, 1865-01-19
THE POPnS BULL.

~tFtAA~A~ 49,
The fundamental doctrine Of the inialibility
of the Pope, Is now sorely tried, By the eyi-
dent iallibility, not to say the extreme folly
Of the present incumbent Of that high office,
who is doing more than any other man has
The power to do. to ALLEVIATE sincere Catholics
md convert them either into hypocrftes, Pro.
testants or iintidels- We do not anticipate
any immediate convulsion in the bosom Of
that church, much less any general renuncl-
alton Of its authority. A church which las
maintained its numerica1 powcr-though al
ways with diminished hold on the more en-.
lightened individuals, ,cras ,races and nations
for at lc ast fourteen centuries, must contain
elements Of power over the human heart
which are not lightly affected OF easily over
come.
The eolcmnity Of its ritual, the impressive
appeal which its architecture, music, paint
ings, and po1npous ceremonies make upon
the senses, the degree Of religious truth con-
ildcd to it In common with the Greek 1nd
Protestant churches, the fact that in m9nar-
clical ages and countries it is the only road
By which the poor obtain education and
power, combined with the peculiar claims
made by 1t to authority md power in matters
in which the mas Of minds feel only their
own weakness, and are not sufficiently search
ing to attribute the same weakness to their
fellow men, including all priests aud apostles,
but desire to lean on something pretending 10
be powerful and authoritative-these springs.
Of the power Of the Catholic Church are per-
petual in The human heart, and give promise
Of the perpctuity of that Church, or some
thing greatly corresponding to 1t, as far In
9}ie future rs even imagination can extend.
Nevertheless, the Catholic, like every othor
religious organization, will find its splritual
and temporal interests promoted or retarded
rs It's priesthood shall manifest the ability
and piety which would adorn their sta-
tions, or the stupidity and arrogance Which
If existing, no willingness to be blind can
conceal from their followers.
Pope Leo I, Tetzel, and the portion Of the
priesthood who Joined with them, aided in
making Luther Reformcr. Pope Pins x is
planting the spirit of Luther In the hearts of
half The Catholic Church.
Beginning ten years ago, With France, Ger
many and Italy, nearly in1delizcd BY the bur
den already imposed upon their faith BY the
tcncts, and upon their manhood by the as-
Eumptions Of Rome, the present Pope added
to their difficulties the dogma Of the immaeu-
late conception Of the Virgin Mary, Mother
Of God. He thus required nations, nine
tcnths Of whose leading minds, though still
nominally within the pale Of the Holy Church,
did not believe in the immaculate conception
OF Christ, Which is revealed, to accept I'M
pIicitly IN uurcyealcd notion which many Of
The lights Of the Romish Church had never
heard of or had condemned, and for which no
Scriptaral sanction is even pretended. While
he Inns depended upon the bayoncts Of inadel
France for the power to remain In faithful
Rome, instead Of winning the hearts Of his
temporal subjects by reforming the abuses un-
der which thsy suffer, he has regarded their
tendencies towards revolution Is reasons + ],
tightening his despotism, and the groV d o
Catholic infdclity and Protestant Chr1s' limit,
a. calling for new supcrstitlons VIII .ch ere,
the darkness Of the dark ages re1v ted.
In The Popss last encyclical .ctter to tn
Church he places hinself, ans through him
self, ahd 80 far as they r lbmit to him th
Church, in opposition v, the Fundamental
principles Of free soeis y.
l. Freedom Of COP: science in the worship
The independents Of our goveEnmcn
-from the Ro.niSh and all other priest
hoods.
8. The right Of parents to teach their ow1
children without being controlled therein b!
the Roman Catholic Priesthood.
4. The tact that the civil governmen
should no. enforce by it's penalties the obedi
cnce Of the people In Ill nations and OF what
ever faith to The Roman Catholic Priest
hood.
t. Tho right Of the people 10 belong X
other secret societies besides the Roman
Catholic Church and those which II has found
cd and controls. The following extracts SUI
flee to show these points:
ttFcr as you are well awate venerable brcthrcn
there ate great number of men In the presen
81 Maq; & e III tRien,
to teach that the perfect right Of pu6itc soeI.f
and civil progress absolutely require conait;o
OF Thurman society constituted and governed viii
ont regard to all considerations Of religion. as
any dasttnesaon 1ttaDeea true religion and Nsrs.,
And contrary to the teachings of thc gjn1I I 81 =
tures, Of the church. and Of Tie fIthcrs tha1
not hesftate to a1lrns that the lest conijtlo3
society II heti Whash IT. th< tor.r Of tie lilly
pto1ors ef the Cahose rrgton unless tr reour. ugs
BY eons,detsttons Of public safety. Actusied
Jalse. they :, do not hesitate further
propagate lle erroneous opinion, &c
Of souls, and termed "delrium - By our pret
LIBERTY or CONSCIENCE AND Of Wo
snip Is THE RIGHT or EVERY MAN
HIGhT N I'VE MniGn {; y ouGuT ; TO BE PRoc1AAl