The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-01
ROME,
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From the Lcadon TimeSl
Tue curtain IS about 10 rise npon that great
| council Of Rome which has long been casting us
shadows before sixth OF Tie Laseran nrsC OF
the vatican, II can only DC called Ecumenical at tAts
tiue Of the daY by stretch of courtesy. lnasmuch
| as an cardinals, patgarchs, plmates arcnbsnops
bishops, abbots VITA quasi-elIscopa jurisdiction,
generals OF orders together with certain erudite
| distinct nom all otner KINDS OF syneds, natonai
| provincial and othefwlse. But Church historians
rnenical councils hitherto held. The well-kaonn
81 90 ia, la Ii la IL Ly vi Flo TnH
staaa ns FOR Mecca, Gousianiiiope, Ephesus, &c.
winch counts bus seventeen, l. not accepted
~ AL Mhen, for example, me Ecumenlcal
| council Of Ephesus IN 4i0 had decided, not with
oLl tue aid OF ''sWords aud sticks ana MAN. monks
nccls, that EGty ohcs' opinion about the natute OF
CAl.St WAS the oItholoN one another Eeumenlcal
Council held eleven years later ut thaicrdon, d.
cided thai the accession OF It's predecessor was nun
ana Noa, and that, so i.I ifDui beng EeHHenical
ColAe, II was Council OF BrlRands-'.Lui 0cti!ttaG
EpAeSsaNat.n Even 50 the Council OF Basic was
tetaN because repelled AGAINST tne Pope, lts
ter II viii, therefore, only deserve the Ecumenical
! when all wa have gone wen and tue synod that
| cOsnes atter sinai! have approved ITS dongs
Meanwhile there Is much ana loud Knocking heard
DshiAd TIE stage. The woFNs oI 81. Peter We learn,
| have nearly reached their competitor. Signor
| Sarti's plans having been rejected the device OF
| Nespignanl has been adopted instead. Tae fapal
throne stands at the end OF the tFansepi the altar
| Of TIE Council IN the centre. the stalls Tor the
fathers being grouped around, longer. alas In
eieyen out owing probably TO urgent affairs III their
respective doceses In seven rows. the who.e space,
|
VII. pe smut III ~ curtain, which can 10 drawn
aside so lhat the assembled mulutudes may as time
serves, behold The grand scene. The stenograpners
chosen IRON the different nations that they may
not stumble over any ioreign-say Bfltish-Latln,
| are rapidly mastering Their craft under OF the
most experienced teachers. The seven commissions,
| each presided over by i cardinal, are pushing on
TIER work, spite OF heat, malaria or due VACATIONS.
Inc rope receives daily report OF their progress.
special c1lnnIsslon composed OF high dignitaries,
are appointed q9aftermasters, ana Rome has to and
| lodgings Ior ner guests al their bidding. Nay, the
/
OF Padre Luigi de Trento, tue Archbishop of iconan
| the Apostolic Preacher o. the Vatican.
Nor Is literature, in The widest sense OF the word
Idle on the suoect Articles, and notices ana essays
| and pamphlets liberal ana ulGramoutane rauid ald
sensible, Catholic Irotestaul, raonailstc aud so
fofth, gut Tie papers and the book market Ii honor
oftne coming question or the nour. But mighty lttlo
| IL % be said OF these efforts. and he who would
attribute 10 them higher value Than that OF, the
| man, catcnpenDy literature would be mistaken.
When was 1t that the last Ecumenlca Council
cio5edy IL was the Council OF Trent, conyosel III
the tAroes OF The German reformation, ana il sat
ala rose aud sat again from The 18TH Oh December,
104J, to the 4th December 1853, and It's DEGREES
were confirmed by the Pore early IN the following
year. But al The beginning oi II sermon Was
preached III Whicn u was lkencI 10 the~ast Council
wherein Christ and the Apostles would SIT in judy
meat over tue living and the dead Ana the learned
and pois have ever since considered his prophets
cal sermon, 1nGsmGch as between Trent ana that
supreme synod there we've 10 be no more Councils
Ihey were wrong. but so was the whole work. 40
one would nave dream Of IKE revival coming to
doubted loug after the preparations had commenced
| Perhaps our readers nave forgotten the clrcum-
| tue world. IL may be wei! 10 recapltuate.
