Weekly Trinity journal., 1865-02-25
The Eacyclical Letter.-Opinionsro OF the
Europe an Press.
The Pope's list manifesto meets with little Fl

The EacyDclEc2! Letter has been freely re-
marked on ty several of the Paris journals, and
with exception Of the religious organs, always in
terms of mingled disapprobation and astonish-
ment. One Of .tlse mildcst comments on the
!. The Holy Father does not confine himself to
pointing out and condemnng the errors which
are contrary to the truths of the Catholic faith,
and to hurting an anathema against materialism,
Dantheism and rationalism 4; he departs from the
sanctuary ana the limits which ire naturally
ASSIGNED to his spiritual jurisdiction to extend
his influence and authority on ground which
is not his domain-on the interests of civil and
political order. The world must bear in mind
that we are not now in the eleventh century and
that no one can any longer dare to so so lar as
to claim, .as in the time of Gregory VII, the
rjrht OF deposing kings and releasing subjects
from their oath Of fidelity but the pretention is
clearly shown or interfering in the relations be-
tween sovereign and their subjects, Of domineer-
ing over oae and other, and OF enActing the arbi
traitor between goY-.n!l unts end the.r people
Between the preteasioHs Of Gregory VII. md
that which is put forth little more timitlY III
thenew cucynclical, wecan only perceive the dis
tance which separates the nineteenth century
from the eleventh In going to the groundwork
of thines one is compelled 10 admit t!Nt those
two professions proceed from the same source
and same principle. We have SAID, and We for
l-l,lIr maintain that such protensions are not
only oo.osed to thr public, but also to the eccle-
.;.sficaj right Of all modern nations. whether
Catholic or not and on that point we appeal, not
10 the judgement bat 70 the reason and con
science Of all enlightened Catholics"
Tie Nation, among other remarks, has the
sabioiac1:
II is notorious that. according to Tie con
ed there
y.ith, the French bishop cannot without tie
authorization OF the Government, Pabi!-A the
Pcpn's apostolic or cncynclical letters. VEL we
find in paragraph - Of the catalogue uat the
intcrdiction IS formally condemned rs IN error
So that II the council Of State. which mss the
mission Of examining the apostolic documents
addressed BY the Pope to the bishops, in order
to ascertain whether ;hey can be published by
theI.,tter without Inconvenience, should decide
that the encynclic of Plus ~. cannot receive any
legal publicity in France, the bishops would be
nIaccl in the painful alternative Of either dis
obeying the Pope or setting 1t naught the pre-
scriptions Of the concordat, and The application
made Of theia ~ the council Of state 10 this
encyncic
Tae S'sc'e expresses itself in these terms;
"The Papacy no longer dates from the arrival
Of s.. Peter at Rome. but from the proclamation
of the t,aat,l Of the immaculate Conception. as
cynclicai letter. lnaa;a c.ro, 'Dcaeia Rome. at
ST. Peters. on the oth December, 1864, on the
l0,h anniversary Of the dogmatic3I definition Of
the Inifnaci .te Conception Of the Very Holy
Ti~rin Mary the Mother If God. What is that
this revived aad restored P@pacy pre- mes 70 rs
! return to tac ul.ts.e ages. me Goctr.ae IS
not however m unexpected one t'H+ ~ has
a'r-sdy developed ., il his earyne.. Il l.'tr o.
sfj. ri IN his ,yo 'iocGfions OF tie @iA De-
cent er SOL! ana the q J,:ac lao2 The Pae8cT.
ia ..-ct, Goes re. t1a..t O.. ar: other; VII Si:-
sr. 4 = .s uot ...e-cto-c lie toe.ri.r. tHt t-e
monoa: chosen iur hcil ing !. t1y}v.: win -
Gis.o1l aoi-e. We VIII not here discuss The
eucynelicai l.ter the prc;oas:oas which the
P.pacv puts forth 1ra not Of tG-day and We have
been COMBATING; thcG daily for many years
They only derive souc little importance from the
circumstances in which they are produced. Hc-
constitute m0rt0lGir, re-cstahisl religious cor
pora-icns, suoocGiatte the cisil TO the cccles;a5-
tica! po"cr suppress liberty Of co.zsieEce. re-
construct State religion. revive the ancient
regime, and e9en TIE middle ages-people would
couGuc themselves to a movement Of contempt il
This wos not the only reply which the Papacy
has found 20 make to the Convention on tAc
18th September"
Tie sGajoined severe observations are from the
Temps:
No one can refrain from looking on it as M
unexpected compliment to the Convention OF the
l5tA Of September. The encynciioal letter viii
deal on the spiritual power blow not less
serious than that struck by the Convention Oh
the temporal power. The treaty showed clearly
the inc0mpatabilitv of the sacvcdo:ai Govern
rent with the rights CT the Romans and of the
kingdom Of Italy; the letter proclaimS the dis
accord OF the orthodox doctrine with the llnda-
mental InaXims OF modern States. y document
OF this nature. falling into the saidst OF car OBJ
scr nj fol and br1S oi a
gular phenomenon. The first impre sIon felt
IS one of surprise, mingled with amusement. 10
hear without smiling that banal rhetoric. those
stereofypea lamentations and long quotations
which prove nothing, Is impossible y 40 would
have the heart TO be angry at those prelrnslaEs
Of another ere, 50 SIMPLE pucrile and coaAaIn9
rs they are The world is escaping from the
Church. and the Church, in the person OF its
Chief, continues to sCold and menace rs II he
had still the sword Of the princes ol the earih
at his service. Listen to the enfeeblei voice
trying TO make itself heard in the midst Of the
thousand noises Of the age Il is addressed to q
state Of society deeply modified by the French
Revolution. People have lost even the memory
of the times when the Vicar Of God governed
nations according to the teachings Of the rcvcia-
tion. Faith is no longer the general condition
Of the public mind. and the state has been forced
to seek, in the dHiic- OF the citizens, tDat sup
D,.rt which Is 10 Longer found in the submission
Of tla bcl!e-cr. Tie fuuaamental artlcic OF theI
modern nolJ.ical Creed Is, that the Church is
only free and voluntary association like any
other 1t is. Aoweg,r. on the entire mass OF the
faithful that the publica ton Of the 8th December
will exercise It's action III hopes OF compro-
mise between the Church and l9GeFn soc.e'F-'
must be hcnceforth abandoned. For soi~e H'ne
past, at the bottom of all our political and Foi'-
cious discussions the rejecting man had observed
the struggle of the Church against the Rcvolu- /
ton this conflict, may be easily foreseen, Is
about to receive new and exciting impulse. As
to the issue OF the combat. it is not uncertain. -
The dead appear more. The encynclical letter
viii be great event, but principally for the /
reason thai it will mark the powerlessness and
the end of the system that it is endearoling to
galfanize."
TIE EScrScLIcAL AS VIEWED ~ ITALY.
The It0'iG, commenting upon the encynclical. |
makes the following remarks
- That which we foresaw is realized. The en-
cy nclical of the Court Of Rome is hardly known
in France, and immense sensation is already /
produced respecting this anathema launched
against civil society, public law, popular institu
tions, and modern liberalism. Far from making
the concessions recognized to be indispensable, /
fha Es-f~7n ertrr-na 5er:z;1,