Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-01-22

optalneo the eplaoopate.H Ihe question 70 DO
could have bsen ongaEsd with Paul 10 found.
ing tho Church OF Rome in AnJ suSstsnIiSs
sense without ne auPpo'ltlon Of bis bodily
Let Us look ats few facts which bear usou
this point, The statement 10 that while
Matthew published his gospel anons The Ne
Rome" But Romlsh authors agree maj
Matthew wrote his gosPsl not later than a.
came TO Rome earlier than A. b, A5, 20 that
Itenaeua In saying that Peter and Paul were
engaged 10 foGndihg the Church At Rome AZ
his goaPel, must either be entlrsly mistaken
In what ~ says, or else these Romish writer's
are thsmaeivea mistaken, or else the founding
without the bodily presence Of either OF those
apostles A. Rome, and whichever conclusion
e ADOPTED thi, altered proof from 1renasus
meet the demands Of tS n. 1uss..oS' AasiS'
1feuaeuu knew that the Church OF Rome was
lounded without the personal presence Of
his aot yet having been there, ADDRESSES II AZ
nouriahlnE church already founded, and to
Which he was then writing, And n Paul In
in AV so sn S9uIa 90 the things aseriesd 70
similar expression II uaed to mark the ealAb-
liahment Of the Church 10 other places, az at
ssd 10 Sn,s s ,o eiS onsgg Which Ohus'h
IL admitted on all Sides that Peter never was
"a that city, But We nsed not argue the quss,
tion lengh llnoe QArdlnal Baronlus, A. d,
1898, an unqueatlonsd authority with Roman-
i,tst frankly admits that the bodily presence
q the apostle At Roma was not necessary 10
the doing and psrformlng Of all that Irshssus
asoribes 70 him Ia this pAssAEeI There IL al.
Legged 70 be one other author ksoribed to the
second century, and then again to the sixth
century, 1ad that IL LueianuI Ohatinud,
Ties" - wholly lost And from which no
scrap OF anything appears In support OF tho
theoty that Peter wss ever Al Rome. SO
mneh Ior tne eVldonoe furniahed In the second
Let us proceed to examlns that which has
been asofibed 10 the third century. There are
been sought in support Of the theory that
Peter vas once At Home. The nfft IL 4 pas
Sage which u not 70 be found Ia any Of the
Andfla, about the year A. d. an, but which
Eusebiui pFetendS TO elite from one OF the
work, Of Cls1nent - follows "Agaip In the
rsspss,inl ~. ssS. sS Essii S!1Ss
were written derived from the elders Of the
pteoedinG age 70 this sfreeti This gospels con.
solnlS. ne s snSs.loEiss we're u g,s said, ar,t
gins Aftsf Peter had promulgated the word
among the people At Rome, and In the spirit
had made k1ewu the gospel those who had
sMn ,oS 70 A son.iasI.sle naabsr, urged
40 Early period sad could Isneneer BIT.
taught them. whsrsupon Marx composed
his Eotpelt And gave copies Of u 70 the IpplI.
espts=whieh EoaPel when Peter came 70 hear
nor reeonmsndediD Ga this psssags W
have already seen that no reliknos can be
plaesd which can further the cause OF Roman.
proHsi ssii.I ~ u, r iSors saSsS 'h S ssop. y
Rome simply rsfers TO the do6unent called
Peters Proelamation,n and not At all 70 the
another passage which EuGebIuS prof.ssed 10
extract from Olsmsnps sixth book OF the
hypotyposes, but whish cannot be found In
spishdor Of Peter'I pfsty 20 enlightened the
understanding OF all his personal disciples
that they wefe pot satisfied With merely hear.
his divine proclamation, but earnestly In
plored Mark Whose gospel IL handed down,
being Peters Attendaat, toleave them . record
and did not dssi.t until they had prevailed
upon the nAu, aud thus gave rise to the writ
ins called the gospel aeeotding TO Marx. II
= also said that when the apostle came TO
know what was done, the spirit revealing Il
70 him, he was pleased with the enth usi asm OF
these men, and the doennsnt o6tAiasd Admls.
"Olsment gives this aeeouht In the sixth book
o. his Institutions, aud PApiAs, the bishop OF
HlerApsllh, oorrobofates H. OF this work
Peter m akSs mention In his First EpiStls, which
they say he composed at Rome, which he MIN.
ten delegates BY too bold metaphor, onlIlnF
the eityI BA6ylon, In these words, "rhs co..
my Tpoa S ESg Snf r'S SS 3.
served, ntat, that IN the pretended passage
from Clement there il not the sIiThtsSt sIIuSion
g h9mei and IN he addition made by Fuse.
which eonfoundB the city OF Rome with baby,
lon, aud As he remarks, by an unWArfantAbie
~. n o. me1sPnot perTert, she |eanipg Of
that Peter was ever At Rome this passage
clearly rsfgte. y, aud proves gresIiely the
tiers In our hnes Ike Professor stowe, who,
10 great simplicity, taking the Romish repre-
sensation Of this matter wholly upon hult,
nized or even Suspeoted the true character Of
the representation, have blindly copied and
endorsed ~ AZ the uhquestionsd TRUTH Thus,
10 bis work on the books Of the Bible, PIP. $50,
SIS, Professor stowe inserts these very pas
Hagee, Including the words TAT Rome,n which
are not Ia the original, and comes TO the grave
that Peter and Paul were both at Rome udurlnR
not likely that either apostle ever held any
ehurchp But We have clearly shown that
there 10 not q particle OF ground for maintain.
log the presence Of Peter at Rome In either
the one or the other OF these passages, And We
may therefore dismiss them As wholly ineom-
petent to establish the claim In question, Tho
next 10 = passage which Euseblus further
teal writer named osits, born IN the u@e 81
Zephyrinus, bishop Of Rome. and iourlahinE
about the year A. ID. ais, His work Is wholly
ST n VII, 'as ISs ;sEs sEsn
the leader OF the PhryElAn sect, naFfAtinE
these very things Of the localities where the
sacred shrinsl q the said apostles were
Of The apostles, IL you will 20 the Vatican or
10 the Ostian roadyou will md the trophies |
q those who estAsllshed this Church. There |
were the fact Of trophy at Rome would not |
PToTs 6l@ to hSys essa there for hi. tToghLss
whero It iS known he never went. Next |
comes = sentence Aseribsd to HlppolytuI, |
bishop Of Portus, near Rome, about tho year
from which 1t ~ Inferred that Peter was at |
poetic license Of one PrudentiqS, Of spain, In |
the nfth century, and a. the "ohairs OF Pster,n |
as they are called, Abounded 10 many places
where he never went, and a. there 10 nothing
whstever said upon the subject In the works
stow any further notice on this authority.
Again, we are furnished by EuSebIus Witha
passage from az "anonymoul writer who 10
sage Is as follow. SFor they assert TH hat ali
the primitive men aud the apostles themIolVes
both received and taught these things a. thor
Of the gospel was preserved until the times Of
Yistor, who was the thirteenth bIshop Of
Home from Peter. but that from his successor,
purp6rts TO be a statement OF al AriAn, which |
Euseolua endeAyofe to reiute, and 10 only |
cited on the question before uS because OF the |
Rome, and consequently must have been In |
serve, nrSt, that VsleSlus and other Romish
Writers acknowledge that the apostles were
least Of all was Peter bishop Of Home, but 10 |
reckoning the suoeesslon Of bishops In any
church this was the common mode OF denotinI
the beginning Of the guooeSGion-to say that II |
was IRON the Apohtlebh and, secondly, that
CARDINAL BellArmine,. AID. l1ss, very honestly