Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-10-30
Com m Il n i C a t e d.
4 Protectant Corrected in his Errors.

q Protectant Corrected in his Errors.
/ see that "a Protestant appears again
i In yours of Oct. 9th, reiterating his asser-
ton that ''the Church Of Rome tor6ids the
Laity to read The Bible" | before show
Jed him it was calumny; and I will now
repeat my reasons for sa wing SO, and show
him in clear, tangible way, that on tie
contrary, the Church of Rome urges and
excites the laity to read the Bible-then
| will proceed to analyze his last produc-
ton.
quoted Pope Plus 6th's letter, inserted
in every edition of the Catholic Bible,
wherein that venerable head of our church
says, :" The .foithJm should be e.rcited to
the reading of the holy Scriptures, for
these are the most abundant sources aChach
ought to be left open to eveyy one to dra0
from them purity Of morals and OF doc
Urine. dndto eradicate tie errors a1aseh are
so avidely disseminated IN these corrupt
times"
quoted the letter of Pope Plus 9th,
present head of the Church on earth, to
Ed DunnIgan, congratulating him on the
edition he printed in New York, May 1852,
on which occasion he sent him gold med
al as proof of his appreciation. | quo
ted the recommendation of Cardinal WISE
man, in England, Archbishops of Milan,
Quebec, Cuba, and all the Archbishops and
| Bishops of the United States, by which
they excite, urge, council the laity to buy
it and read il. Among the rest, the Arch
bishop of San Francisco says" This pub
location ought to conpince all impartial
Protestaats that they vere imposed upon
a5hen taught that Catholics are not allop-
ed to read the Bible" e8"ge
| Listen to the words of our venerable
Bishop of Milwaukee" I approve Of at
aoith sincere desire 40 encourage its circn-
iaiion an nay Diocese" which comprises all
the State of Wisconsin.
| showed him that Dunnigan has pub
lshed another smaller edition, recommen-
ded 10y Archbishop Hughes, saying, !" We
| hare great pleasure an recommending at TO
the f5athfuLn
That the present Archbishop Of Balti-
more has published a rev translation of
the Testament in that city; that there are
many editions of the Bible printed in diff
ferent parts of the United States, so that
all can get a copy. Now, whep Popes,
Archbishops Bishops, ercite, urge, recon-
mend the luity to read the Bible-when it
is for sale ia every large city of our Uni IN,
at various pric $, from rs cents to $50
is it not, ask you, a bold and impudent
calumny for " a Protestant" to assert that
the" Church of Rome forbids the laity to
read the Bible?"
"A Protestant does not notice these
proofs-he cannot deny one of them-but
Ifiets and foams, and says, II have exam
| med the hie hest authorities of the Cathe-
Lie Church, to considerable extent, and
the more investigate, the more am sat
iSfed they hate the Bible, dread its intlu-
ence. and forbid lis reading Now let
us come up to the question fair and square,
and let us see the result Of bis investiga-
tons as gwen in the HERALD, Oct. 9TH
Attention al of you and will examine
them one By one.
1st "a Protestant. One mag travel
from one end to the other OF Rome and
not be able to purchase a Bible Now,
where did he learn this fact? is this the
result of his investigation of the highest
authorities of the Catholic Church. No.,
he takes good care not to give his authori-
ty for this: he got il from the Devil, the
father of lies. The Italians have the most!
perfect translation of the Bible by Martini,
Archbishop of Florence, which is for sale
and can be bought BY any one in all the
principal bookstores of Rome, at various
prices, from so cents to $50, according to-
the edition. Every one, before he asserts
fact, if were wise, ought to inquire
Such is the first argument he adduces to-
prove that the * Church of Rome forblds
the Iairy to read the Bible l fling it
t back in his face as an impndent lie.
ID. He quotes two absurd and monnte--
bank stories from Middleton, about an ltal-
ifS,n priest in Venice; just as probable as
the assertion made in No. l. Surely, these
two ridiculous frauds he did not get from
any high authority in the Catholic Church.
Singular that Middleton could not produce
from his travels in Italy a more respecta-
/ BILE proof. The abuse Of Popery Is that
hanpy Incident which adorns essays, trav-
els, pamphlets and romances, OF SO many
travelling parsons; it gives wit to dull
ness. sense TO nonsense, truth to lies, and
what is the main advantage, it gratlfies the
lbigotry Of their readers and ensures them
lprofit. =.
Sd. Onthe apochyphal books Of Protes-
tants, he saws, g 1t was only as Rome, by
degrees, corrupted pure christianity, that
these spurious books were added to suit the
new dogmas, until Trent confirmed them
| all.n Neither is this the result of his IN
yestigation of high authorities IN the Gath
olic Church; but fear the Devil here
gives g A Protestant" another lift. Be-
cause history tells US that the third Coun-
ell of Carthage, held in the year a97, de-
fined and decreed these books Ia its 47thl
canon to be canonical. Again we find them