The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-15
COLLEGE POINT R11AA cATH0lIc CaU1ca.
The Coming Ecumenical Council--i.ecturo by
pr. Farley.

The Coming Ecumencal CouRcii--Lecture by
Or. Farley.
Last evening an audience or about 200 people as
sembled in ST. Fidellfs Catholic church, College
Point to hear the Rev. Dr. Farley. OF Jamaica, dis
course upon the coming Ecumenical Council DR..
Farley is noted as an able preacher OF some forty
years. experience, and has travelled through
all Europe, preaching eloquent sermons in
the mother tongue of each country. AS the
coming Council is at present engaging the
attention OF al denominations the audience felt a
deep interest in the discourse and the reverend
speaker held them in rapt attention for more than
an hour. lie began by describing the miracles
worked by Almighty God to prove to the world His
divinity as the Goldman. The Catholic Church on
EARTH continued the speaker, sympolizes Christ
HIMSELF lie gave to His Apostles all power In
heaven and on earth, telling them thar whatever
they should loose on earth should be loosed in
heaven, and Whatever they should bind on earth
should also be bound IN heaven God, In His divine
providence, had decreed the mistress OF nations TO
become the centre ana foundation OF his lath and
had commissioned Peter 10 carry out His divine
intentions.
The speaker brought tears into the eyes OF many
OF his hearers by his vivid DESCRIPTION OF the neTse
cutions the Christians were subjected TO by the
pagan Powers. telling them that picty meekness
and patience had characterized the very outnour-
Ing OF their hearts blood Tor the revelations OF the
Goldman Tor mans salvation. He reviewed the pro-
gress OF Christianity as laid down In traditional
lief that Professionalism, like the schisms and heresies
OF the darker ages, might be looked upon as signal
faUuS-yeS, numbered among the things that were.
The enemies OF the Catholic Church imagine that TO
tn 20 away the powers OF the Pope he 1s de-
more grave mistake in the science OF human ma
ture. Take 1t away If you please, and
he Is as much Pope as when concealed
Caesars. The same God that existed then exists to-
day. The power that established the true CHRISTIAN
Church did not establish rock aud foundation TO be
destroyed by the pernictous winds OF sehisms and
herltcs. We were told years ago that the Pope was
AntlChrst, but we have had many Popes, and Anti
Christ has not been pointed out Without the POPE
there Is no real Christianity, and no mortal man,
separate from his authority, can place his hand on
who Is not with st. Peter Is with Christ He was
commanded by Christ to feed His lambs and sheep,
and 10 keep them In his custody. The Pope, there
fore, as the acknowledged head Of the true Church.
eSpouSes the principles of ST. Peter. aud watches
with an ever careful eye over the dock When any
difficulty arises as regards the faith, he convokes
council OF the bishops from the four quarters OF the
globe TO determine the faith as established by the
fathers. The object OF the Ecumenlcal Conncil il
not what has been previously stated. 1t has not the
power to frame new articles OF faith, or to take from
the established law. The faith was through
Jesus Christ aud being suflcent Tor mans redeni6
ton for eighteen centuries, could not consistently
be abrogated or desplsed at the present age. The
the nallibiity OF the Pope. Even IN the time OF the
pagan prosecutions councils were hed, and no
sooner had one Pope been martyred than another
was consecrated. ST. Peter held his councils and
received the inspired word OF the Holy Ghost
cordlng 10 Gods promise, in commanding hun TO go
and teach all nations. Ii was a singular fact that
none of the Popes had erred in declaring matters Of
faitn. The enemies OF the Church single out two
Liberlous and Demascus-but by violence the most
barbarons they were forced TO proclaim what their
very minds and hearts aDhorred. In the fourth cen
tury Arius denied the divinity Of the Goodman, and
In the fifteenth century Nest0ri0us denied the mater
nifty OF the Mother OF God, Both were excommunl-
Gated by an Ecumenical church. The See or Peter
Is invulnerable and whoever approaches 1t contu-
maciously VIII split in fragments. Professionalism
was reviewed by the speaker and Pere Hyaciathe
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