True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-07-04


H.-Yu call upon the Saints that the
ISainss may call upon Christ TO hear you.
But Saint is finite, can only be in one
place at time. How, then, can the saint
hear you? You might as well culi on the
Great Mogul or the Emperor of China, to
listen to your cry.
III.-YOu hold TINT your Church is in
falihle. Now, where does this infallibili-
lty dwell? I'm the Pope, in the Priest, or
in the Council? You cannot tell, Your
Church has never told you. lnfallible as
she pretends to be, she cannot inallibly
decide where this infalibiRty is to be
found. 1t is here, it is there, it is nowhere.
What "Will-o',t ',thc-wisp' is this infalli-
bility. .......
" You believe that masses cclebra-
led BY your Priest help souls out Of Pur-
gatory. But your Priests will not cele-
brate them except they be paid for doing
so. Now the rich man can leave money
enough, or his relatives can furnish mo-
ney enough, TO get Bim quickly out Of the
flames; butas for the poor man, who had
no money to leave, and no friends able tV
pay the price, his soul must agonizs on in
nnspcakablc torments, not because he was
worse, but because he was poorer, not that
he had less merit, but less money than his
affueut neighbor. Is tins impartial?-
Can this bc the doctrine of that just God
"with whom is no respect of persons, " and
who hath "chosen the poor Of this world
rich iu faith, heirs of the kingdom which
He hath prepared for them that love Him."
N.--You boast that yours is the old,
whilst ours is the new religion. How is it,
then, that We appeal to the Scripture alone
for our faith, and you to tho Fathers, aud
to the General Council for yours! Are our
authorities or yours the oldest? ss.
p, Vl.--You believe that those who are
clcanscd from ''mortal sius' by Christ,
must still 60 through the fires of Purgato-
nv on account Of "vepial sins" Mon
strous absurdity. fearful blasphemy. The
blood of Jesus either "cleanspth from all
sin, or it docs not; now if it does not,
where is its infinite efficacy?-lf it does,
what need can there be for Purgatory!-
Surely if the blood of the Lamb wash
away great, it must wash away little sins?
VII.-You are taught that the inten-
ton Of the Priest is essential to the reality
of the sacramenis, and to the efficacy of
every service But you can never be GER
tain of the Priest intention. How, there
fore, can you ever be sure that yoH have
had a sacrament, or that all your religious
ordinances have not been miserable
mockery!
VIII.-You hold that the Pope IS the
Head of the Church. But, says the scrip
lures, "Christ is the Head of the Church" /"
(Ephesians v. 23,) Has, then, the church
two heads? Would not body with two
heads be monster? Yes; aud Scripture
never speaks of Jesus as head, but as
} the head; therefore there can be none 9th.
} er.
X-Will you say, 1--WE must have d
visible head?" If so, of what use is that
head toyou? You can no more see the
Pope than you can see the Emperor Of
China.
X.-You protest in your creed that you
twill interpret the Holy Scriptures accord.
ing to the unanimous consent of the Fa
thcrs.' Now, where is this consent to he
found? Have you got it? Has your
: Church giveuit? Ask your Priest for it
t Without it you might as well have no III
c ble. The Bread Of Life is to you a stone
! which you cannot eat---a scaled book which
t you must not open ..-,.
t XI.-Iou maintain that the Church o
e Rome is "the mother and mistress of al
J, Churches How can this be when chris
c himself commanded that the Gospel shoult
l. be preached, beginning at Jerusalem, ant
e it was from Jerusalem Apostles went t
Y Rome; so thatif there be mother Church
}. Jerusalem is that Church. How, the
l. can your Church be at once the mo:he
.e and the daughter of Jerusalem! A strang
,c mystery your Church must be!!
* Xll.-You believe that, in the Sacri6c
h Of the Mass, there is "achange of the sui
ts stance of the broad and wine into the b.
n. dy, blood, soul and divinity, boues and sil
~ ews of Jesus Christ. Has the Lord, thel
to nyriads of bodies that they can be at OF
n. and at the sametime on myriads of Romis
d altars? Can he, as very man, be bodi
Oh seated at the Right Hand of the Fathc
as and yet laid entire on unnumbcred altar
an XIlI,-Willyou say-"I! is a myste
~ aud il miracle; it is above our reason Al