The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-04-25

A CHANGE IN THE PUbL1C MIMI.
Doamatic. basis- Of chsistiAaisy laas-9is-
szasnple, Ykhefed ia IInitaii ahisns ia
universalism, and there is Spiratlsxn ~
probably they are-now the most prevai4nt7
denominations in New England, Counting
tkeuz stogethersa Unitarianisfn got rld OF
Christ II yniversalisnis got rid 9of bell; and
Spiritism is amply, a substitution forG Chris
tan revelation, and has got rid of the
Christian PARADISE, Yet these are the more
1stf5uI 6r and prevalent denominations sof
New England. ! suppose large number
Of thosa who are not Catholics here would
almost be willing to say te-me,afs ny ei"ant
NO proof Of the fact; we admit thas tn's rs
t IT, s eassti bssbags. sao 81 eatda 20 .aa
THE NATURE, OF t6RRoTEsrANTIsat,a
THE whole drift of ProtestantisIeinNe New
England is towards Rationalism, and thisis
true of our whols-country, EverywheFe
this is going on, and we want to know the
reason of itvss / haveg said the reason rs
found IN the very character and nature OF
Professionalism. Aud what rs tine nature Oh
Professionalism from % ssreligions point OF
Views TWAS simply an exaggeratedsnpe
aaturalism. 1t taught, that man was totally
deurayed; that he had lost his free Will. ana
that his salvation depended on the eiectlon
Of AlFnighSy~ God; so tha5 man, IN tne
matter. of religion he'd neesroomA for the
exercise of reason or free-will, but was
perfectly passive. By-and-by human
pature expressed itself, and reyolted against
a religion which was so contradictory to Its
reason, and which denied to man his di gnlty
as free-a gent. Very soon the NeW!Ensiand
mind ran from one, exaggeration into
another, the exact opposite Now they
have got into exaggerated natnralism. For
merlys Christ was all, man was nothing;
now Christ is nothing, and man is an.
Formerly divine grace was all power1ti,
n0wf THE word Grace has scarcely any
tI1f
anayou have got to do is, to exert yourself
like man. Formerly, severe the torments
of he'll. Exaggerated, So was IL pictured
with its brimstone and fire, that IT would
seem the main objects OF mans aife was,
not to get to heaven, but to escape hell.
Now New Englanders are getting to have
round smiling faces, and they are cneny
Occupied in singing about the I" Good time
coming ~ In old times women We're hung
and burned as witches; now You can scarce
Iy End o woman IN New England that
does not boast of dealing with spirits. You
see, ythan; that they have swung, like a
pendnlum, from one extremity clear round
To the ether, The Professionalism of the
Nineteenth century in New England is, or
represents, the total denial OF Christianity
as held by their forefathers ,-leading into
naturalism and superstition. That is one
look at Professionalism. :s3g 9saar
RELIGIOUS DEvRLoPMENT OF PRoTEsTANTIsM
same deyelopment. Luther, in order to
get.a standing point 80 as 70 attack the
-fifS1vpiI- fflvaI9 Judgment. He laid it down
as o rule, that the rule of religion was the
Bible as interpreted by each individual.
Here was what he thought was q logical
standing piace. Is this SO i w o shall soon
see. There were parts of the Bible, texts
of the Bible, which .eontradicted his as
sertions, his views of religion. Now, what
didbe do-9, When hesycuad he passed ever
them In silence.E When he could not pass
over them in silence, he twisted them round.
Wien he could not do that, he interpOlated
the Scriptures. For stance, Shen St.
Paul said g Justified by faith. Luther put
in Che word stalone,n and made it Justified
by faiths alone.np. Why did he put that
word iRtn the Holy Scriptaresn .Itshowed
how muelfhe yeueTated themi w hen asked
ana only sorry while IsYas about 1t, that
l did not put more in" And when he
found the book of the Holy Scriptures so
strongly against him that he could not
twist it, pass it by in silence, nor change it,
then, he repudiated it. Thus the epistle of
st. James was an epistle of STRAW, and of
no vszfue, and irtr pr1rtiuu the Holy
-Serips1
The Bible Societies published it Mt first,
but have of their own authority left 1t out
at present. Now, then, this matter did not
stop with Martin Luther;, BECAUSE Iwould
Luther that you and have nor gosFf As
stinIin q THE position shel took a. the tPae
Onei why cannot We do the sitnie, aud strike
out, and interpllate words in the Holy
Scriptures as We pleasts Is it hot legiti-
mats Have | not the same right to read
the Bible, and InEerpTetit according to my
private Judgment, that Martin Luther had 7
In the Catholic Church. there are several
authorities all of which is divine The
authority of the Church is divine, establish
ed by God Himself. But this authority of
the Church originates, no truth; the Church
is only Il witness and guardian of the truth
that has been revealed by God, and that
truth was revealed once, and for all, by
Christ when he vas upon the earth and
this is contained in the written and the
unwritten Word and the Church is the
guardian of both. There can be no new
truth ii tue ca slie Church, because truth
is eternal-alyayso old, always new Again,
she recognizes that reason is divines ana
unerriRg in its sphere, so that the light of
divine revelation, and the light of our
reason, have one common source, aud can
MT 4&r,sdsek each Athps.t.s So. Sybat, we