The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1870-05-22

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european Governmepts. ever - C..!1ss
States, should feel 90 deem 4,
( .ue Question Of Papal Infailibility-ers .
thoroughly opposed 70 tho re.esnitior :
.us' dogma by the Ecumenicai Counci
vans the principal cause Of this ou.o
s.uoa wiz be found in the fact that .rch
recognition Of that dogma must resp,t :,
st1loser unity Of the Church, as . C.tho,,
wnoie' and corresponding weakan,rc :
snose national afflnities fostered =, ~.
Governments, but which sometimes ,n.,
sne perfection Of that unity. --'''
1t is true that many mot;v.. oo..,.-
same END Of embarrassing the great
oouncii. Protestantism is not altooetter
passive spectator, and Infidelity ia a very
Ao'.ve one. The Carbonari, Free Masons
a"u oener secret societies, use all their in.
n.ence -. 10 cucumber the movements of the
onurch through their governments. while
eminent philosophers and statesmen of an
lnndei cast strive through eyerv agency -
bring the Council into contemnt and f.s.ss
Church. w 'no
But the efforts of these parties to aronse
an active opposition on the part of their
governments would not amount to nnuc,,
were ~ not Tor tendency in that direction
a"e'"y existing in those governments
- eo"e reason or other Catholic rulers
are generally desirous Of keeping nm
natlonal independence in the Cbnrc,, of
Inelr subjects. Governments of al, L;,as
.e usually been ambitious to control, if :.
wv '"e fehgious faith of their people. at
east the religious influences ouerat;ng
'mong them. Ancient Rome considered 4
"eanism with its rites as one branch Of
10 o'ate' and used it as political ipstru-
'ent' Russia of to-day admits of no indie. u
enuence among the ecclesiastical authori. 81
es OF It's schismatical Greek church, while &c
England Queen and Council are the head te
the national establishment. OF
catholic rulers appear to be moved e;thor is
IN ignorant prejudice that fidelity to te
rope is a kind of foreign allegiance gr
nnicting with that due to themselves or I'm
I" nope OF swelling their own import. I'll
90 ana influence with their people Pc
'ougn the exercise of an ecclesiastic.1 no
snority to which they have no right. eai
10" absurd the prejudice. All history crl
'ws that the best Catholics have alwo,s sal
~ the truest patriots. Patriotism ia . eni'
=, virtue. The bravest and most .'
n,ai soldiers of the Roman Empire were MS
nd IN the Christian cohorts, serving 'iol
IAN Emperors and prosecutors. Tn mr. ago
'nS civil war, did either side comnla;n ''ioi
feachery on the part of Catholic citizen p1o.
'ioier7 Reason teaches every Catho- sna.
amer that his son will become mora -ion
'''ohate and obedient to him in propor-
as he becomes more devoted to b;s '"e
rch and more docile to the teacbino of S'u'n
'elsy. Every Catholic ruler ought to of osIs, 70
= sne same way, that his subiects 49,.
- oe the more obedient to the lava
less rebellious against legitimate an "p
w. tne more deeply they should be- o,' e'
} lmoued with the true spirit of the 90 800
ch. A VIC life o
,m wbatey.r their
tne TACT is patent that Catholic Cow
ents generally strive to impress g. na. e
character upop tho o,,rret LA suppr
9, and to render it somewhat ind. VI ira
mt of Rome Tho tnue- that h
n Us instituted by Christ is thus at. 'u' ~
|, while on tho oo,. s ' crowd
- "o VI the contrary every thing +h.4 =,
onfrms that unity operates against =. ."a' a'
Tendencies ,f 49, ~ e''ns' tons Q
unrolls
evident that the most the wo
GU Vi unity can be found only in
in1aiiioliity. Supposing infallibilitv .'eo''
ested IN the Bishops with the Pope uesol,o
r head. then thar. = opo that tn,
lnfallibity connected with each .""'ess
and especially with the whole BODY 'nae th
ational CLERGY No.;.A, ~ ''uy could NJ
ior instance, would carry immense o' ~.
In Its enunciation of doctrine, from N.n y,
noer OF Cardinals, Archbishops and p"'e' III
that would compose it, and from "". s'l
umptlon that it formed such LARGE
ent part of the infallible congress. .n'o WIN
dent that the Pope would in vain " 'onoe
voice against any action of theirs ~ 'o'e ~"
lie could no more claim exclusive lou
lty than they could, and the whole 49, "iu
'lght be brought to the verge of -. "
Or heresy before General Council a.h -. III
assembled. The defiant attitude .na,''e'
national church could thus at anv An' CONC
assume you'd, therefore. be y 'ols nan
lemish upon the fair faco of ~. The las
~ last Supp
be clearly understood, however. save one'
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