The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-03-03
TIE ORIGIN or THE TEN
PORAL AUTHORITY on THE
POPE or ROME

P0RAL AUTHORITY or THE
POPE or ROME
THE recent publication IF d French
pamphlets oil The Pope and the Congress
noticed in the last issue 81 the MouS.
rAINEER, continues 10 call ont the talent
and era.lition VI the Catholic clergy u
support Of the continuance n papal Sc.
enlar authority III the States Of the
Church Opthe Igthof January, Arch
bishop Hughes and the SufFragan
Bishops Of the Ecclesiastical Province d
New York assembled IN Provincial
Coancilp over the subject. and have pub
bllshed . Manifesto, 10 their Dearly
beloved brethren Of the clergy and faith,
fal children Of the Laityn The intro
ductory Of the address Is devoted 10
exhortaticns, md then tho pamphlet On
4 the absorbing subject Is closely reviewed,
4 To rs, the clergy ii conclare seem to
have been much shortof material to fairly
inject the psmphlst. The most salient and
Interesting portion 81 tile address Is that
/ devoted to the origin of the POpe's tenn
poraI sovereignty Asst isthe first time
that we hare met with anything Oh the
subject which may he justly regarded as
the best that Gun Be said, viewing the
lncn and the circumstances, We give ii to
our readers as an Interesting item 81 his
tory and news
THE ORIGIN or THE PoPE,s TEMPORAL
SOVEREIGNTY.
The temporal authority Of the Pore
/ IS one Of these questions. His title. as ii
stands to-day, IS beyond ali dispute the
most legitimate that can be put forward
BY my sovereign 10 Europe, or IN the
world. Trace history backwards, and you
will iiud tllatno rival claimant has ever
appeared thatllo dynasty las ever been
Misplaced or sent into exile by him or Ills
predecessors; that bis title Ii confirmed
by centuries that X has been ratified IN
the consent Of ait the nations Of Ellristen-
dom; that no protest has ever heenrecord-
ed ii the archives of tile human race
saEntfist its yeaidtsy 4,uy tsu1nvs TeEts~fes
will inquire into the origin Of tits. tifle,5I
We answer that the origin does not ap-
pear on human record All We know IS.
that after the conversion Of Constantine
the Great, the seat of empire was trans
ferred from Rome TO Byzaniilnl. Dnring
the Immediate subsequent ages the EN-
percr and his successors Withdrew not
only their presence. but sIRo their protcc-
ton, from the people OF Italy. The
people ceased not TO invoke the aid OF the
Emperor in periods Of trial mud Of de-
ISOLATION, Of famine; pcstilence aud Invasion
by barbarous natsons. To their appeal
no answer came, nor any hid. In these
trying circumstances the people raised
their hands TO the Sovereign Pontiff, call
ing upon him to be their temporal savior,
us wen us their father. Neither were
they disappointed. InfaInine lie supplied
as far as possible, their wants. III iIesti-
Iencc he was among them as their colnfor
ter. AZ the approach Of cruel invasion
be went forth from the Eternul CITY bare.
headed, tomeet the harbariail 1iicacer-to
offer his own person for the sacriiice---but
10 plead for the safety or the people. I'll
this actof charity, il Is well known that
his pleading and his Influence became. ON
more than one occasion, a shield Of pro-
lection for their otherwise abandoned
nation. 81
Many writers assert that Constantine
the Great conferred upon him by written
document q certain species of political
right to govern what was then, or soon:
after, called the Dachy Of Rome. Other
writers, with erudition quite as respect
able, deny the truth OF this statement Of
a donation by thefirst Christian Emperor.
We do not enter into this question, Tor it
appears to US Of very slight Importance.
AL we know Is, that the temporal author
lty Of the Emperors, from Constantine the
Great, ceasedto be exercised in what Is
now called the States of the Church, but
in TINT portion which was more
immediately connected with the Imperial /,
city Of Rome. IL was not uSarped by
The Holy Father. Ii was rather forced Ii
upon him by the wishes and Claulor of AL
neglected and ungoverncd people. II was
! res dereiietd,n But al oil events Ia /
The origin Of the temporal power Of the
Pope, he was the chosen ruler Of the i
Italian people, within the limits OF what Il
afterwards became bis civil Jurisdiction. 4
Popular history states that at d sub. /
'equent period Pepin aud ChafIemaghe / 1
4 France niade hind donation Of This /
anne territory, with additional grants Of I
xteDsion as TO Us surface aud population.
There Is certainly some truth counectedl 4
Nth this statement. But we do not 1T
il in tho sense which the IL
Of onr popular history would Ii
eem to Indicate. Our understanding Isl /
hat Pcpin and charlemagne did make !
ONE additional concessions, increasing III
he extent Of the Pope's temporal domin. il
'n. They may indeed have signed their u
afHSa IA doent.Aaiifs !