The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-12-11

MEssRs. EDITORS - The following
questions may serve to refresh the
memory Of many Of your readers In the
History Of the Roman Church, as also
to I'LL upR leisure hour OF Rev. DR..
Brann'a time In their answers:
!. Is there any reason to doubt that
the extent ofjurlsdiction belonging to
the Blshop OF Rome In the fourth cen.
fury. were Campania, TusCia, Umbria,
Plcsnum Suburblcarlum, Siollia, Apu-
lin, Calabria Bruttium, Lucania, Sam
mum, Sardinia, Corsica and Valera,
and these only; and that whilst the
Bishop Of Milan was called the Vicar
ofItaly, the Bishop OF Rome was but
Vicar OF the city, and had no authority
beyond those limits until the donation
OF Pepin and Charlemague In the 9Th
and 9th centuries?
9. Did all this territorial Jurisdiction
exceed In square miles this West Vlr-
ginia? Or was the area larger than that
Of the Episcopal Iurisdiction OF Bishop
WhelRn2 ......
8. Was the election Of Charles the
Bald In $40, as King OF the Franks, free
from wicked intrigue on the part Of
Pope John the Eighth We're not the
'Decretals' that gave such authority to
Roman Popes In the 9th century, pros
perry called the forged decretais OF
IsidoreP' nj
4. Why was 1t, that for nearly four
hundred years there was no eccle-
Biastical intercourse between Rome and
Carthage, except between the years $50
and 25S, when the letters OF CyprIan 70
the Bishop Of Rome were both frequent
and iuti,nate2 Or were these letters
forged long alterward r.. .........
What authority had the Bishop OF
Rome to NEEDLE In the African jurls.
dlotlon-the Patrlarchate Of Alexan.
drla? Was 1t not n miracle that the
testimony OF the same Cypran, on the
affairs OF the churches In Gaul, and
Spain. and even of Asia Minor, are go
full OF proof, OF the primary of the Ro-
man See, or may we suspect their Renu.
Ineness? a
I 6. On what reliable testimony do the
Acts and the Canons of the. Council OF
Sardlca, A, D. 347. rest, especially
such ~ form the basis or the Roman
Rupremacy2 TE' .E
0. When Clement and Urban were
rival Popes; or, when In 1914, Sylvester,
Gregory and Benedict each claimed
papal ptecedence; or when. Boniface
VII, John XIV and Benedict VIM reign.
ed at the same time; or, when Benedict
IN. Gregory vi, clement II. Alexander
MI reigned from 1859 to 118l-opposed
by four rivals, Victor, Pascal, Calixus,
and Innocent; each exercising iurls.
diotlon that has not In later times been
contested: where then lay the infalli~
bllity2 80. VVl
7. Were John XXII In 1880; Gregory
MI, 1903: John XIII In 14l5 and Eu-
genius Nv, 1447, who were deposed for
heresy, infallible2 taT...I. n
8; Was that sanity gentleman Alex
auder vi, the father Of the four male
Borgias, and the affectlonate sire OF
Miss Lucretia Borgia-infalllble?
Q. Was the conduct OF the grandson
OF Marcia q mark OF tnfallibillty,
whom his rapes OF virgins and widows
who made pllgrlmages to the tomb OF
81. Peter, caused them to desIst for fear
OF violations on the part OF his holi-
ness2 ....r, =,
10. DIdlnfallibility req utrs bastard
son, and grandson, and great grand.
son, each 10 NIL the chair OF ST. Peter
Because Pope Benedict IN appeared
after his death In the form OF bear
with the tail Of an asa, and declared
that he had defiled Peters seat, must
We Include him among the infalllhls
PopehH at.fN
II, Was the violation OF SIglsmond's
pledge Of cafe conduct that was given
TO John Huss and Jerome OF Prague,
In ldl4. II they attended the Council Of
Constance, caused by tho soldier Pope,
John the XX1I12 And II so was Il In.
falllble2 2... ul'.iJ
10. Was Pope Adrian frat infallible
when he told Charlemagne Of the DoS
nation OF Constantlne,' Of the provinces
OF the west and Italy, because Pope
Sylvester cured the Emperor's leprosy
BY the waters Of baptism and It was all
false.H l-t.-...'-I I