, 1866-10-13
THE BALTIMORE CATHOLIC COIN.
GIL.
What the Pfelatcs and T1,eo;o.1nus
urc Dofng-The Questions to 1.c D,s-
cusee1-41 Blsnop for tic freedmen,
fCo,rcsuouderce OF tie y. 7. T,ibpccl

"haf Inc Efexa1c@ anu I1la0sHw1NHs
arc Eofng-The Question. to 1.e D,x- i
cussed-41 Risnop for tic Freedmen,
Correspondence OF the y. I. T,ibuEc.l |
BALTIMORE, Octobe: ), 1876,
It Is proposed In this Council to collect the 4!
decrecs and statutes enacted BY former
syncds Of Baltimore, and reduce them to
systematic Corpus Juris, adding Of course i
number Of new regulations. Among the
questions which will hs discussed Is tlls SUB
Scriptures WHICH may be considered
the authorized and approved trans
lation for the Catholics OF the
United States. They have none now The
usc has never been officially adopted, and
never ought to be, lur-leavin.s the question
Of its correctness tu tLculosians-its English
Is abcMniable. Tic late Archbishop Ken
rick made new translation which was q
great Improvement upon the old one, and
was highfytprizcd by Catholic scholars but |
It was never stcIcotypcd, md us the present
Archbishop Of Baltimore is understood not
to commend 1t, it is not likely to be reprinted
at present. DR.. John Henry Newman was
of Tue Bible, hut believe fc has abandoned
it. II the Council decides upon adopting an
authorized version, they will be puzzled to
lit upou 4 good one.
4 spirited declaration on the question Of
the temporal power Of the Pope may be
loUkcd Tor, and there is talk of regular au-
nua1 collection for His Holiness III all the
churches If the country. There is au evil
dent desire OH the part Of some Of The me1n-
bcrs to bring tue american Church gradu-
ally TO the completeness Of form aud pro-
portions established in other countries By
the canon law, which, here, has never been
in force. Tins. It proposed TO create cathc-
dra! chapters and ecclesiastical courts; to
appoint rural deans and archdcacors, aud to
erect regular parishes, governed by the
Inv. 4
are no parishes in the United
States, except i'll New Orleans.
The priests arc noninally missionaries,
the limits Of whose tleld Of labor arc fixed
arbitrarily BY the bishop: Probably all these
may be some alteration In the present mod,
Of nominating new bishops, 50 ~ to give all
tle archhishcrs something to say in tho
matter. With regard to priests, It is serious
y proposed to pass II 1aw compelling them
to shave and wear their hair short, anl l
have even lsrarf ru1lors Of Il decree on the
Important subject If gold slesve.buttons.
There is u disposition to forbid The use of
churches for the purpose of raising money
u laynan. The case uf converts tlunl Protest.
u1tienl, and especially married clcr.ymr,1,
who ca1lnnt enter tho priesthood. will be
considered. nnd It Is suggested that they
might be allowed 10 receive the tonsurc and
minor orders, aud assist tie higher clergy iii
preaching, anli other duties for which the
saccs.!ntnl character is not essential. The
thorn1ity Of theatres Alld dancing. and cspc-
ela1!y t1c "rlo'tsr Mi"us hons''r Yar no".iAi-
hH* Round Dances It 't;rtinan'H will bc
mu.ica,lng Catholics who arc married by II
PROTESTANT Clergyman viii he discussed.
An attempt Will b. made to tccIsu uni.
'nrn'ity hi tue observance Of festivals and
Msts. md probably the number Of huth will
b. Increased. Some relaxation Is rroposc4
from fH,k rtt,}
tile Catholic ceremonial Il, n,ly bl,t Catholic
burial grounds. Much attention will. no
doubt. hr given t. the hnhItet Or parachlni
scht"ls Etl Snnlay.eclluols. to the cstu.ti>h.
Mi'ilt vi retss,hatorseS nns lNtlNstriai tnstitu.
tlo1!s, mud TO the iirinasion If IN Anlcsican
tH:'1nic tniverelty, Hike I'll. universities Of
Ireland a'hl lielEtun': In connection with
| iii, l.r.jeci M.nlil 81. .fatt's College, ut
Emn.ettslnrg is spoken u. Tic cs:ab.
ilsl'aent of Trait Society, nr ratl!rr
It's support. for one has heru started already
H. New York, will also curlc up.
With rrsas.l to tile publication Of Catholic
| htoks there Is rather i 1u>tre to improve
their quality than IL Increase THUR numbers,
md It is not improbable that some measures
will be taken to cnrta1 the intlsscrininatc
issues tgari what is called the Catholic press.
don't believe that either literature or trutl.
would suffer- ii very stringent rules pf that
nature Wcrc adopted. The irrcpr.s>ible Fe-
| llfans will get into the Council, of course,
l on@ hACtAAt W. A44A UE NCAsl lEL
| alone have no means Of Judging.
Tie consideration Of the condition Of the
irc' dnlen was pressed upon the council by a
letter from Cardinal Barnabo, Prctcct of tlle
Propaganda at Rome. The points to be dis
cussed are the appointment Or AIs,stolieal
Project, with Episcopal powers for tht
special enrcEintendcncc Of missions amone
the blacks; the erection Of separate
churches for those peoplc; the admis
sion Of coloFcd men to the priesthood
the establishment Of converts OF col
orcd nuns, and Of scl,or1s for children; aud
finally tile introduction Of congregational
singin. III tie ycrnacular into negro church
cs. What changes these would be for
! council If Baltimore to effect!
a new Sicariatc Apostolic wilt probably
be erected i'll the Territories Of Montana AMI
Idaho. and it is under discussion wl,ethe
the Eicariate Apostolic Of British Colun,bi
ought mot to be separated from the jurlsdic
, tiou of the Archbishop Of Oregon