The New York herald., 1867-02-20
TROUBLES or THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
-ec'ure ~ the Right Rev. Bishop BayIey, or
Newark.

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.naon' corner Of Hicks and Warren streets Brooklyn
- evening, drawn thither by the announcement th,
.ae A.sh' Rev. James Roosevelt Bayley, Bishop O
'"A, "oad deliver lecture. sne proceeds or whicl
"ouid DO devoted to tav fund OF the Society Of a.
vincent de Paul. Al eight O'Clock the right roverent
lecturer ascended the altar and proceeded to deliver
'oou'e' taxing for his theme "wby the Catholi
onurch Is always in Troublen
The topic he had chosen h. ,.ts
| ~. many misrepresentation to which the
Catholic Church was now a.davs srn,..,ax -. -.
/ opponents. The Church was m,s.an-e -.
being proud, intolerant, overbearinu ana ,r,nu-
ient-as continually meddinQ In mattera or s,... 80
Win she education OF youth, where they assum. sha
mas no right TO interere-and for this reason sba - =
use common expression, continually In hot v.,s 70
those who make these false representations war; ,.s
Tor proof Of their assertions they pointed to her hso,
in the past to her conflicts with the civil power d ~.
nsnacv :, IN ner sxiIsd osnops 70 the condition Of the
wncn sne resists oil attempts at . compromise with th
so.called kngdom d Italy. Her accusers, thoush he
claim - truth that which .hey ought TO prove 10 10
truth: They lnvanaby aver that in every conflict with
20 blame they assume for Church character tha,
docs not bcionS to her Our Divine Lord ssS .M
slngdKs eiTific NH, -osa " and doubtless that king
rather than truth hence the trou6lSonA to error
between It and her Tho Church musS ,.iWss conflict
gressive in sense; truth 10 nevefcSys Dc ag-
error The Church is the established represent&Sant Of
depository OF our Lords divine doctrines; those md
TO them. When fully recognise this fact get at the
cause Of all The strife that exists between her and her
gin and unchangeable In their very nature and essence,
she cannot In any event compromise with error She
Of hall Il. had
scene described In the fourth chapter Of the Acts OF the
ssr Sy ress ss s
ing Christianity, were brought before the tribunal ana
to speak no more & II '9s ass o. @
ptar speaking In their behalf said 70 the rulers OF the
council wheher y Be right IN the sight OF God TO
hearken unto you moro than unto God, judge ye For
We cannot but speak tho things which we have seen and
heard In hs declaration Of the Apostle we have the
Feynote or the conflict between the Church and tho
world for the Church refused to remain silent
to the things which she has 'seen and heard" This
conflict commenced in the Roman empire from the very
time that the Apostles began to teach the doctrines OF
Christianity to the people. Roman polty-the old
under form another, has opposed her SINCE
Rome considered herself then deeply religious because
she rejected But when the truth was pre-
sented to her che refused tolerate IT, and tried
trample It out She began by misrepresenting and
caumnating Christianity, acting oil the principle
destroy any person In character and reputation, first
givo him 9 bad name. Accordingly they msropre
scnted The Christian church by writing and speaking:
attributed 10 her odous doctrines and practices, aud
turned against her the popular feeling Tactus calls
hr THAT detestabe auperstition;' and Lncian, that
old Pagan speaks Of her in The most unnatering terms
One cannot but be struck with the similarity between
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which urged against Christianity by its pagan oppo.
nen's Oftentimes anti-Caihocs, without knowing it,
the same language as that used by the Pagans The
Plarisees said and made it ground Of serious ohjcc
cns against Chrtjanity that none but the poor were
urged day against atholicity; but they seemnsy
forget that hero the parallel docs not hold good for the
. ws q s ss sS' ss as ws IS
III tsIse, all claim place within the fold OF the one,
Hsly atholI, Church The favoritc objection against
Christianity wns thai II opposed 10 the best inter-
ess OF the State; and this fasehood Is daily being
iterated and reiterated against the Catholic Church.
