The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-12-06
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Rev. M. RIshcHS Sermon RevIoWoa.

PuSAAaAGo At1 AVNNuEu uuu VuIEtgIEU
manuscript. Some OF bis mistakes
have prudently disappeared, and fol
the reassertion OF others he can no Ion,
ger plead Ignorance. The Catholic
Church courts the most thorough aud
impartial investigation. She has moth,
Ing 70 fear from Ignorance, false hIBto.
~, calnmHy and misrepresentation,
Tho ordinary weapons OF her aSsaIlants,
Let every honest man then examine
carefully for himself and take no au.
thority Ut second hand.
The substance OF Mr.. FIshers dis.
course, by his own showing, Is taken
from the most blgoted aud One-sIded
sources. He quotes SOhatf, Edgar's
i'VariAtlons," Glllett's "Llfe and Time
OF Huss," The London Times, the Brit.
ISL Quarterly, Appleton'S AHnt.a, Ovclo.
pedtd, the t'ygdGls CASTELAR, and Dc
L'Ariege, the creoRltVitAicdted friAr
Hyaclnthe, tho condemned JanBeulst
Dnpln, erroneously quoted as "Rom.
ish," and HdTper'S Md06stae for De-
Cember should be added 10 the list.
The only Catholic authorities mem
toned are Cyprian and TertulIlan,
whose texts are not specified; q passage
from tho New York Tablet, which 10
correct, and the "RomAn" historian
Heiele, vol. I, p.7. II by this latter
name Is meant the learned Catholic
Doctor Heiele, OF Tublngen, who wrote
"HiAtory OF the Councils" 30 far
from his saying anything 10 favor the
assertion that the first eight Councils
were convoked by the emperors, he
completely Tefute8 Il. Let Mr.. Fisher
tell 10 whom he means by the "Roman"
Historian Hefele.
The sermon Of Mr.. Fisher reminds
me OF the Witty description Of Mag
pes nest by the poet YrIRrte. There
are IN II rags and tags and bobLallB,
bits and scraps, odds and ends from all
quarters. l shall condenBe the subject
OF his borrowed materials and answer
very briefly. II any man wants more
Information on any OF these subjects
which space will not permit me TO
develope, let him come out under his
own name and he will get Il.
HotO can Ue kil0ID a general OOHRciL
since Tho conditions Of ecamenictty are
aadeeIded2 Answer: They are not I'M.
decided. We can tell general Councils
only after they are ended. There have
been eighteen 80 lar. All Catholios
admit this. II II Ia 30 hard 10 tell a
general Council how do you explain
this unanlmity2 A general Council is
q historical fact. When the Council
Of the Vatican is ended we can tell
whether It is general or not as easily as
we can know a meeting OF Parliament
or 0 session OF Congress.
Is tho only Scripture warrant for Gem
crdL Councils In The apostolic 8y1.od Of
Jerusalem? Answer: No, II there nev.
or had been a council at Jerusalem, the
Catholic Church would and could hold
councils. On this head the sermon
says the apostles have left no success.
sors.' Here then Is n difficulty. The
apostolic Council OF Jerusalem passed
a law forbiddlng Christians to eat
'strapgled meat or blood.' That law
does not bind now, Who abolished II
No poIOeT n e11oT to that Of the apostles
could dnnth their decree. Who author
ICES Us now to eat rare beeisteAks and
blood buildings, II there Is no apostolic
power In the church to dispense from
the ordinance Of the apostolic synod
OF Jerusalem2
The priests and Iaity are not rcprcScat-
cd ~ General Councils! Answer: The
UntVcrS, Catholic journal oil Paris, In
Its issue OF Nov. q, gives q list OF three
hundred aud Scventy priests and Idyuscn
and others not exercising episcopal ju-
risdictlon, who will assist ct the DELHI
erations OF the approaching Council.
Some Of the cardinals who will be most
influential In It are only priests. Carr
dlnal BarnRbo, head Of the Propaganda
Is only a priest; Cardinal Antonelli is
only u deacon. The sermon contradicts
Itself. II says that there were at the
opening OF the Council OF Trent five
generals OF orders and the Imperial COm.
nttSstonerS.' These were not bishops.
The sermon coutradicts Itself again. II
says that the first eight councils were
convoked by the Emperor that all but
two ofthem were presided over by the
Emperor or his Commissioners and
that the decree OF the first three were
ratified by the same civil dlgnitary.'
Surely this ls lay representation with a
vengeance. How then can II be true that
mo mere priest can sit In O General
Council and that the brethren, have 10
voice there2'
The Council Il not general because
ProteStdntS and Greeks SchiSulrticS will
not DC represented in Il. Answer: Was
the late General Assembly Of Presby-
teriAnB defective because the Eplscopa-
lians and Catholics were not represent
ed there2 General Grant does not rep.
resent the chief executive power Of the
United States, because q million of a
minority voted against him. All the
laws Of the United States made during
the war, were Invalid because the seces.
sionists were not represented In Con-
gress.. Such 10 The logic of, the sermon.
The Reformation was an unjuatlilRble
religious secession. Tie Catholic
Church will admit her TebeIllous chill.
dren toioltizenship II they agree to take
the oath OF allegiance. BY n very res
cent letter OF the Popo 10 Archbishop
Manning. published In last weeks
Catholic Mirror, full opportunities are
afforded To Professionals TO present their
views and objections 10 the Council.
This letter Is later than the one alluded
to In the aermonG The Pope ia polite.
He Invites hts dIBohadlent children to
listen TO him. The 'Presbyterians are
not courteous. The Catholics feel very
much hurt that they we're not invited
to the funeral Of the Old aud New
School iuthe,late General Assembly,
There Is no liberty Of discussion in the
Oathotio Church or in General Councils.
Answer: The history OF the Council OF
Trent Ia one Of continual. discussion.
On last Thanksgiving Day Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher, one Of the ablest Pro-
teBtant ministers In the country, said
that the Catholic Church was like u
tenement house, there were so many
families In II. always quarrellIng and
dlsputlng.1 The sermon was reported
In the Tribune. Whom are we TO be-
lleye, Mr.. Fiaher or Mr.. Beechef?
Tho Pope'S syllabus Is opposed to lfb>
erty Of conscience, and q free press.
Answer: The Pope 10 opposed 10 that
liberty OF the press which Ia more pro-
perly called licentiousness. The Pope,
like all good Christians, does not wish
papers like the Police Gazette and Tho
Days DofngS to circulate in families.
The. Pope's syllabus Is opposed to
works like EdRar's Variations which