The New York herald., 1869-12-08

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winch the Council Of Nice had psocaimed. namely.
tnat God the Son - consubstantial and coequa WIN
Goa tue Father; and also that our saviour nao
human ~ wen as divine nature, or that ne was
'.perfect GOD ana perfect man. Hardly, however,
hadrne jrst C0un'l Of Oonstantinople closed i1 s-
tings ana pronounced Its decisions decisions WHICH,
by The way, were confirmed by the Pope OF Rome
before they were promugatedh when new neresy,
speculative, OF course as coming from tho Easrerns
broke out and to combat ir the Council OF EpHesus
the tnird upon my list, was conyoked In Al. Inc
Council OF Nice ana the First Council OF Constants
spectng Tie divine natnre OF God the Son. aud mad
also spoken out and proclaimed tine opinion tnat
Jesus christ hau no human nature to be erroneous
But as yet the Church had not oclay, so 10 speak.
defined ia wnat manner OF now Christ was tne bon
| OF God.
About the year A. d. 40 or AIS, Eestorius nm
aIchprest in Constantnople, began to teach that
there were IN Jesus Christ two persons united; tat
the son Of God beug one OF these persons, mad VINO ~
sancdcd the otAer or human person. but that rhe
former had never died, mad never sunered anu had
not been born Of the Virgin Mary. Consequently tnat
| he was born at bethlehem, and who suffered and
died On the cross was tue human nature ana human
| form; out thai Ae who had assembled into heaven
was the divine nature OF the same beng. To COM
| bat tDIs d0cbrlne, wlfch seems TO us westerns a
KIND OF word playing almost upon sacred SUBJECTS,
| the uouncil oI Ephesus was called together, ana
affirmed that Christ mad divine ana human nature
anu tDlt Dutn were united In the divine person: that
It must oe SAID or Christ, and therefore oi COD, that
| lie was born OF the Virgin Mary, suffered, died,
arose again aud in the same divine person assembled
INTO heaven. Ihs proceedings OF tno Couacl OF
Ephesus were confirmed at Rome, and Nestofius was
condemned. But the hereSy exists stl III the East
and Is prolessed By very large body OF people
called the HISTORIANS who reside chcny In the prov
Ince near the size OF The ancient Nlneyan But before
the Council Of Ephesus mad terminated its sitting
a4otef aeresY aiso speculative and also from among
doctrine OF Eutychus, head OF monastery at Con-
stanunop.e Nes!orlus had denied tae unity or the
person OF Jesus Christ; EutJclus denied the duality
Of His natures Hero tlose who held WIN the ma.
jority defeated. The Council was held TO DC or
no eject as regards It's later decisions and e blsh-
ops appealed 10 another general Council which was
held ut Chalcedon In a. d. 45i, and anirmcd tnat
CHRIST was c0nsubstantia with God the Father as
reyald ded Ills divinity, and C0nsubstant!al vita man
as regarded HIS humanity; perfect IN HIS humanity.
perfect ia Ills divinity, true God and true Man, with
out con usion change OF either natures not divi.
ded, but united, or one only Son OF God-the WORD
made uesh.
Saint Pescr's Church-Thc Council Hall.
At St. Peters tho works are completed. We men,
toned in special letter from Rome, that nm I'M
mense carpet had arrived from Berlin to cover the
Pontiiica platform and the open space between the
two episcopal hemicycles. The walls OF the transept
forming the Council Hall are covered with draperies
painted in distemper, and representing the Popes
and principal HISTORICAL pers0nageS VINO nave distM-
guished themselves In past Ecumenical Councils.
To the right and LETT OF the 0a besides the Ralle
@ % & Tue y ns s ns"
gans, are TO be seen two other galleries or trounes
one termed disi'tta. and the other dfstintssfnad;
the former IL destined for ambassadors and other
persons Of high rank while the latter, graced with
the superIaye adjective Is for sovereigns or royal
take seas there II so disposed, but merely specta
tors.
No other class Of tho public will be admitted.
THE MILITARY GUARDS.
