Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-04-24
TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL -. 7S55

, Doctor Doyle is asked
"Can the Pope nhso!vc the kings subjects from
O. lis it in his power to deprive the king Of his
| k;n,,doml" a. at is not. indeed
q. Can he by any means excuse Il Catholic from
| his allegiance!
A. "Alost undoubtedly nol'
| o. as the claim that some Poprs have set up tn
temporal authority opposed 10 Scripture nnd trad
| tom
A. SIS NY OPINION, IT Is OPPOSED TO ROTH"
The Righ, Rev. DIR. Curtis, Archbishop Of Armagh
in the examination and in To the slm,"
question, shys:
81 d" not think ii is very coni1rnNble +" it. 81
not say exactly il is OPPOSED t. it, but certainly hch
received 10 such power from Christ
Doctor Murray, Archbishop uf dublin
"Thc P"p"'s authority is wholly confined Il"
spiritual authority according Ia the words "t our III,
riour, NY Kingdom is not ui this world. His spruh'
power does not allow him to lcthronc kings "f ao-
solve their subjects from the allegiance due t" them
and any attempt of that kind would consider CON
trary to Scripture and tradition"
l,r. Nelly, Archbishop OF Tnam-- ,
at never was admitted as II duc,rinr OF III" '"hn-
lie church that the Pope had temporal Autl"ry ""'-
! sIdo hIs own dominiuus."
Mr.. Docny also refers to the evidence al me Nv"
most eminent men who had heretofore written oh '''
subject i'll Engand-Dnc,"r Miner and f"''er
O'Lcary-a who had expoer,l the false prric"'' 'h''
the Pope could dispense with the obligation" "i II" "''
He to o,ir times aud refers I" 'h' ",
| portant Gaze oi the College "t Maynootl III Ireland
1t is 1--WE quote his anguas") ~ Catholic institution"
endowed by tho ultra Protestant Governmem" "' r"|
land, and has been now for over hall century 'Ne
tccmng Of religious accrb'ty. \" w'N'eI '""'
il .hunld. when we consider that by London law Il
priest was .fron," Ia be educated tor the prcS'''
''elony," and 10 oiciae aa priest "h'Sh Ue"S'''
How there came 10 be Catholic college i cNliahc"
IN this way:
Notwithstanding the law, priests wcro ard"''o
and mass was offered ut first i'll caves ana '""h"'''
gorgcs and afterwards in out-oi-the-w"y places III
broad daylight The priests were educated "Dr""'''
France Spain, Itny, opened asylnms "l 'u"c"'''''
for the cAiled Irish Catholics, and some came h""'
as priests at the risk OF being led I" the "ai""s'
Strange things iorcshalowcd themselves III The h'o-
ra,urr and feeling Of the continent "t Europe "'''
Eurnul bcrinnin, Ia hc afraid (" hanr the priest
nud upnr,h,u,iin. TINT his French educa"n wa ~"
r,I;p,,l ar rather .acobtc. bcsou- her ut Prov
dnr n Lom. cducnon for him, with a view to d'H"'
,joycI, - him. Hence the college OF Muynootli--al
.invcntion of the enemy" However, 10y no means
answered the end. The endowment up I" ISL, was
only faU0OO year. 1t then increased 10
tOU,UUu, Dul NUHpul' ''7 IL h''''h S"'''''
anv more loynl. Since then, bigory biting at I'll"
wires Of its cage, which grows narrower "nd marrow
cr daily, hns been uibbuc it, and notwithstanding
all that had been said aud tn the contrary re-
poating the prctcncc that the Pope claimed the dc
posing and ahsolving power.
"In 1859 II committee waa appointed to inquire INT"
the orthodoxy OF the College wh" have JUST lSsucd
their report. They examined the professors, and
asked them the same questions the Bishops answered
in 1925.