0n the sth Of December, 13d4 tue tentl auulver
say Of the "dosmatic definition Of the immaculate
conception OF the virgin Mother OF God,n there
APPEARED together with an encyclcal letter, the
famous syllabus, treating IN ten chapters ana
eighty parag apns OF the principal errors Of our
time. On tne 9TH OF January 1861, seventeen ques-
lions chiefly on church discipline with regard 70
heietics clvil marriages, &C., were addressed IA
circular letter to ali the bishops. On the 10Th
OF that same month the Pope pronounced an
| ai0cuu0n IN the secret Consistory, III the pres
| elc5 ol 500 bishops, wheIein lie made known 10
them his long cherished desire TO summon General
Coanci By the means OF which the Catholic Church
would celebrate It's highest triumph, convert her
enemies aud carry tue Kingdom OF Christ all over
taeir hearts were filed VITA JOY al tins p. aspect OF
General CoGnel, which could not but become a
| source OF unity sancllty ana peace The Pope re.
eeiyeG tho address joyiuly, anu III accordance with
their wishes. placed the Council under the SPECIAL
| patronage or her. wno had bruised the serpeuts
head anu promised that wherever 1t should be held
Il should b. lnaugurated On the ami gersary OF tie
| proclamation or the Immaculate Conception. on
Jae 2stu OF June 1867, the Ban OF tue inIctlon OF
| the Council was duly promulgated. This was fol-
lowed, on tue Stn OF september OF the year, by
on apostolic letter addressed TO all the bishops OF tie
| Oriental rite, not IN communication VITA home ia
| wing them TO be present al tue synod "eyea as
their ancestors mad been present the second Coun-
gu oi 4ycns and that Of Florence where they were
| not allowed 70 vote and had TO SIT apart. Abbate
! Tesla was delegated to deliver these mssiyes per-
| s9nally 70 tue sclismatlc bishops or patraFcas.
| FINALLY on tue 1871 OF september, that Apostolic
| Letter 10 al FtoteSlants and Catholics vas In
attsd, Wnich eShors them 10 embrace the opportu-
my Of TINS Councl' fo5c1sto"e.H ualplsctaa'a
sc remarked, at The tlme that the eject upon the
schsmatic ind OF The East was scarcely to be called
| encouraging. Tie Greek Patriarch would moi look
| at tue lettef, though u was handsomely bound ID
| red morocco ana enb.az0nea VITA g0l letters
| bearing ms own name. lie had read all about 1t
| II the newspapers and did not see how tile
Council coaid do augnt but lead TO further strife
Tie peace once arrived at by tue two Churches hau
long f4l.en to the ground. Ills mlnd was perfectly
| easy on the SUBJECT. And So the gorgeous volume
| was taken nom tile divan anu handed back to the
| delegate. WHO was bowed ont ami Departed IN
i ~ A.etrNuDlltan EnHiCnhpD
| EGc} clical, with the simple but graphic "Episre-
| pbete, WR!cA might be Freely rendered "hvauht"
| The Bishop or Narna dld not see how he could
accept what his master had refused and 50 he sent
back The Encycllcal. The Blsnop 81 Salonca had no
!. What would lis patriarch sayf 2. Why at
| Rome, why not IN the Eastt 3. BECAUSE the Pope
wants IL get us into his grasp. !. The Pope wears
sword, Witch is against Scripture; let tlm put It
down and disoand hls army. Q. Let hlm give up
between Greeks ana Letins-wnch last proportion,
oil things considered. is Very delicious, Yet there
were some exceptions. when the odiclal Roman
press calls 'consoiag.n one schIsmatic bishop
returned the letter, yet with the promise thet
be YOU'D think a9out i for hlmssig and
another, the Venerable Bishop OF Frebzond
well stricken in years seems 70 have been quite over
come and received the Ecumenlcal WITH the most
profound tokens OF reverence aud admiration
at it from al sides, ior alas he knew not the
mystery Of Latin characters, and exclaimed rrom
Peter Oh, Holy Peter p But, adds the onlclal
account quantity enough, Il was utterly Impossible
|
| he meant 10 come u the Council o. not.
| The eueCb IN Europe we have witnessed. That
| Catholic Power winch indeed IS OF the most vital
! Importance ~ the matter-Trance--has declared,
| through n. BarocAe, the Minister OF Justice anu
| worship, before the Legislative Assembly, la July,
1865, tlat tue government would place no obstacles
IN the way oi the meeting, III did not know
about sending representatives. II did not care
! Tor the OMISSION OF personal Invitation 10
tho Emperor. church and state should not be
separated; but Y fepudiatel tie syllabus ana pro-
hlDted ~ PRONUNCIATION from the pulpit. lt would
not admit the infa,hOlity VI the Pope. IL wouid
take Us stand upon the C0ncOrdat and the Organic
| Ariicies-that arsenal OF anttfapai weapons winch
| f0rDlds tile publication even OF any Papa enaua-
| ton without the previous authorization Of the gov
| eminent Ia the interval Austrla--the Austria of
! the Hapsburgs stl--ha3 torn her ConCordat TO
| pieces and has punished priests SPAN, that other
darling daughter 81 Rome, has Proclaimed IL the