Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-21

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Great excitement during the paatforinieht
in theological crcles. Some ladies Of . porL
tive religious faith (which ! tske % be q
name for extreme biRotfy-requested some
Of the beads Of the Ultramontand party 10
give a series Of lectures as a seton against
the serieB Of Liebig. Or. Doliinger-the
Court Chaplain and Professor Of Theology
in the University Of Munich, who is Justly
regarded as one of The, most learned theolo-
giaps in Germany, and one who adds 10 bis
special knowledge 4 marvellous extent of
general learning, the greatest authority on
the history Of the Church of Rome. and A
man Of unquestioped Observation-Disclosures
the first lectures of the series, aud devoted
his first TIVE lectures 10 the Temporal Power
of the Pope. The ladies found themselves
somewhat in the position Of Balak when h0
sent for BALKAN 70 curse his enemies, and,
behold, he "blessed them altogether
Requesting O. known Ultramontanist To
lecture on religion, they had some right to
expect an edifying tissue Of abuse Of liberals
and prophecies, 9arbled from the New Tes-
lament, Of praise Of a Government which
processes religion and defeats m~orality-a
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phrase from Giusti, DR.. Dollinger, 50 far
from answering their expectations, entirely
annihilated the temporal power, more COM
pletely than any Liberal, any Protestant,
has ever done, or ever could do; for he never
overstated the case, never disguised his re-
Iigious sympathies, never connected the
Pope as the head ofthe church with the Pope
Is Il necessary that the Pope should have
temporal powerf is the question asked at
this crisis. DR.. DOllinger answers, the Pa
paey existed seven hundred years without
an acre Of land; afterward, when provinces
were given to the Pope, the temporal power
was not left him in undisturbed possession
from the ninth to the fifteenth century; Of
all the eighteen hundred years Of modern
history, he has had only three hundred years.
quiet. For forty years the greatest discon-
tent has prevailed among the population Of
the Papal dominions; and when the reforms
granted by Plus the Ninth failed in quieting
the people, foreign occupation was necessary.
The Papal chair-which meets with instant
obedience through the whole Catholic world
in its religious capacity-is the weakest and
most helpless Government Of Europe in it's
political capacity.
Not one of its subjectsis in favor of IL; aud
throughout the whole Of Italyit is as unpop-
ular as within its own limits; for all Italy
looks on the Papacy as the chief obstacle 10
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possible TO deny that the mixture Of spiritual
and temporal power is opposed to the feel
ings of the people of Europe. In 1914 not
one voice was raised for the restoration Of
the Prince Bishops in Germany, In the
States of the Church nothing is more obnox-
ious than the employment of political means
for religious ends, and religious views for
political designs. What should we say in
Germany to a Bishop being President of the
Government But, even if the head of the
Government is ecclesiastical, why must all
the officers of Government be ecclesiastical
a modern State has to look after all kinds Of
things-lotteries, gaming houses, inns, news
papers. It must have occupations like the
police. How do these things suit with the
clerical position2 These are the objections
TO the temporal power. DIR. DollinRer pro-
eeeded to quote, among his authorities, no
less a person than the Pope himself.
1t is evident the Pope saw the faults of the
system by the steps he took to remedy them
on his accession to power. Abiding TO the
objections raised against his first lecture, Dr..
Dollinger replied, in his second, that these
were not his opinions, but facts-proTed and
known faets-wbich could not be refuted,
but could easily be substantiated. He met
the usual appeal of the U-ltramontanes to
prophecy by the remark-it is true that the
Church has the promise of eternal existencej
but there is no promise that the Pope will
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kingdom.
Nc wonder such q treatment of the subject,
from a person in the position of DR.. Dol
liDger, caused general excitement. All the
bigOtry of the Kingdom was let loose against
him. Som said he apologised for the Pope,
and that, as George the Third said of Apol-
ogies for the Bible, they did not know the
Pope needed an apology.
Others said, he abused the Pope. which he
certainly did in their estimation; for he gave
the Pope credit for liberality. The retro
gradist newspapers, of which there is no
lack in Bavaria, invented stories and Vollied
abuse, saying that a Catholic professor had
done more against the Papacy than Vincke
of Berlin. 1t was reported that the Nuncio
bad protested to Ministry of Bavaria against
the continuance of DIR. Dollinger's lecture
that the Archbishop of Munich had repri-
msnded him. The only foundation for these
reports lay in the strange conduct of the
NuDcio. He attended DR.. Dollinger's FIRST
lecture without understanding q word Of
the language, but, as he saw disapprobation
on the faces of some devout ladies, he
thought an example was needed, and left in
the middle.