American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-02-15
Prof. Brownson says:

SoNlub HiS HuOJSS'S iiNih s"S'' "''N 'f'.N' I
and authorizing them 10 proceed TO the
choice ofane soverign,she { the Church |
does but apply the law Of Christ"
On page go, of the same number, the
Professor says;
"She (the Churcb) bears, by divine
rigLt, Jott swords, but she exercises the
temporal sword. by the hand Of the prince
or magistrate. The temporal sovereign holds
il subject 10 her order, to BE exercised in Asr
service, and under Ter direction!"
But in order to make the subject still
more clear to the understanding ofthe ed
itors of the Eagle, we make one more quo
tation from the same Review. Mr.. Brown
son gives utteranee to bis piety in the fol-
lowing language;
"If ever through love ofthe world, or
fear of the secular power, whether royal or
popular in its constitution, l forget TO as
sert thy rights, as supreme chief under
Christ, my saviour, of the whole spiritual
order, and as such supreme alike in SPIRIT
uAL and in TEMroRALs, let my right hand
forget her cunnig and my tongue cleave
to the roof of my mouth"
81 never think of publishing anything
in regard to the church, without submit
ting my articles to the Bishop for inspec-
ton, approval, and endorsement."-Ibid.
Some three years since, the Congress Of
the Republic of New Granada, enacted
laws abolishing tithes to the clergy, al
lowing liberation in religious worship-a-
bolishing the ecclesiastical court-EsrAB-
LrsHING FREEDOM OF EDUCATIoNAND DIvoRc.
ING CHURCH AND STATE in that Republic
Such was the feeling against the Catholic
Clergy of New Granada growing out Of
their exactions that the Bishop of that Re-
public (if we are not mistaken) fled the
country, shortly after which the Pope is.
sued his "bull," which was published in
the various Catholic papers Of the United
States in the fall of 1859, from which We
make the following extract;
ave disapprove of all those things
which have been done by the rulers Of
that Republic, against religion. the Church
and her laws. pastors and ministers, AND
AGAINST TIE RIGHTS AND AUTHORITY OF THIS
CHAIR OF BLESSED PETER. We, raising with
apostolic liberty, our pastrol voice, in this
your most'illus,rious assembly, DO cENsURE,
CONDEMN AND DECLARE UTTERLY NULL ANT
VOID, ALL THE AFORESAID DEGREES which
have, so much TO the contempt of ecclesias
tical auth ority of this holy see, and to the
loss and detriment of religion and of the
holy prelates been there enacted by the
CIVIL POWER"
The law here referred to and pronounc
ed NULL AND VOID by the Pope in his "bull'
againts CIVIL POWER. was based on the same
general principles as the act establishing
religious freedom drafted by Mr.. Jefferson
and passed by Virginia in 1886, which
can be found in a late number Of the Ohio
Eagle, and had the Roman Catholic re-
ligion prevailed in the Old Dominion dowr
to that date, the same Papal thunder woulC
have gone out from the Vatican, ,cENsuRIEG
coNDEMNIKG aud AESULLING said act
who NOW will DENY that the Roman pom
tiif CLAIMS and ATTEMPTS, even at this day
to exercise TEMPORAL power over both sub
jects and governments! and that, too, OF
THE AMERICAN CONTINENT?
We have drawn largely in this ariicl
from Brownson's Review, but no truthful
man viii deny that it is the recognized or
+ gan of Pope Plus the Ninth in the Unite'
States 1t is worse than in vain--wors
than folly--it is PRESUMPTION itself, TO den
this when. it is known that TwENTY,FIv
CATuoL1c BIsHops have endorsed that Re
view-when, for years past, it has contin
. uallv maintained, with the knowledge c
the Catholic Bishops and Priests of Amer
, lea and Europe, the TEMPORAL power of th
Pope, and WHEN THE POPE HIMSELF, wrTF
, IN TIE LAST NINE MONTHS, HAS GRANITE
!, PRoFEssoR BRowNsoN his APosToLIcAL BEs
EDIeTIoN, "as PLEDGE or OUR the Pope S
GRAT1ruDE TO you wnson) FOR TIL
! SERVICES YoU HAVE DONE FOR U.s." Thes
are the Pope's words. In our opinion
e the endorsement given by twenty five Gait
T olc Bishops, to Prof. Prownson, and pull
lished by him,in his Review, together wit
, the APosToLIcAL BENEDIcTIoN bestowe
: upon him by the Pope. in April, 1854,
e consideration of the SERVICES DONE Fo
: HIM, and which benediction was pronounC
ed after full knowledge by the Pope, {
p the KIND OF SERVICES Prof. Brownson ba
;. rendered, (these things, we say estat
] lish conclsively, and beyond cavil or cor
: troversy, that Brownson's Review is er
> titled to full weightand implicit contidene
Y as the recognized and AUTHORIZED expo
: nent of the dogmas, tenets and claims
I; the Romish hierarchy.
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