81 quote first from Doctor O'lIanlon:
"Wilh regard to the first doctrine "i Galiican u
berries, is il not II question IN dispute amonE Roman
Catholics Ii Is; iliu We inay regard the opinion
which attributes either direct or indirect temporal
power 10 the Pope or 10 the church Il" being nhn"St
| obsolete. Thc'amy writers who have attempted L"
revive il in modern times are DIR. Br"wnS"n, recent
convert 10 Catin,rity, un an editor "f an American
review, and the famous LauncmuaIs. wl" has been
condemned by the Holy See, l''r the "Atravncnncc
and ecccntricity cernr doctrines wh,cl' lac heidi
| | might here observe that in document addressed
from Rome b. Cardinal Autnncli, t" the Irish Ca,I"-
lie prclatcs, early 1871, it is expressly affirmed
that the Holy See regards nt mnn rs ch.LIiiai"r
| who imputcs 10 1t the tenet that mn oath I" kings
separated from the Catholic communion can be yi"la
ted or that il is luwiu for the Bishop al Rouc To in
| wade their rights aud d,nN:urs. Iopr GREGORY
NNl., also not only III his cnryclical letter at lNj2
but in his reply :" the declaration OF the Prussinn
|
pear I" i lrrcr"ncabi" with the opinion whi,h
invests the Pope III" church with direct TT indirect
temporal authority. He adopts the doctrine Of
Trrtuan, and soRr others n the early itihrr-, HAT
! no cause whatever can Justify the Deposition or de-
hronr,nent ri king, and that he people should pa
euily eudare every SORT ot tyranny amd oppression
rather tkau have recourse 10 so violent and danger
Gus n remedy. Th:s doctrine is IA Incompatible with
the dcposing power of the Pope rs II is repngnan Ia
the ideas ot tn political writer's ol these countries"
| ar oil ,r;.- I,,, t,ut | In
satisfied you in cspou,ing cause y"u have not
committed yoS Srscl to the rant OF men like this
Brownson, wiz trade upon c'cNahty aud supersti-
ton"
This evidenta should he sufficient to satisfy all
reasonable mtn, but We mean Ia cnch the nail and Ia
show what Catholics think ana say here al oW arm
h,t>Sits, CruS rHE SOIL Oh NiRGINI,, Is rms MI
rRuPoIB or rHE ON DoMlyioS. With this OBJ
jcct in rew we ask attention to the following cores
ponl"nce between Jamc Lyons, Esq, and the Cath
oic Bishop OF Richmond. Iis frank replies To tn"
enquiries addressed 10 hn, shoud satisfy all but be-
sottcd and biG"tcH Know -Nojngs, that the charge
Of the dunsSr t" our m:iuons, from HE temporal!
power OF the Pope, are Ii" wiid: ianc"s, the most
unsubstanal dreams. y" additional word Of CON-
mcnt cmn be ne rssNry di<p'l the ...,,"'r "'",m
|
p9aS n,anascr, {" the .r'r' Order, and their 1ealula
co-laborcrs, thS Nn"w.N"i!rng press and orators:
RICHMOND, APEII Is, 1874.
To BlsHop MeAiUI:
| Rev. Sir:-llaviE., heard ard read much drcama
| tiuu agGiuGt H." Catholics because OF the alleged
temporal p0wct Of iEe i"pr TAKE the liberty TO in.
ourc of you whether the 4ntholcS in Virginia do nc.
knowledge aaS temporal allegiance 10 the Pope: and
whether if thlE country c,Gl Ln and was a:sal"d or
invaded hy thlarny Of lse Pope f he hal onc,l "r
by any other lhuIc power, the Catholic cltizciIs oi
this country II" Innt;er where born, wolml not be as
| much bound l." defend the Flag Of America, her
rights and liberty, as ANY Imvc.born citizen wonld
he and whether the pcrinrnnncn of that duty would
conflict with any OATH "rv Vow, other obligation al
| the Catholics
Ny purpose IL, with your leave to rrC,o ihia note
and your reply Ia Il ruhl..
VIII nign rcsicci, y"ur friend, &c,
| JAMES LYONS.
| RIt RItiMOND, VA, APRIL ~, lS"'.
| Dcar Sr:-lhc letter, winch you have addressed TO
me, contains three questions, 10 which you ask an
answer, with view I" publication,
| First Question. "WhrtirY the Catholics IN Virgil
MIA do acknowledge any temporal allegiance I" the