The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-05-27

to petition and to crave your permits
sion for correcting falsehoods, and when
not pleased with to censure my apology
and lay your veto on it :? But, dear
sir, please show me the code and the
law which obliges Catholic Priest be-
fore refuting and correcting false state
ments to call first upon an Episcopalean
preacher for gracious permission !
Did you ever study for the bar? 1t
would be just as much as l. lawyer of
this town before entering upon plead.
ing his cause has first to go to New
York and ask the governor there for
allowance, or as man before he lights
his lamp in the evening to ask the
town marshal his permission. Where
is your logic, Rev. Mr.. Lusk :! Did
you ever study philosophy? l cant
see any token of it III your arrogant
assertion uncalled for statements.
Do you see now how you fell into ridi-
cule? @ 81 tacuisses, philosophus
mansisses.' You call me with NICK
name the "Romish Priest" l am not;
[ am Cathslic Priest. Is there any
other priest here in town besides me =!
[ do not know, neither heard ever of
any one else. Everybody here in
town knows me for this and calls me
SO. 1.-The Catholic Priest;" l never
heard this name given to you. Every
body knows you as the Episcopal
preacher. Are you perhaps a Catholic
Priest? But nobody believes you,
because you are not. And suppose
you should assume such a title, why
don't you get named by your church
members as | do, " Father" the COM
mon appellation for Catholic Priest,
of those who speak the English Ian.
guage, both from Catholics and non
Catholics. If you be priest, which
you are not, pray Why don't you make
use of the sacerdotal powar, viz: to
celebrate mass and hear confessions,
since in these sacred performances es-
peciaIly consist the sacerdotal dignity
aud virtue, to consecrate and to forgive
sins. Please tell me who Of the 800
G00.0U0 of Catholics would ever go to
any Eplscopalian minister for confess
sion or attend holy mass? Nobody.
because for the simple reason they all
know you are no priest, you are a mere
layman you have neither saccrdotal
dignity nor sacerdotal powers. You
will, of course, deny this. Then please
so to any Catholic country in the whole
world and see whether you will be
acknowledged and received as such
Nowhere and by nobody, and suppose
you would insist upon pgerogat!ye OF
dignity you have not, the whale Re-
man and Greek church and ali dissent.
ers would, upon such a superstition
tell you you are no priest, you are an
imposter. But there is great differ.
ence with me. l am Catholic Priest
acknowledged by Catholics aud non.
Catholics, and will be 50 wherever !
would travel around in the world from
every nation, but you would not, sir
The Catholic church always held Epis
copalian ordination for invalid aud foI
a mere empty exterior ceremony with
out granting the least sacerdotal char
acter upon those who receive Anglican
orders. You deny this, sir, of course
Would Episcopalian ordination be val
id and acknowledged truly there would
bc no need at all COR re-ordalning az
Anglican or Episcopalian convert tc
Catholic church who wishes to become
priest, it would be sacrilege; dtqu
all Anglican or Episcopalian convert.
to our church, viz: Archbishop Man
aing, Err. Taber, DR.. Newman. and
many hundreds more were duly ordain
ed priests but in the Cothol;c church
ergo the Anglican and Episcopaliar
ordination is invalid, ergo they have
40 true priesthood, ergo they cannot
ordain anybody validity, ergo Mr.. LusS
you are no priest, you are no catholic
The consequences of this logical syllo
sism are COZ rect and right, because the
premises, the myor and minor are
right. If an Anglican or Episcopalial
would answer when asked what relig
ion do you profess? am a Catholic,
nobody will believe him because he i.
not.
You say, Mr.. Lusk, in your "churcl
items" the Episcopal church scorns
thename of "a Protestant Sect" whIcl
is nothing else but this; | can prove
it. And just before, you say your
church is commonly called ",he Pro
tcstant Episcopal church, and "doe
protest against Papacy." You asser
aud deny, you ayow and contradle
yourself in one and the same sentence
and breath. Have you not more logic
and common sense than this, then
pity you. You maintain, Mr..
Lusk falschoods against the Catholic
church which have been reluted oveI
and over again by many reliable
authorities, viz: cruelty, despotism
and immortality and feuds were never
anywhere carried to higher pitch
than under Papal supervision and b,
Papal intrigue" Now allow me, dca
sir, to enumerate but few specimen,
of those crimes you lay to our charge
which occurred in the Anglican churcl
and leave the judgement to everybody
King Henry VIII, the establisher O
the Anglican Protestant church, afte