The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-11-15
TFIom the Wilmington (Notth Ca, ol'oa) Jou' nall
installation Of Right Few. James Gibbons, Titular
Bishop Of Nor h Carolina.

The little Catholic Church of this city
city was literally crammed ON last Sunday
morning, at half-past 10 o'clock. The no.
tice that tho Most Rev. Archbishop Spald-
ing, of Baltimore, attended by several
priests, wOnld be there to introduce a bish-
op to the people, and to assist in the inau-
guration of a ceremony that has never been
enough to light up the walls of st. Thomas
with many strange and non Catholic faces.
After the usual ceremonies attendant on
the Introduction of prelates, the Right Rev.
bishop celebrated Mass. After the first
Gospel, the Most Rev. Archbishop Of Balti-
for his text st. Mathew, 2Sth Chapter.
=" All power is given to me in heaven and
in earth. Going, therefore, teach ye all ma
tiOns: baptiziDg them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost" He commanded them to go forth,
not to this section or to that section, not
to this tribe or to that tribe, but to all ma
tions and to all tribes. They were to teach
the things that he had taught to them, and
not only to teach them but to see that they
were observed. They were to teach, One
Church, A Universal Church, and an Apos-
tolic Church: One Church, as there was
but one Lord, one Faith, and one Baptism:
local church, narrow-minded church, a
circumscribed church. The unity of the
church was the pillar of truth. A..
Faith was one so was the church. Error
was manifold and mutable. Truth was one
and immutable. Truth was essentially one.
God could not contradict his works. He
was truth. He could not contradict Him
self. jesus was Truth itself. If he had
commanded his Apostles to go forth and
preach many and conflicting dOgmas, some
true and some false. he WAS human after
all, and not God the Saviour. But blessed
be his name forever, he was Truth, and he
gave it to his Apostles to teach unto all
men, to believe in the unity of that Church
.:hich contained the doctrine of their mas
to them, and through them to their sue
cessors. There was such a thing as human
religion: Rational religion, Unitarianism,
and others too nume-
rous to mention. Divisions could be made
in these human religions, but the religion
of God knew no division, was, and is, inca
pable of division. 1t is essentially Que, as
God is One.
1t is universal, Catholic. 1t is every
where. The word means that = Kata,
through, on account of, unto, even to, and
olos, the whole, or universal. In this coun-
try, 1T is plain enough that our ceremonies
ire the same, our dress, etc. But let any
citizen of Wilmington go to South America,
go to England, France, Germany, Switzer-
and, any where, everywhere, he will tind it |
he same. A stranger will be a stranger in |
Ill places when abroad, but when he. enters
he church i'll any country he feels that he
not stranger there Why 5a eaeiMg a eh 9ds
y demands that, universally demands that !
It was from the first. 1t will be to the end. |
II we were to follow custom in this thing
where would we stand to-day9 What LAM
suaSe OF the present was the language of
he past4 They have all changed. They
are changing. The language CT the church
s what it was from the first. In eyery
he ic 1<,t,
'ongue. In our prayer books the Latin is
mere, and the opposite page or section is
is translation to suit every language Our
costume is matter of talk. This stole,
worn as Il badge of honor or of power by
he Romans, and especially by the Roman
orators, was adopted by the church and be-
anne an emblem of those orators which
we're to go forth and continue teaching the
ny stellous doctrine and the Incompetent
IDLE doSmas of the Crucified. If we were
o follow the fashion we would be like the
aides, continually changing the Dress We
prefer to cling to the old, fearing that in
oslng the form we might lose some of the
ubstanee. 1t was never dreamed of by
Ihrist or his Apostles that local church
'e preached. The preaching was to be ,
card i'll all lands, and by all tongues.
Inc Roman See was founded by the
,rInce of the Apostles, and of one calling ,
lmself an Apostle of God, Paul. Thence
.iio grace, ana ramIhed the doc {
rine, that converted and saved thousands.
where would we be to-day had our fore
atners not been brought into the pale of
ne church by the Bishop of Rome Would {
re not be the children of Pagans, and pa :
ans4 AS strange as this may sound to !
ONE, there has never been any people, or 5
ny tongue converted from heathenism =,
nd barbarism by any other than those sent .
Ut IRON the Mother See, and by the SUI !
RENE Bishop, or Pope Patrick was sent :
the Irish by the Pope Celcstiu. Patrick +
as not then term of reproach 1t was y
ONES proudest and noblcst title. The q
ranks were later brought in by the con G
erslon OF Clovis, baptized by tie Bishop +
emlgeus. Gregory sent Augustin to Eng r
lhd, VINO converted the fierce Saxoms. a
ermany, Switzerland, Scotland, every M y
on or State of the world adopted the doc Y
Inc OF Jesus as taught by Rome \
The delupa of harha risu, ,,.hiel, s.ra..