The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-03-17

CANON VIII. Whosoever says that the
present Church of Christ is not the lasl
and highest institution for reaching eter
nal happiness, but that there is another
to be expected through new and more
complete effusion of the Holy Spirit, let
him be anathema
CANON TX. whatsoever says that the in
failibility of the Church is restricted only
to things contained in the Divine Revela-
ton, but is not extended to other truths
which are necessary to the integral main
tenance of the Revelation, let him be an
athena.
CANON x. whatsoever says that the
Church is not a perfect institution, but
merely a corporation, or that it is of such
nature, with regard to civil society or
the State, as to be subject to temporal
power, let him be aDathema.
CANON XII. WhosoeVer saws that the
Church, divinely instituted, is like a So
ciety of equals, and that the bishops, hay
ing offices and duties, possess no govern
mental power bestowed upon them by
divine right and which they can freely
exercise, let him be anathema.
CANON XII. whatsoever says that
Christ, our Saviour and Sovereign, has
conferred upon the Church the power to
direct only by advice and persuasion
those who turn aside, not to compel them
by orders, by coercion, and by external
verdicts and statutory punshments, let
him be anathema.
CANON XIII whatsoever says that the
true Church of Christ, out of which there
is no salvation, is any other than the holy
Catholic and Roman Apostolic Church,
let him be anathema
CANON XIV. whatsoever says that the
Holy Apostle Peter was not appointed by
Christ as the first of the apostles, and
as the visible head of the whole Church
militant, or that he had only the honor
airy supremacy, but not the true and real
jurisdiction, let him be anathcma
CANON. XIV. Whosoever says that it Is
not according to Christ's own will that
st. Peter has permanent successors in his
supremacy over the whole Church, or that
the Roman Pope is not the successor of
Peter in this supremacy by Divine right,
let him be anathema.
CANON XVI. whatsoever says that the
Roman Pope has only the office of super
attendance and direction, not the highest
and fullest power of jurisdiction over the
whole Church, or that his power is not
direct and legitimate over the whole Of
the various churches, let him be anathe-
ma.
CANON XVII. Whosoever says that the
independent church authority, as estab
lished by the Catholic Church, and be-
slowed upon her by Christ, and the su-
preme civil authority cannot exist togeth.
er, so as to preserve the due rights of
both, let him be anathema
CANON XVIII. Whosoever says that
the power necessary for the government
of civil State does not emanate from
God, or that one is not bound by Divine
law to submit himself to such power, or
that such power is repugnant to the natu.
raj liberty of men, let him be anathema
CANON XIX whatsoever says that all
rights existing between men arise from
the political state, and that there is no
other authority besides that SO constitu-
ted, let him be anathema.
CANON XXX. Whosoever says that the
supreme rule for public and social con-
duct is in the law of the political state,
or in the public opinion of men, or that
the judgments of the Church concerning
what is lawful and unlawful do not ex
tend to such actions, or that there may
be something allowed by civil rights that
is not allowed by Church rights, let him
be anathema.
CANON XXI. Whosoever says that the
laws of the Church have NO binding pow
er, excepting so far as they are confirmed
by the sanction of the civil power, or that
this civil power has the right,consequent
on its high authority, to pronounce judg
ment or decisions in matters of religion,
let him be anathema.