The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-04


Sc. Moral laws do not stand in need OF tho
Divine sanction, and there Is no necessity that
human laws should be confornable to the laws
Of nature, and receive their sanction from God.
81. knowledge OF philosophical things and
morals, and also civil laws, may and must be i'm
dependent OF Divine and ecclesiastical authority.
So. No other forces are to be recognized than
those which reside in matter; and all moral
teaching and moral excellence ought to he made
to consist in the accumulation and increase of
riches by every possible means, and in the en-
joyment of pleasure.
59 Right consists in the material fact, and all
human duties are delusye and all human acts
have the force of right.
Co. Authority is nothing else but the result of
numerical superiority and material force.
G1. An unjust act, being successful inncts no
injury upon the sanctity of right
g. The principle OF non interOention, as it Is
called, ought to be proclaimed and adhered TO-
G3 It is allowable to refuse obedience to legiti-
mate princes; nay, more, to rise in insurrccton
against them.
6I. The violation of solemn oath, even every
wicked and llagitlouS action repugnant to the
eternal law is not blamablc, but quite lawful,
and worthy of the highest praise when done for
the love of country.
VIII. Errors Concerning Christian Mayrtage
65. 1t cannot be by any means tolerated to
maintain that Christ has raised marriage to the
dignity of sacrament.
66. The sacrament of marriage is only an adj
junct Of the contract, and separablc from it,, and
the sacrament itself consists in the nuptial bene
diction alone.
a.. BY the law of nature tue marriage tic is
not indissouble, and in many cases divorce
properly so.calicd, may be pronounced by the
civil authority.
GS. The Church has not the power of laying
down what are the diriment impedimcntS to
marriage. The civil authority does possess such
power, and can do away with impedimcnts TO
marriage.
60. The Church only commenced in later ages
to bring in dirimcnt impediments, and then
availing herself of q right not her own but bor-
rowed from the civil power
20. The canOns of the Council OF Trent, which
pronounce Censure of anathcma against those
who deny to the Church the right of laying
| down what are dirment impediments, either are
| not dogmatic or must be understood as referring
| only to such borrowed power.
| II. The form of solemnizing marriage pre-
scrlbed by the said council does not bind, under
penalty of nullity, in cases where the civil law
| has appointed another form, ana where it de-
| crecs that this new form shall eifectuate valid
| marriage.
a. Bonface VIII is the first who declared
that the VOW of chastity pronounced at ordlna-
| tiOn annuls nuptials.
20. A merely civil contract may, among Chris
| tiaus, constitute true marriages and ii is false
| either that the marriage contract between Chris
| tians is always sacrament, or that the contract
| is null if the sacrament be excluded.
a. Matrimonial causes and Gspousals belong
! by their very nature to civil jurisdiction.
| n. B.-Iwo other errors may tend in this di-
1
OF priests, and the preference due to the state of
marriage over that of virginity. These have
| been prescribed the first in the Encyclical "Qmi
| phri6uS" November O. 1886 the second in the
Letters Apostolical, "MuHipliceS inter-" juno 10,
| 1851.
| TX. Errors Regarding the CjCH Po,oer Of The
SOCereigm POntiB
70. The children Of the Christian and Catholic
| Chsrch arc not agreed upon the compatibility OF
| the temporal with the spiritual power
| 76. The abolition of the temporal power
which the Apostolic See possesses would contri-
butte in tho greatest degree to the liberty and
| prosperity of the Church.
| N. B.-Besides these errors expressly noted
| many others are implicitly rebuked by the pro
posed and asserted doctrine, which all Catholics
are bound most frnly to hold, touching the
temporal sovereignty of the Roman Pontitf.
X Errors HdUiag Reference 10 Modern
LiberatiSnG
r. In the present day it is no longer expo
dient that the Catholic religion shall be held aS
the only religion of the State, to the exclusion
Of all other modes of worship.
49, Whence it has been wisely provided by
law, in some countries called Catholic, that per
sons coming to reside therein shall enjoy the
public exercise Of their own worship.
70. Moreover. it is false that the civil liberty
of every mode of worship, and the full power
given to all Of oyertly and publicly manifestinl
their opinions and their ideas OF all kinds what
sOever, conduce more easily to corrupt thu
morals and minds of the people, and to the pro
50. The Roman Pontiif can and ought to re
concile himself to and agree with progress
liberalism, and modern civilization.
1t has been said by those who are well verset
in such matters, that the dogmatic definition
of the Assumption OF the Virgin win en-
counter no obstacle. The Pope earnestly dc
sjres the consolidation of this dogma. Th
erection into dogma of the necessity of th
temporal power is not considered possible
except by its most ardent champions. Tn
foundation and preservation of that power d,
not afford clements Of q dogma, and a belle
in its necessity is not even prOGi,nd fdei bu
, only Of high Importance Probably the protest
of 1862 and 1867 will be revived. 1t is suggested
that the liberal bishops win advise that term
be made with the Kingdom of Italy, so that al
appointments even to the Popedom, NAV b.
conferred without distinction of nationality, bu
such a change of policy, although desirable, /
} improbable Mt present, and must be left to tim
and the force of events. The council does no
have the initiative with respect to the syllabus
and 1t is absurd to think that the syllabus will
/ be abrogated. 1t is more probable that tn
bishops viii be asked to sanction it by opel
, and unanimous adhesion, and to explain sucI
portions as arc Obscurey wOrded or erPo
neously Interpreted. Beyond these points tn
: council will only be occupied with questions @
internal discipline, such as reform measures
+ reunion Of schismatics and heTetics with tn
Church, notifications of religious orders, ame
= lioration of instructions to the clergy, and tn
: adaptation of the judicial powers of bishops t
! the condition of society. 1t is important to OF
9 serve that the initiative in everything belong
to the Pope alone, and as the Roman Catholi