The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-27
E. u r g p e
The General Council in Rene and Hopes
and Fears Of the Papacy.
Review Of the Councils Of the
Church.
British Feeling Towards the Royal
Family.
ROME.

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The Geuenal Council of tho Church-Ifs De
cisions FOregono Observation-Disclosures al
the Jesuifs at the Vatican and la the Sacred
Coiege-PrOera mme OF the Deliberations oil
tie COnlcii--ssReactiOn''t the WatchwOrd OF
I0nian Policy Parallel Between Plus TX.
and the s-uItnn-The POpe's Love for Great
SaOws--Retrospect OF General Councils
BLESSING Upon Isniy-ForeIsn Hciations-
~Jaarez Received Lto Favor.
ROME June 20, 1868.
rius X after much wayerin5, has issued his nat
fol- the assembly Of q General Council OF The Catholic
Church at Rome O. the sth OF December 1869. His
Holness consulted tae Ca mails on this matter, pro
s7sa, Ia The secret Cons story he'd the I3d inst.
Their EN- nences were OF course unanimous in ap-
p.oyiDx the measure proposed 10 them. use the
expression "of course because Jesuit influence has
long since crushed our any independent expression
OF opinion IN the Sacred College. The Pope himself
LIZ n mere puppet III the hands OF this ndomitable
Order, whose evil counsels may be traced in
all tae reactonary pollcy Of the Church during
the last lew years Woe To the ecclesiastic
no matter what may be his rank, who
his once incurred the suspicion OF being tainted
with "liberalsm." There is no lngui5ition now to
MAKE short work OF him. but the Jesus surely hunt
down their victim until they cXtOrt recantation
that destroys him morally, or worry INN into pre-
mature grave. Recent Instances have but too well
eXemplihed their relentless hate, and the power
which their vast organization coners to crafty It,
The Pope at first, by no means reshed the idea Of
General Council. Such assemblies had too often
proved like unruy Parliaments and imposed their
will upon the Pontitfs who called them into exist
ence. The Council OF Constance, which sat from
1al4 TO 14ls and WAS one of the most solemn and
universa ly attended general councils ever held pro-
in at fha dpofs ~ hnde ia
superior to the authority Of the Pope himself. The
reverend wre-pulers Of the Pontincal Court ind 1t
dircult Ii impossible matter to stine dssentient
voices in an assembly OF men brought from all cor.
ners OF the EARTH At the last canonization and ST.
Peters centenary festivals bishops Of distant sees
came TO Rome, chafng under the encroachments Of
the Ponifcal central power upon their independence
aud the espionage established them by the
Jesuits There are Catholic bishops and clergy who
not sound upon the doctrine OF the temporal
power, who think that the Church should adapt her.
cell 10 the progress OF the age and instead seeking
to slut out light rather light the way. such men
could not but feel deep disgust at the patent Inn.
morality and corruption or Roman herarch,cal gov
eminent and the utter servhity Of the cardinals to
the Will OF the Vatican.
Still, II must be said there are few such men, In
Europe, at least, and even those make no sign.
Some, indeed, have humbly recanted from their
pestent error OF daring to think Tor themselves
Father Passaglia for exampie-and have besought
to tie received back into the fold OF orthodoxy which
Is now synonymous with bigoted spirit OF reaction
ern thought. We see the French clergy acting as
jealous instr 1ments OF the Roman Jesuit Camarilla
and doing their best to overthrow the bert OF the
Galican Church. The Archbishop OF Paris alone
stands excepted. Mgr Darboz has therefore been
marked LOT persecution the nrst fruits OF which
manifested In the obstinate refusal of the Pope to
confer upon him one OF the vacant hats notwith.
standing the repeated solicitations OF the Emperor.
