Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-03-16
Popery and the Bible
ARTICLE Z.

the man who should most sklllfully
dodge the real issue in a discussion,
the judges would find it very difficult
to decide whether to award the prize
to "P. SAVIOR, PTRE. Missionary" or
to James Carroll, who has volunteer
ed to defend the ground which the
former had laid out. They were evi-
IDENTIFY trained in the same school, both
of morals and of logic.
James Carroll does not deny, be-
cause he could not with truth, my
statement that the Council OF Trent
enacted a decree which was confirm
ed by Pope Plus ", forbiddlng Cath
olics to read the Bible, either with
or without notes, unless they have the
written permission of bishop, by the
advice of a priest or contes8or. lie
does not affirm, for he could not with
truth, that this decree has ever been
repealed or modified, or its severityIin
the slightest degree relaxed. But he
attempts to meet or rather dodge the
point by affirming that this decree
has never been promulgated III tins
country, Great Britain, or in France,
and so is not in force in the cOun
tries named. Does he then wish US
to understand that the Roman Cath
Ollie church has two rules directly OPP
pOsite to each other, one of which is
! binding upon a part OF its members,
and the other upon another part =?
Does he mean that Catholic living
in Spain, and subject to the decree OF
the Council of Trent, can gail the
unrestricted liberty OF reading the
Bible by crossing the imaginary line
which separates Catholic Spain from
Catholic France? Does he mean
that a Catholic living on Rock Island
, " shall not have it in his power to ob-
tain the absoiution of his sin, ." if he
= read the Bible on the Island, but can
= easily be pardoned for the same .lu.
t If he Just crosses the bridge and CONES
: this side OF the stone post which marks
= the boundary line between Stanslead
}, and Derby? He must mean that #
5 there is any meaning III this assertion
z, that the decree of the Council OF
J. Trent.is not binding upon Catholic,
l. in France and the United States
5, And so the same thing may be right
C ana is to be performed at the earn
;, est request of our Pope, our Bishop
d and pastors" or wicked, and to b,
5, ranked among the objectionable sins
5, according as it is done three feet thi
a. side or three feet the other side Of a.
. imaginary line.
!, And with what a severe coudemna
II ton does James Carroll condemn hi
al own church. In the opinion of on
+ of the largest and most solemn couL
Is ellis which that church has ever hei
y more evil than good will arise tror
n the reading of the Scriptures III tn
" vulgar tongue The Catholic churc
of which that council and the Pop
Ne who confirmed It's decree were the 0
70 gans, was either honest or diohone.
i i'll that declaration; it either atfrmc
We a truth or falsehood. Ii it was no
IN est. if it affirmed truth, then it Ougl
at to give all its members the benefit I
ny that truth, and not act the part OF
IL. step-mother towards a part OF h,
sit CulluIGu. Ii III was ulouOltSl, IL
it, affirmed a talSehood, how wicked
"n impose that falSehood upon the who
III Roman Catholic world except " ii
Id country, Great Britain and France
sb- James Carroll may impale homes
upon whichever horn of that dilemr
may be most agreeable to him.
ni- But what does the man mean VIII
VII he says that the DEGREES OF the Cou
o'- Gil of Trent have never been - pr
t" mulgated" in this country? Does
D. use that long word promulgated
ny in its ordinary sense, or does he
Vi tach to it some Roman Catholic mee
Jpn ing? WebSter's Unabridged 8a
ny promulgated means published
no. The DEGREES of that Council have be
o. published in this country, again a
'et again, to my certain knowledge. Ne;
nu ly twenty-five years ago, read it
ieo the first time, and there has hare
li'A been year within the last TWEEN
p five, in which it has not been publ
ed. 1t has been published to
-, Protestant world quite as extensiv
as to the Roman Catholic world. a
6, in the United States, where aim
- everybody reads, there are Doubt
o. more persons who have actually re
that decree, than there are in q
:, other country on earth.
A few words to James CAIRO
49,, second dodge. He says we are
49, lowed by the Pope and the deer
, TO read the Bible with explanat,
"a notes in every country" What ? e,
in those countries in which, by y
own admission, the decree of the Co
ty of Trent has been promulgatt
to By no means. James CAROLS !
this slipped very badly when he wrote t
, Cantanoo Tho oODioo &c A. d.