After those misrepresentation had proved futile IN tho
attempt crush out Christianity, then came the long
Of prosecutions by which was thought this end
| could be attained. But Il was easy enough for the
Christian in those tho terrible Of
| the prosecutors He had only to throw handful Of
sacrced 10 the gods and he escaped But tho Chris.
tans could not do this They were careful TO give no
siyn that could possibly be construed into the least
partial remuneration OF their faith; aud during the ton
long prosecutions they were compelled to undergo not
less than eleven millions Of them were put to death
their faith All Christians Of the present day. whethe
TO the Catholic Church or not, take the
view OF these prosecutions for tho first three hnndro
years o. tho Christian All admit that any sembianc
Of yielding their faith the part Of the early Christian
would have equivalent TO tho remuneration OF alto
heroic martyrs held fast the teachings Of the Apostles
a1ordng proof land most convincing proof s Of th
s q nst i s q
the same favorable standpoint Commencing at that
ssy % pos and
cation and altogether aggressive in her nature. Now he
aon mo- r mean ,hss. % ~ All II 'Dds %is
Reorganization based sn, to greater r.,s or s: ,sss
results from s pronusaiiop The Church being sns
depository OF truth Is, has becn and must from
necessity be- intoerant Of orror; Il Indeed that be in
tolerance which cannot admit that wrong is right that
error Is truth trat black is white. IL Is supersti-
he makes the sign Of the which Is in
fact cpitomc Of christian laith then the Church is
supcisttou r. because she tries 70 prevent tne per
version Of truth. she s mcddleome then she smoddc
some. and will bs N should he ever rcn,em-
TERED though that the Church has not changed but that
her enemies hayo chansed. She has snmed no other
than her origns shape because she hes emerged into
dayi,vh,. The Church Of to-day is The same Church
| whose divine mysteries were for ages OF perse-
cuton celebrated within the daLsrcss and gloom
at the time OF annes conversion, did persecu
tion tease because that Emperor became Christian II
IL now going on, in blood In some parts Of the
as fne very last report we had from there lodas of
the massacre Of number OF bishops and priesis The
only difference II that the persecnnn now eSperenc a
il Of different form from that prsc,iaed In the carrier
agca Tue enemies OF the Church after the days OF Coz
stannc were found among her own children; or they
wcre bad kings mscsed the 'nursns fs'hers" of thG
Chuich, who cpdeavored to make 0 tool Of her and
use her Cor their own vile ends There arc N blssor,
tho Church opposed the inroads of Ths
right reverend lecturer here made most eloquent au
sion to St Athanasns OF Alexandra, ia Egypt, and
8. Thomas Beckett, Bishop Of Canterbury, Tn
former, he said, spent foriy.dve wears combattip
sS wass but tSs principle involved here was A. 4
.he consubstaniiaiay Of our Lord With the Father
Though but single letter in single word the sub
isct ef dispute with Arus still bolesth this sec,nn,
tre there lay mighty tratn and the power the for
| tho yalue OF that truth what Inspired tho -.
bishop OF Alexandria 10 combat the prominent arvs ~.
| his day with such vigor. Even Gobon, .rj,o ,nios
appropriately be called an old Pagan. though n
toran Of modern date. cannot he' ,efss-g in,s hero
defender Of truth. Athanas ~ .a,rst liz :. XXI
many arguing -.sp.re Ia defence OF truth bs
such : rom the manner In which they look
} ...nss, would exeaim with regard to his perss
eney, "What follyin ~ John Cbrysostom and othe
OF the fathers counted thor suerpgs their torture
and even the sacrhce Of their yes as nothing compare
with the establishment OF truth and the overthrow
,rror The conflict between II. 1homns d Beckett an
thu power Of Englsnd was not as has been alsey rey
| neeel,ted, q nght for the tcmporaitios Of IN
Church. Il went farther and struck deeper than th
| The mere question OF money was not all ths
xas involved ID the between that sanity bishop an
| Henry the Second The rights or the ep'scopacy wer
a stake and had their defender In the maYyTed Bsho
a Canterbury Tbers are many cases whore the Churc
s compelled In the pursuance OF her divine missop
Interfere Take, for instance, tho family relation Sh
defends the sacredncs3 Of the marriage tie and has