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duty TO REJECT theW Inc preseht houl
is solemn. The Church passes through
one of the most violent, dark and decisive
crises of its existence here below. For
the first time in 300 years an Ecumenical
Council is not only cohvoked, but declared
necessary I; such is the expression of the
Holy Father. 1t is not in such moment
that preacher Of the gospel, were he the
last of all, can consent to remain as the
mute dogs Of Israel, unfaithful guardians
whom the prophet reproaches as unable to
bark. Canes multi, non ralentes lGtrare.
The saints were never silent. am not
one of them, but nevertheless | belong to
their race, fiji sanctorum sum,tS, and |
have always been ambitious to place my
steps, my tears, and, if necessary, my
blood, in the tracks which they have left.
| raise, therefore, before the Holy Father
and the Council my protcstation as Chris
tian and preacher against these doctrines
and practices, calling themselves Roman,
but which are not Christian, and which in
their encroachments, always most audacious
and most baneful, tend to change the con.
stitution Of the Church, the basis as well
as the form of her teaching. and even the
spirit of her piety. | protest against the
divorce, as impious as it is insane,
which it is sought to accomplish between
the Church, who is our mother according
to eternity, and the society of the nine
teenth century, of whom we are the sons
according to the times, and toward whom
we have also some duties and attachments
| protest against this more radical and
dreadful opposition to human nature, which
is attacked and made to revolt by these
false doctrines in its most indestructible
and hottest aspirations. protest above
all against the sacrilegious perversion O
the Word of the Son Of God himself, the
spirit and the letter of which are equally
troddcn under foot by the pharisaism o
the new law. 1t is my most profound
conviction that if France in particular ant
the Latin races in general are delivered
over to social, moral and religious anarchy
the principal cause is without doubt no
in Catholicism itself, but in the manner
in which Catholicism has during long
time been understood and praqticed.
appeal to the Council about to meet tc
seek for remedies for the excess of oul
evils, and to supply them with as much
force as gentleness. But if fears in which
| do not wish to share come to be reali.
zed, If the august assembly has not more
liberty in its deliberations than it has al.
ready in its preparation if, in word, il
is deprived of the essential characters Of
an Ecumonical Council, [ will cry to
God and men to call another truly united
in the Holy Spirit, not the spirit of the
party, and representing really the Univer-
sal Church, not the silence Of some men,
the oppression of others. ''For the heart
of the daughter of my people am hurt /;
| am black; astonishmcnt hath taken hold
on me. Is there no balm in Gilead? Is
there no physician there? Why then is
not the health Of the daughter of my pco-
pie recoveredT Jeremiah viii. In fine,
| appeal to your tribunal. 0 Lord Jesus
Ad tuum Domino JeSu tribunal appello.
1t is in your presence that | write these
lines; it is at your feet, after having
prayed much, reflected, suffered and wait
ed much, that | sign them, | have conf
dence that if men condcm them on earth
you approve them in heaven. That is
sufficient for me living and dying.
FIR. HYAeINTHE,
Superior of the Barefooted Carmelites
of Paris, second preacher Of the order in
the province of Avignon.
Paris-Passy, Sept. 20, 1869.
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