The New York herald., 1869-12-08
The Syllabus or Platform Of Faith aud
Moral Discipline.

To-day the eighth day of December, ia the year o.
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty
nine, Will assemble in Rome an Ecumenical coun-
cil-or general hlararchlcal representano1--of the
Catholic Church. The prclatss come together in
obedience to the Pontlacai summons OF III Holiness
Pope Plus the Ninth They viii meet IN the Church
Of the Baslica CT So Peter, IN the Vatican, after
rayng iourneye cd from their different secs IN Europe
aud Asia, America and Africa, to the coamon cen
ire Of Catoc Christianity and the presence of the
Clief Bishop or visible earthly head cf their par
ticular form or worship and coununioni the pastor
or the many millions OF peoples who acknowledge
bis commission aud authority 10 preach and teach,
TO confirm in the faith ana TO discipline IN morals
and the every day routine duty Of man towards his
fellow man. and The community al large.
This Council IL called the First council OF tho
Vatican ald wiz pass into history a. the twenty
nrst Ecuineuical Council Of the Church, counting
from the FIRST held Nice in the year Sl5 o the last
council Of trent, he twentieth which met in the
year 1916 ana terminated is sitting in ihe year $685.
three hundred and SIX years since THIS iast named
council Was conyoked by Pope Paul the Third and
continued under Junus the THIRD and Fius the
Fourth; The present By John Maria Has.ai Ferrett,
the two hundred and fitY eighth poRtR from
Saint Peter-aceepung the Catholic version OF
Peter's position after the death Of our Lord aud
Saviour-uho was vested with the triple lara, the
Keys and the sword in tle year 1916.
The present assemblage wlll b3 more largely
attended. and consequently more universally Catho-
lie, than AMI OF those which have preceaed lt On
the latest previous occasion America was not repre-
sented in tue Council, as the Papal hierarchy had
tben been scarcely established in the newly dscoy-
cred soil To-day America sends full delegation
to Roue-ten arcnbshopa ana over seventy bishops
answering from North Arnee1ca alone, exclusive OF
the episcopgcy OF Mexco.
Months past the special correspondents or the
HERALD stationed at diHerent parts OF the globe re-
ported u oar readers the commencement OF The
episcopal migration towards the Eternal Cy, and
later and stn later, have we published their letters
chroDlc.ing the accumulation OF the bishops ana de-
voices In the ola World cItf centres and taeir hnal
aggregation IN Rome. From such sources
we have assured the people Of the safe
arrival Of Tie Most Reverend Archbishop OF
New YofE in the Holy CITY and noted the fact how
the two greatess works Of the age--the saez Canal
and the Pacific Raliroadsubserpel the transit o the
clerlcs Archbishop slien, OF Calcutta, India being
one OF the lrst 'lhroughu business paying pagsen-
gers or the canal, while Che Bsaop OF HoncIaln, IN
tho Sandwich Islands rode from san Francisco to
New YORK on the great Iron overland line, the first
railroad whiCa he had ever seen. Tae Punt1cal
summons ha3 been replied to from the SEQ of
Perth. In Western Australia, ana from those of
Dunedin, New Zealand, and Melbourne AMI sydney
aud other parts Of Ausrralase--belog the rst con-
seorated II ne newly discovered Territory; snd even
the last named oaulcs from the Cuff OF Carpentarla
10 Spencer guli, remaining vast antpodai terra
ncog7itc the day the last Council Of the Church
opened. Monsign0r HassouD, the Armenian Catholic
patriarch left Cunstantlnope with ten bishops on the
oil. whilo other dignataries have travelled Rome.
wards from the india seas and tue farof isles and
varied cimes OF the earths extremeat bounds; from
California from Central Asia from the slopes OF the
Lebanon and Rocky Mountains from Halifax and
New Brunswick aud Newfoundland, from New
England and Old England, Scotland, Prussia, North
Germany and south Germany and the scandinavian
countries, we'll as from Ireland, France, and
Spain and Austria ana the ancient aitbiuln Catho.
iic lands.
His Grace Archbishop Manning. OF Westminster.
England, VIII be aided by at least twelve bishops
ireland sends four archbshops and tWeniy-four
bishops, aud the revived sees OF Scotland wIl be
represeuted--faets which appear to almost Justify
the presty assertion OF the late Cardinal Wlseman
when DO said "seed must have been firmly planted
In tho lard by Augusrin wnen the hacked aud burnt
and charrod stump OF tue tree gives out suea green
and vigorous sdpllug5."
Ate Catholic ChHrch--E;s Organization and
Government.
at prcsent, the concluding days OF 1869, on the
last day Of November the Catholic Church was con-
tututed o. Tie PUpe ana diiy.soycn cardinals sery-
ing in Rome tee dGerent pa.rarchates, archbishop.
rlcs and DshoprIcs ~ other parts OF tho world mum.
berng l,o9s In ihe last number are enumerated all
the prelaies of tic Oriental churches which are in
communion with tue sec Of Rome-viz., those OF the
Armenian Catholics, ;ho Maronltes, the Greek Cstho-
ics the 5yrans, tho Bulgarian Greeks ana the Chal-
deans. Here u must be borne ID mind that the word
patriarch no longer signifies, ss In ancient times.
tho heau OF one Of the largest divisions OF tho
CHURCH, but is merely o uue. There are twelve
pstrlarChs in the Catholic Church who bear tho title
VIZ, the Patriarchs OF Constantnople, Alexandra.
Antioch, Jerusalem, Venice the West iudes, lisbon
Antioch Of tho Greek Meiehises, Antioch OF the Ma.
rontes Antioch OF tho syrians, Babylon Of the
Chaldeans and Ciicla ei the ArmenIans.
OF the herarchicai aggregate OF the Catholic
Church, aii over the world. although tis generally
set down Ia round numbers at one thousand the
pxaet total 10 nine hundred end ninstyfogr, q