The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-01

raj days fast viii be proclamed on the dss liked,
sae Sth OF December the assembly WIN Walk IN
solemn procession TO 81 Peters where, on this occa-
sion, the Papa throne win be erected the end of the
uansept ana the altar OF the Council Ia the centre,
tle stalls Tor the Fathers being grouped around IT,
1he rope his eg2te VIII then celebrate high mass
and IN The prayers the Holy Ghost viii be especially
invoked TO all present lnli remission OF their SINS
WIZ next DC announced, and blessings VIA DC
invoked both GA the Pope ana the assembly, the
Pope chanting thrice, "Ut hdnc Saactu Sgflodli1G ef
digReisr After this the President-Ihe Pope or his
iegate-puts the question, sDoes u please you, SO
TRINITY, tAs Father, the son, and the dolly Ghost to
the increase ana augmentation OF the faith and the
Carl-tiau relgloa, to Cue determination OF helesy,
the peace anu unity OF the Church tue Improvement
OF tue clergy and tue Christian people, 10 the sup
preston ana extinction OF the enemies of the CHRIS.
tan nane, TO resolve ami Ia declare that this CoUt-
ca do commence and have commemorate The PiaCet
having been given, the next meeting being fXea,
tae Ambrosian hymn OF praise Is sung, ana the
assembly disperses- And what naXtY
Profound mystery snrouds the proceedings. And
~ b psraAs We nay zen our readers III secret VIA
Ny nave learned on very good authority. Ihiee
things VIII be done the Council, which IS not 10
last mora than three weeks altogether. The three
Things VIII be the declaration OF the naibillty OF the
rope, which Is 20 be proposed at the beginning OF the
meetings by an English prelate; the dof'patizel
syllabus wlil DO made law; and, further the dogma
OF the Assumption OF the Virgin derived from two
apocryphM writings OF tho hith century, VIII DC pro-
Claimed. We hope to return 10 all three.
80 much FOR the WORK vi the session. This CouD-
GU VIII IN many ways oe different irom It's predcccs-
sors. From Aiciea 10 Trent, they always used 10 oe
convened III order to devise means against some
special enemy, be 1t Aras OR Luther, Henry IL. OK
FREDERICK H., the Saracens W the tempags.
consideration, as nj tue fourth Laterau council
tue yellow patch was made cauonlca Casualty,
also, as az the iiith Lateran Council, The lar lor-
uefiI aed al Lyons was transferred 20 Geneva, and
the ike important matters But generally there was
some very special ana pressing emergency, some
seIsn, some Aasraut error or scan1a 10 Oe Aet ~
solemn colciave, convoked generally BY botn the
secular anu the spiritual powers. what ls tAis
Council convened Ior2 The Eneyclcal says
Is well known " IA :
now saaHel. by lhe most bitter enemies u God anu
men has the Catholic Church and is sautary aud
venerable power and the authority o this Apostolic
see been assaulted saoIei ,anas
bishops ana highest dsnarle and Catholic
an s al tn 81 ss bSos. 'r saa
Journals have been spread abroad.
be most accurately exauliaed an9 determined, which
ence to the greater CORY Of God Inc integrity Of Inc tah
me worthy eeenfaoq o. dsae Worship ana re everlasting
the clergy and tue obser 81 the ecclesiastical laws the
most intense easernoss we must strive with ODDS GOOD help
TO remove AL er both from IAe Church andiy society
"Nec credo qtod Pd4a poSSH Scire tot3ull Qitod
iHotest Jdcefe per- po.ehttGA skdn," writes the Au
gustine monk Augustine lrioafo, OF Ancona, IN ms
'Sun OF the Power OF tue Churchill do not believe
that the Pope could know al tnat ne can 40 by his
power" tie shows IN that book that lie Pope mas
not merely power over heaven ana he'll bat also over
purgatory, and by his lndugeuces couia clear IL at
once, only 10 thinks that ne had better not
do IL II he can help II. fiUs IN, who some
how or other has cCntrlved "a lose ine pest
the wrong with the secular Powers, with all LAZY
tnat same itay winch once Gallea him a. her cham
piOn anu llberator, and which now, with the last
remnant Of pogs patience awaits his death t. crown
herself at kome-iaay do All he says. The world
may fail at his feet when The syllabus s proclaimed,
when the blessed Virgins assumption Is made INTO
dogaia and whe9 re is iBfalhble, he and every
sugie Pope that ever lived. But percasnce II may
not. II not, lie may lmltate the example OF beBe.
duet Nil. who forsiken by ali Christianity. reared
70 Ills castle OF Ieuiscoa, there 10 pronounce ms
auatnena over all ChIistendom. Aud when the
Council OF Constance had formally Geposed hlm tie
pointed 10 his few faithful monks AMI said.-"At
Pensc0la ana not III Constance, dwelis the church:
even as III Aoans .Afh, there was WHOM assembled
all humanity
And indeed though at Rome and though In the
midst OF his prelate5, about whose poor part III the
whole transaction We shall yet have TO speak, Plus
IL. already sits In grim solitude. The last para
graph VI the syllabus declares 1t damnabe error
10 suppose that the Pope 'can or ought TO reconcile
himself ana come To al understanding GecOitc{QTe
et conp0ae3eJ WITH progress, liberalism aud modern
Never mas the curse pronounced by innocent III.
upon our Magma Cbarta aad the balons that framed
~ Deen abroga Ell, Dnt has grown and spread since
alld two worlds rest under its shadow IN peace.
That disgrace to tue English natiou,f that citing
Of no account" which, III Its thousand reflections
and images, has now become the supreme law oil
nearly all ciYiiNed naAlons, shall they, shall We,
abrosate II at the CouuciVs biddingg Or snail not
the winds OF heaven carry back to Rome Us own
weird cry echoed by Wnole world non poSounlus?