The organization Is completed OF the Pontifcal re-
serve volunteers, sort OF CIVIC guard, destined to
aud gories or tue informal service OF the
city, Ike the Palatlne Guard, with this differ
ence that ,he latter Is prncpaiy composed OF SHOP
among the NOBILITY and the upper middle classes
foreign as wen as Roman, receiving no pay and
They are TO wear little hat, q Ia 6erSagtele, with
cap0ns' feathers, dark blue tunic and trousers
with green lacings, ana bun leather belt.
They are TO Carry 0sff,eS de paecasi0l--Remlngton
rifles. The corps IS to be commanded by an onlcer
detained IRON the regular army. lis strength was
calculated, aCc0ruing to the original plan, at 500
men, but hitherto only 4S5 have been enrolled, orm
Ing iOur companies under the orders OF Princes Lam
ceilotl and AldobraudinIa, ana the two Iaarquiscs
Patnzi. These volunteer riacmen deserve notice la
mater exclusively devoted 70 the Ecumenpa al Coun.
Gil because they had made earnest applicaton ior
the honor OF dong duty az 81. PEERS during The
Council, before sAe favor was granted them.
Parties in the Present Council.
Special correspondence collected from o1iciciai
sources in Rome, convey some very precise in1orma-
tion as TO the attitude assumed by the various Sec
tions OF the Catholic Eplscopate In respect to the
Council Yhe hoy See counts on the complete
adhesion of the Italian ana American bisnops. The
Preach Episcopate will form three parLies-namely,
the UiLramontanes, the Galicans lied by the Arcn-
bishop OF Paris aud the Liberals theaded' by the
Blsnop OF orleansl. The German bishops Will be
favorable TO the Court OF Rome on some questions,
but w.ll yenementiy oppose 1t Oh others particularly
those OF political and social character Tue Hun
Qarian bishops viii be almost wholly IN opposition,
ana the same spirit IS evlnced by the bishops OF
two executions Is entirely devoted to The Holy See
Altogether the Vatican IS dissatisfied. IL Is secure OF
majority. but TINS VIII in some cases be very mar,
row. there is reason 10 believe tat taa p0ltlca
questions VIII be warmly, not passolately, DIS
cusscd.
Tvysn fNavsn nrn9 sSuyoreS0ns and tJe Pam
Attitude of the Priaces Towards tho CounciI.
In the bull "terni Patrsu Of the goth June, 1863,
the Pope, without formally inviting the sovereigns
aud merely expressing hope "that not only would
they not hinder the bishops from coming to the
Council, but that they would favor and concur with
them with the greatest zeal as Is dttng for Catholic
princes in everything that has for aim the greater
glory Of God ana the advantage of the said Councils
left O door open for negotiations il the temporal
soyereigns thought proper to commence them WITH
view Of being represented in the assemhage.
on the Goth Of September Prince Ohio OF bavaria,
brother 10 the King, arrived In Rome. The Prince
was received by the Pontincal Court with degree
OF attention such as Is usually paid only to crowned
head. Not only was he immediately waited upon by
Monsignor Rlcci maestro al camera OF his Holiness
but this funcsionary was quickly followed by Mon.
signor Pacca, the maicrlomo; and, lastly, Cardinal
Antonel visited the Prince, an honor his aminence
10 slow TO concede TO kings. Rome was as
tonishsd that tleso batteries arc rendered
to the brother OF o monarch whose minister
issued the famous circular on tho Council
The following Is the text OF an autograph letter
subsequently addressed by the King Of Bavaria TO
the Archbishop OF Munich on the occasion Of the
meeting OF the German Bishops at Fulda:-
sN. nf eLINDRRHoF, Oct. 21, 1909.
MY DEAR ARCHBISHOP--I received with pleasure
the pastoral OF the assembled prcates which you
were kind enough TO acnu me- read Win Tue
ioco to ind expressed IN It the conviction OF The
German bishops that the approaching Council WIN
proclaim no doctrine In contradiction with the prn-
cipcs OF JuRtice, with the right Of the state and
those who represent It's authority, with the true
interests OF science or WIN the legitimate liberty aud
welfare Of the populations. hope that the spirit OF