The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-06-26

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are brought before them and they spare no labor to
fulfil to the uttermost the duties with which they
have been ProyidentaAy charged. Only Whsn tne
hast decree shall be fully judyeI by them, togethx
with the help OF the Holy Ghost, VIII their deeininr
not have TO spend mlcn more time here, and that
the session be closed shortly; but be assured the
glory OF God ana the advantage OF the Cnnrch re-
CURED the members OF the Council would be per- .
ecty willing TO pass the remainder OF ther i'es dc
Rome IT. after session OF seven months. riey
should now adjourn the BODY II would Simply prove
that their task was more easy OF accomplishment,
owing 10 previous preliminary preparations anu M
those or preceding counclls-that is all. 1t is
indispensable that all those VINO nave the llght
vote upon amen This ars occea
should enjoy fun liberty TO vote as they mink Just
and proper; for II they should De sube ted to the
slightest pressure from any one II would invalidate
their decision, and their votes would do rrepal a?le
harm to the Vatican Council. 1t is clearly 10 the
interest or all the faithful, OF the teachers and the
taught, that nothing OF the kind should come to
pass, and hence there has been the most scrupu0us
I Ho'y See Commencing with the immor,a roignns
pontlif, TO avoid IN the slightest the assumption Of
any moulding or directing influence in the debates
which have hitherto occurred. The same scruple
| win be eXercisei TO the eal.
CoRREsroNDENT-Wil the new truths, do you
| Ghost?
MoSsIGsoRE- all 1t is clear that the entire
revelation Of those things winch ave TO be believed
! and IN molly tradition. What was necessary TO lie
made known was personally revealed TO the apos-
|
| the Church. III defining the dogmas OF lath ami In
establishing moral rules does not receive new reve
latons. but merely draws UP with an in1allbe mas
| terry and by means OF the help promised by Jesus
| Christ those That are contained In the aforesaid
sources; ard as 10 That portion purely discpnaran
1t only mobiles u according 10 the circumstances OF
the times and OF person. II the Church, with
| provident care In regard TO the present Vatican
Council and the circumstances OF the times has
thought proper 10 multiply extraordinarily its pre-
| caution and diligence 1t viii be certainly 10 prove
| that the decisions which are 10 emanate rom the
| Council through
I and prudence.
oRREsPoNpENr-Ir the Holy Father is declared in
| Iallibe VIII there DE afterwards any use Tor ecu
mcnical councisf
MoNsIGNoRg Certainly every good Catholic must
be Intimately persuaded that the Pope, through the
| aid OF the Holy Ghost promised TO him in person
being inlallibe when he teaches not a. private per-
| son but as the supreme mead OF the church-has
no absolute need 10 conyoSe council but can very
well 10y himself do all the same that he can do with
the pastors VI the Church assembled in council.
Nevertheless from tins IL does not follow that, when
for reasons OF which he alone Is Judge, he thinks
nj to bring around him the senate OF Bishops. the
| latter are not true and competent Judges, or that
they also IN union with their chief do not enjoy the
promised assistance OF The Holy Spirit They have
should not De accorded TO them through their inn
! mense knowledge and requirements the power to
sign as true judges. and hence 1t is, that collecting
| and under the dependency OF the Roman Pontf
they accustomed TO say in council, ''Vs,tm est
SDritut Sancto, ct nobis' (It has appeared to the
CoRRNsPoNDENT-Ar the DEGREES emanatlng from
the Council binding by Their own virtue and author
iiy or Is their occupation by the faithful necessary
MoNsIGNORB-It is well established that laws
emanating from an absolute superior do not depend
for their validity on the consent OF the Subjects but
compel obedience Immediately after their legitimate
PRONUNCIATION. Certainly it is necessary that who
ever makes law should be endowed with the legis-
ative right and also that he should afterwards have
the will and the power to cause such law TO be
observed by those for whom it Is made 1t Is always
of understood that the law must be just All
good Catholics must believe, and am convinced OF
This their belief chat all the DEGREES of ecumenical
AAtNlff ind nrnflu rhaf,s,
ever consent or acceptatOn on the part OF the faith
full, because the authority Of the Church is not
derived from men, but from Jesus Christ, who said
TO his apostles, ''GO and teach all nations instruct
ing them to observe all that have commanded you.