The SHINING lights oil the konsh Church In England
are, ike their French brethren, more Popish than
tue Pope himself and bow their necKs TO Rome as
subnissivey a subject OF tie Great Mogul before
under jesuit influence; 30 also la spain and Austria
Fr2m what quarler, then could we look, In gene.
raj assembly OF Catholic prelates FOR Independent
outspoken advocacy OF Church policy more conso-
pant with the spirit OF the ases Such manifesto
should U ei be- pTomoted by men Of talent and
reputation. VIII there be found any such among
the american Csthodc prsaies to make an effort
evidently anticipate no more opposition In the COM
Ing General Council tnan they experienced IN pro-
mugat,ng the famous syllabus which sublimely
sunied To set bounds 10 scientific progress and pho
sophical inquiry In iact Que Of the objects proposed
by TIE Genera. Council Is to confirm In Q solemn dOg-
matte form tue declarations OF the syllabus. IL Is
expected, also, that the doctrine OF the temporal
power will he clothed with the authority Of a dogma
AMI imposed up the faithful such. They will
probably not had II more diticult OF digestion than
That OF tue Immaculate conception, also propounded
The Pontaca bull In which Plus TX. summons O
General Council Of the Church for the sth December,
1862 was formally promulgated this morning through
out Rome, and Is by tins time ON its way to the ex.
tremtes oil tAe earth. AT eight o clock TO-DAY the
apostolic notaries. precede by ecclesiastical messen-
gers repaired with great Ceremony to the Vatican
basllca. The bull was there read aud afterwards
Affixed to the great gate OF the ed.nce. Copies
also affixed 10 The gates OF the Lateran BaiIlca the
Lberiana and In several other places. The document
itseil Ii couched in the spri that which dc
tted the recent Pontincal alocutton upon Austrian
religious affairs, AMI conclusivey shows that the
Church OF Rome, far from aoating one jot Of her
Gent pretensons seeks rather to extend and estab
llsn them upon more positive bass.
IL will be seen from the paper tGat the Pope and
his advisers leave nothing for the Council to origin
ate SET OF propostoas VIII be placed before me
confirm. Plus TX. has q passion for rendering his
POntlhcate remarkable In the annals OF the Church.
he has promulgated sy labus which, with respect
10 science and Intellect, parOdcd Canutes command
20 The sea-"Ihus far shalt thou go aud no farther"
Then he has added a considerable reinforcement TO
tne army Of SAINTS, aud thus canonizatlon en- nadsse
was followed by the great centenary festival OF St
Peter. grand Ecalnencal Council OF the Church
Will form magnificent Climax TO reign already so
distinguished, and the Pope once treasured as To the
undOubted docllity OF an Overwhelming majority In
such an assembly, has taken up the idea with great
ardor.
There is something pathetic in the blind faith with
which Plus Ia cings TO the traditions OF the past In
spite OF the manifold sgns that ~ every quarter In
dictate tine failing fortunes vi the Papaoy The loss Of
hai ms provinces, the growing dsaucction TO the
CDurch N italy, the emancipation OF Austria from
the COncordat convey warning 10 the sovereign
Pontiif, who seems indeed, to have adopted the
famous mot OF Louis Xv.:-"Apres mot u deiuge.n
There have been moments III which he has expressed
conviction oil tue near approach OF some great cri
times the brave Old has said, 81 shau he found
al my post; come what may, shall never desert II y
Meanwhile the pontincsl court exists upon the
cdrIe dem prime pie. Ia sever, respects curious
parallel might be drawn between Plus TX. and the
Sultan.
Tie General Council now convoked win be the
twentieth recorded In ecclesiastical annals. The
nrst Council Of the Christian Church met at Jerusa-
lem jn the 5Jth year OF Lord in order establish
tue conditions on which Gentle converts should be
admitted TO baptism. ~ was then decided that such
converts should not undergo preliminary circumcl-
Sou nor be subject TO the ceremonial inunctlons OF
the Mosaic law Nice the OF the second coun-
Gil, A. d. 1915, In winch the assemble cd preates enun.
cated the doctrine Of the SoE Of God IN opposition TO
tue Arian hercsy. The third Council, held ut
C0nstannople IN the year 1871, under Iheodosus the
Great, confirmed the doctrine OF the Holy Ghost.
The fourth Council CO.. yOked at Ephesus I'm 43l, and
the NTH, at CacedOnia Ia 46l defined the dogma OF
the union Of the divine aud human natures in Jesus
Christ. Between A. ID. 5j3 and $50 followed three