Gin his slecve) at the
"hdmble comprehension" Of his ally, and ask,
how can II be the immntable, true, infalble
Interchangeable, Holy Apostolic Church, if it have
not the same policy now which it had severity
Eve, three hundred, yes, eighteen hundred years
ago? Its Che boast of that Church that it is
a'to1yfhe sdms. And its aggressive policy
has certainly been well sustain ed ever since i,
was made the instrument to fix the assassin
Phocas on the throne. But hear the language
ofan approved writer of that Church, Iosepho
Gneyera, on the veneration of Images, as quo
ted, with appreciation, from the original Latin,
and translated by Mr.. Brownson, in the January
Number 1860, of his Quartarly Review.
"The Catholic dogma in regard to every sub.
ject whatsoever has been always the same from
the beginning, remains always uncharpeably the
same, and will always continue in every part O
the world mmutable. For "the word of the
Lord remains forever. Heaven and earth shall
pass away, but the word of the Lord ~shall no
( assaway.p Nevertheless dogma is not al
\ ways equally manifest, or brought before the
mindsof all with an equally brilliant light
The Church, who possesses aneadmirable gift o.
discretion, has prudently judged that she woul,
not declare all things. explicitly, from the begin
ning, but at given time, andin srifable circum
stances, would bring into the light some thing
which were hitherto N concealment, and cover
ed with certain obscurity.'
Upon this Mr.. Brownson adds, in mote, 9Th
reader need hardly be admonshed, that her
i nothing resembling Mr.. Newmans doctrin
ofdeYeopmcif The doctrine is from the be
ginning. bot ID Is not always and everywher
declared with equal distiprtness. Pages Il
And4i
Nov the nad5,isabls gin Of diserstas' require
that the right to overthrow and build up GOV
enbthts and wlihteyer is dangerous to 9Th
seepIar order' sllonld 81 s1ossrsd nth a certai
.t<-,y \, u ,,sbe,,e0ex bev nov not safely he