The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-10-17

4 of men have ever varied in tbn;, e same bodies
I thelr ehange and instability never Ing, and
tho 1919, your inquirer will consider eitt.t
tne oPtnion which is held by the Cbnrale itner
Ine ihialllplllty of its Judgment in las a. ~ t01
| whatever belongs to faith and 10 ou"eh1nlDg
what we ourselves have written rcspectina 70, o.
pI.IIIhheS ana Teaching authority of pats tne
VIII at once perceive that no room co = etet, he
AT the Council for the defence of errors ~ gwen
nave already been condemned, and 1l which
cU"aio nor nave invited non-Catholics to iiV
themselves of the opportunity afIorded ~ ia axan
| C9uncll IN which the Catholic CbnrcS .ns
wnicr tne en- I9relathers belonged gives neN
PROOF OF Its close unity and lille ,;ti. new
ana TO satisfy the wants of their sonfs
WITHDRAWING from state in which thsr "
not be sure Of their own salvation.1 '' can
Such is the tenor of the reply sapt g. -
Cumming through Archbishop Mnnn;o 1T
the Rev. doctor and his colleagues in ScpSiiio.Ii
imagined for one moment that the auvnst m
sem which Is about to meet would enter fer
INTO wrangIRg disputation with all the sae
which haze separated from the Church oe wv.
which now cover the earth like a swarm anu ana
Gusts G he wil now be disabused of his idea
But we apprehend that Dr. CUMMING a,t. Yea.
pated the nature of the reply, and ibat L;
only motive in coming before the world MI, ;ts
MS inquiries was to gain for himself .notor;etru
= Inc !ftter however, will do good. 1t will show
the hrmness and consistency of the HOLY Son
anu remove from the minds of many Of AZ
Scotch preachers of the gospel the conten,t
lnie luea which they must have formed of The
m
had nothing else to no than to enter tte aran
OF CONTROVERSY with every Scotch diSsentnr
that might differ from the doctrines of Rome
y somewhat general sensation has been nro
dHccd by II letter which Perc Hyacinth. -
lately addressed to the general of his orda~
He has luouuted the pulpit of Notre Dame e.
the last time, and is to quit lis monastery,
Perhaps it is as wen. For years back he bSss
been remarked FOX lis liberal views upon i'm.
Portant questions, aud le was looked unon
with disiaror and. suspicion by many in Rome
NcVCithcicss he retained his position MS preach.
CT OF -Notre Dame, owing partly to CouTt If
Hnce aud partly TO his own eyfraordina
talents The time fixed for the assemblin~ If
the great Council is now mt hand, and Psra
ilSaclhthe seizrs the OCCASION for letting the
world Know his views upon the matter He
writes Il letter to *ho general in Rome, corn.
planning of the accusations which have been
brought against him. Some years ago he Is
reported to have said that latter the majesty
OF God came the majesty of the conscieneeN
This principle he has now brought into onera
ton, for he leaves his closter, and refuses 70 |
mount the pulpit, because his general com. |
inanas MN :, to use a language or to preserve
silence which would not be the complete and
loyal expression of his conscience"
Inc general, 1T appears, according to what
We can CLEAN from his letter, encouraged him
III the beginning by his words of approval and
continued to do so up to a very late moment
The C ange was sudden, and therefore fell the
more heavily. How does he account for it
He traces the cause, not in the heart of his
Sehefal, Dut In the menaccs of an all-poYerful
party in Rome"
The Rev, preacher of'Notre Dame concludes
by viewing the present state of the Church
and in his references TO the Council his Ian
suage has outstepped the bounds of prudence
and has laid him open to a well-deserved re-
proof. lie says that I" the present hour is SOL
'mh, ana that the Church is passing through
,ne of the most violent, most obscure and most
decisive trials of her existence upon the Garth
For the first time during three hundred years
IN Gcumenical Council has not only been con-
RrI In rod q,
IMPRESSIONS of the Holy See. 1t is not at such
moment that n preacher of the gospel, even
we're he the least of all, could remain silent
ike the dumb days of Israel. raise then he.
ore the Holy Father and the Council, my pro-
cst as Christian and preacher, against
hose doctrines and those practices which are
allied Roman, but are not Christian, and which
n their eucroachments, always more audacious
nd more fatal, tend to change the constitu-
ion of the Church, the basis as well as the
1rln OF Instruction, and even the very spirit of
lety. l protest against the divorce, impious
well as foolish, which is sought to be effect
Il between the Church, which is our mother
'r eternity, and the nineteenth century, of
men we are the children for the time, and TO-
ards which We owe duties and love"
rms IS merely tile explosion of n mine whose
lniheU underground murmurings were heard
ears ago There is such thing as the pride
,!!!trI and the homage which he received
Hm thousands has weakened the powers of
IS n'iiid, and has left him under the strange
a illumination that he has just found out the
dI cal reason of this autugouisn which exists
tween the Church aud the world, between
e spirit OF light and the sniGit of darkness
Ne reason Is because of the " doctrines and
actces OF Rome" which result in the divorce
,#tttet " hitch t protests, viz: heUwCcH the
lulch, oitr mother, and society, OF which
=, he CtrItdFEuT
lie portencls evil. When he looks through
e lenS thencd vista of the future, he sees no.
ing but the subverson of order aud the es-
of anarchy He inquiries into the -
use. 1t is not Cath olcsm-he still believes
ths-but it is the "mannor in which Ca
oiicism has Tor n long time been understood
d prdctiSed-%-IIc does not attack precisely
Q principles Upon which the Church is based.
rather the mode in which these principles
, put forward. This vitiatcd application
iects back upon the source from which the
nciples proceed, and tend 10 change it, viz
lc basis as well as the form of instruction"
IN estimating the probable effects which the
nlng Council will have, he seems to have
at fears that it will not meet the require
TTIs OF the age. It must have a freedom in
deliberations which the Rev. preacher
hks IT Will be deprived of, Judging from the
trIctions which have been imposed in its
He fears lest his prognostca-
MS should be realized, and if they are, then
appeals to another Council, which will be
lted in the spirit of the Holy Ghost, and
IN the spirit of parties"