, 1869-07-26
THE ECUMENlCAL COUNCIL,
%uLlcCt% to be- Di~cuhACd-Thc Ienvta-
rim GlrGuInr.
IT Pail Hail G1:fstt uI the 9th contains the fol-

rim Circular.
IT Pail Hail G1:f:tt p1 the 9Th contains the fol-
loving:
"Ile arrangements Of the Gcumenlcal Council
teeilI TO assume SHAPE. There 4 III be q certal1
to The Frstt era,=a, each Of which viii be presided
ortr BY . Cardinal specially named BY the Pope
Us his tltufa EtW'ss, and the results will thea be
pTUc.ulmed tanuulcal Laws lii the sessions, pre-
tidea over t5 Thu Pops liIkrlt. There viii be
about ten or shesc sessions. bni they arc not 70
L. 8 "c;ercal pasltun.rnt," but assembl,gR, 10
which Certain propositions will Ike mad, and which
viii sote uFoa I'll. LII ty acclalnaton and without
any ilscutaun "hAsestr. The programme, az
at present nxcd, Eires f.s the respective sessions
the ft11owtnR suh1ccts: I. Pant5eIsm, RATIONAL
i1m, naturai!am. at,soluse rutionalls11, in nine
shrtts; tu0leEnte rattol4Ail5m, III seven theses;
2 lntiitcscLtsn., te1es.ntistn. IN four theses: 4,
foc!llisu, cUlIliuuutsfp, secret eOciet1e1, EIhle
societies, libefaiclrrical xocietc8 In SIX theses;
., erEp1s on tha Church and ita rights ID tAcnty
satsts e. error. o1, ruelrt, and IT, rrlatpn to she
Church ~ Ee,tnseen theses; I, CrTuts on natlral
und Christian morals, In ten theses: y, on tho
Christian Ear1aEe. III 'cH tlsckc5: Q, til thu sov-
erc'RntJ Of thc Pope OF Home, IN two thuses: 10,
vi huueth 1lbernlt.ln, IN fGur theses
1ke following cltcu!1t detpAseh upon tho forth
rLu1lbk G.cunvncul Council hns fpcn fcnt round
II iSs lsorn1nr, thT M,n,.er In1!1ent 10
hating flUm CsttoE!c La. arta Ia highly Eethafh-
hble:
"Mcftcti, ArrI ., tsea.
"1t rnJ tc ns.rfnr,i fuf lhc rfrsslt with err.
ta.nIJ fhat The tr~rpt rannc.l summoned t,y his
ttohnrtR lp1'e l'lns *. Wit rrany TAKE r1arc In
Lis t.nIIcll NIL! unyurstlpnah1y te visited 1r u
stft rfcnt n''thhtT 81 li'shtIs.fsUin aata Of thr
wofIl And he ntort' infnc:nIiy Nicilltd than 4tIY
yet knuHn. II "ll thrrt furr, rns1ltIlanA In thu
lie U1'lilnh ii thr tulhnlln wafl1 thr lofty xtH-
ltenlrt at.! that E!sh authority nteh bronxn to
nn ti.rnu,rhlrnl tu1tWH.
t'IthtEt u tnrt thealDR, IL not 10 i,r supposed.
rlLrr 4lrrlola III iha. hniurr rrGu.rnK tue Ns.!.-
tattt u eDHi!cil do hut ur ttr prssrnt Gull faf
ntl,iln. The utltY host..ntlr4l IL aifcs Which, ~
lrarn from rcTih:n thHrr". the powcra tu lt'tuu
would llAr % ~o t,rcIl!rt. end faE which tho
ss.' y! 'a wsi =. ~ ,s,aa, md !; ;s
!ntulAt t3 Vi tiic lopc. Ih!k question. however,
tarnutstf;rA thr hannda.iea u atntract EuIixtun.
much Il ncidtHtIy tue power III the Po|a.s over
aIl iIlIGtb md AatIons Evtn heErtlrn, In krcnlir
natt1a would tte ntllrt4 And rulsed 70 Ill article
tkriy to rtY.t the attention oi ali Hoyctuueut4
ruling oStr Catholics subjects upon tic couu-
eli tlt!r !uefrst or rather thtif 4l!xtctJ must e
Etill furtlrr heightened hen they reject upon The
preparations ihat hayc been tna.lc 10 carry thu
question, Bud tho a1filation {sotidur1ty y Ol the
committees organized In Home for that pn:pose-
Among these committees there il one in raftlcu-
u ncsr sta.e ecclesiastical tS.tAt:*4trcAliey)
naiteIE. Il is, therefore, without doubt, the
ull events, koulr questions Of a mixed character
u u Decided bJ The council AZ GorEohoratirc
lately pointed cut that oEc Of the Duties OF tho
forfhccmtrg council would hs IL consnrt fltt.
camuAtoYy clauses Of The rapal syllabus Of the ssh
OF Dcccnccr into positive canons or counctllar de-
crces. But this papEr LIS Irr4ttl rum, Plus
the catiera tkuIlc> NON, as these articles ot the
syllabas are DIRECTED aSutnst several Fundamental
aXloms Of clYi1 government, AZ It IL defined by
modern civlzed natIons, the seriou1 question
nst.cs Tor I hr governments whether aud In what
form thc5 might En4 It ulirisab1e to warn the
Bisht pa on tne one hand In their own Iom:nions,
and, on tho olncE hand, later perhaps,
.he council !tself, Of the solemn consequences
that hight follow 80 calculated and radical
rupture In the relations which huvc hitherto 1een
established between Church aEd Ssatt Tht ques-
tioh fQEther Af1ses whether It would not be wIse
that the governments Ahoud make a joint protcs-
talon through the!f accredited agents at Rome
against such C0Ec.nstpnS.'' .. ..
The diplomatic agents are then desired TO In
qntEc of lite HAr!D1B governments whether, II IN
Identical note t1lnot Ike addressed to the Roman
Court, III order not 10 1easc ii In uncertainty. u
conlcteuce Ut thelF Representatives might not be
arranged TO undertake tie coln1on heltfely Of
combine ed counsel.