Tue impious are crying that nothing good can come
out OF this council; that nothing but schisms will be
produced IN the ranks OF the faithful, who Will not
be able to "swallOw what is being done at the
Vatican. There may be a few OF them so weak, or
ambitious and Selfish as to reject the truth when 1t
is put before them; but almost the entire bulk
OF Catholics throughout the world will, you
may depend upon it, whatever the Freemiasons
and socialists and revoutiOnists may say,
to the contrary readily accept the injunctons OF the
great and holy body called by their tender and living
father. Plus TX. The past Is u guarantee OF the
future. History proves that every time the world
ysms Of death as those which now afiict II ecume-
nical councils have saved it. Not to speak OF the
years ago. What a blow did not Protestanism re-
celve from its Deliberations There may be Protest
ants yet but certainly owing to the action taken at
Trent there Is longer such thing as Protestant
ism, which then was extinguished with slow but
sure consumption. Why, then, should not the effect
of the present Council be salutary and powerful ?
True nobody but Plus TX, endowed as he is with q
sublime and heroic faith, could have called an ecu
menical council to be celebrated In this year OF our
Lord 1870 when he has been LETT with only a piece
| Of his principally, and when he has at his very
doors an Internal revolution that Is constantly en-
deavOring to snatch from him that remaining little
piece. An, happily the medicine OF the Council is OF
such potency that, sooner or later 1t must infably
produce salutary Crisis among men. You Will see
CORRESPONDENT But what or Is the new
heresy that convoked the present vatican Council
You mold that all past heresies were killed by coun-
| ellis, including Professionalism.
MONsIGNORE-What new one? Not only one or two
dogmas Of latin, one or TWO precepts OF morality are
contested but they are all fatty Denied as Well as
all the miracles and mysteries, while the negaton
OF God himself Is soemnly and publicly taught. u
to deny publicly the divinity Of Jesus Christ The
non-exlstence Of God Is shouted from the house
tops. Is 1t not said In these very sad times that
| man descends in a straight line from Monkeys Has
1t not been also affirmed that the human brain is
match, Joaorop Yes, the Vatican Council will
known far and wide their stupidity and baseness.
Since error has hOisted lis banner the Council will
another nag upon which WIZ DC q, r 3;
low me; who is not with me ls against me! There
is no middle ways either for Christ or for SATAN We
cannot serve simultaneously these two rreconcila-
| BILE masters.n
such was my conversation with the learned mon
| signOre skfu IN canoncal law and perfectly a.,
Jnit on the mOmentous question OF ecumenca
councils. He goes by the meridian Of Roma.
! ROntlnCul Tactics In the COuncn-''Shuttinx
OF" the Oppositionists- The Heavy and
Light Artillery Of Christianity.
| ROME, June 10, 1870.
Napoleon L., who was practical man, used to SAY
that the bon Dteo, in deciding the fate OF battles
always went in favor Of the oros oanaHons. In thu
Ecumencal battle now raging the Holy Ghost, whose
inspiration regulates the decision Of the assembled
fathers certainly sides with the majority as far a.
the result goes but it is to be hoped that the recen
y1lse de guerre adopted by the partisans OF infali
bity will not meet with Divine sanction. The
teegraphc wire has already put your readers in pos
session Of the conclusion Of the general cougrega
ton of the Sd instant and the sudden windup OF th
discussion the general principle OF the scheme
regarding the Roman Pontirs prmacy ana infalll
billy. r-i~D a-
l have delayed writing for day or two In order
to get correct Information Of the principal feature
Of that extraordinary and unceremonious coul
d'etat, which has completely shut up the minorit
and closed the mouths of dfty-sx impatient orators
| who had duly inscribed their names ON the offlca