The Hawaiian gazette., 1870-03-16
The Catholic CAareh.

vi the Pore bat Il Ne nay believe the latest
rerSxss fron the Ecamsnical Coaueii whether
hazardous o. not battle with the Fope has b.
gaa However Gecalt il rAy BE- for certain
elsSS Of Frotestants 10 eeteve il. there has been
Tor some tWenty~fa0r wears reaetioa movement
in the Catholic Chareh, which now has eoas.
reaeed 10 manifest itself At the very gates Of
Pos;i6eAl Rowe,
There is a class Of nsea within the pale Of that
Church, morally strong and daily growing ssrougar
in nnEaeers, who Yield 10 Hoae in loyalty 10 wat
they consider Catholic truth. bat who are'anable
70 SeeePt the prineiple Of characterization rs The
rule of their Eaith. and who protest against the
attempt 20 ereet Papal iuialheilty into the car
1inSl 6oetries Of their religion. They elSim. in
deed, that al roa6s Il right lead to Rome; bat
Insist that ChareA which concludes within its
pale one hundred and eighty millions Of men may
not, and must not assume an hostile and suSps-
eioGS attitude towards the principles Of political
Intellectual and religious freedom BY which civil
izeG man is governed. and that great and search
Tag reformation OF the Church is necessary aud
Inevitable. These Catholics Of the liberal
school believe that the Primsey indeed. rests up
o. divine appointment. but they are persuaded
that its later deyelepsme0s into the Papacy. and
The growth Of the dssp0tie rule Of an ShSolatn
Ei0n2reh. has been aD-CathOlie, artificial. and
Siekly, They believe that il is no longer pioGs
10 gsve eredenes to labsS and falSehoodS inven.
ted for religious seds. 10 deRy the Injuries and
aoGSes that have grown up among them, or 10
conceal or color historical facts and faulty lnStl-
tutors On the contrary, they Claim that their
hSSt allegiance Is SAe divine Institutions It their
CAcreh and TO truth. Ii IS supposed that this
party. II il is party. has mech strength IN the
Coaaeit and tha, i, is determined TO oppose the
recognition as dogAs Of faith Of the declarations
Of the SyllabaS. the bodily assumption OF the
Niryie aud the personal inialhbihty Of the Pope
aud that their main attack is TO be made agains,
the Atter doctrine. Personal infafibility they
regard as soft and Inexpensive cushion for men,
"a szinesS. calculated to cripple all intellectual
movement and scientific activity IN the Catholic
Church. to build up new wall Of partition be-
tween that form OF belief and other Christian
SeetS. and 10 forever exclude the hope Of re-
ani01 between the Eastern and Western churches.
For many generations this dogma has been \
source Of contention between the two great par
ties IL the Church. The JeS1itS have maintained
that II Is the sole remaining anchor Of deversnce
for the psrishing human race. The other faction
insists that pure and indebted religion is not rep
resented alone BY the triple tiars. ard that the
golden and the silver key are not the sole signs
Vi spiritual poser. The latter Claim 10 be able
to show that the recognition Of the primSey
u the Roman See IN the early ages OF the
Church involved no recognition Of the claims Of
an absolute and deSpotie Papaey that this mod.
sru ursurpatiOa anG peFverSion IS the result Of
the encrOaehmeot Of ambitious and unSerupal0uS
pOntifS. who did not hesitate 10 forge spurious
dseretsls to attain their ead. They even 20 SO
far as 70 assert that this principle was so little
Recognized 10 the early years OF the Church, that
Bishops and even Popss have been convicted Of
hsreSey ard refer. in confirmation Of their state
ment 70 the proceedings Of the Council Of Con /
stSntinOple in $50 10 settle the Monothelete con-
trOvsrSy. Ehsa Pope HororiDo l.. who had APP 1
proved heretieal opinions was condemned for her I
esy in the manner, not single voice being raised
II bis defense. and bis heretiea writings were 4
burned. At that day the POpes they say. took 1
DO part in eonv0kinz Councils and were not allow
sd TO preside, slthough they were deemed 70 bold 1
the frSt rank in the Church. The dognatic aud 1
disciplinary decisions Of the Councils did not re-
qsire Papal confirmation. and fOT the first thou
sand wears 10 Pope ever issued doctEinal deci-
sion intended for and addressed to the whole .
Church aud the POpes possessed neither legiSla-
tive administrative, nor Judicial powers. Peters
Pence was then unknown. and no one thought Of
from the Roman Bishops. The
Bishops themselves could neither exelude indi-
yidrals DOR Charches from the general commu-
mon and for long time nothing was known in
Rome Of definite rights beq1eathed by Peter to
his successors Even one Of the best and great
est Of the POpes, Gregory the Great, repudiated
with horror Ehat was called the PspaI system.
and would not endure that so wicked and bias
phemoGs title as Ecumenieal Patriarch should
Be given to himself or to any one else The
great change which has since by Successive steps,
been effected dates from the fabrication Of the
dserstalS of Isid0re Of Seville 10 S45
From this time 90 it Is claimed by the re-
aeti0uary fact that PsPacy grew by means Of
an immense system Of foTgeries and abricstiO0s,
81 sacr0aehmsnts on Episcopal nights. and by
other means. employed IN part by honest. bat
mainly by malicious msn. The Instability Of
the church they admit and interpret it TO mean
that thus have our predecessors believed. thus
DO Se believe and thus viii they that come AZ
ter u believe =; bat the iGfalIibitity Of single
individual they deny. especially since nothing can
be easier foF Pope than to keep contradiction
AZ arms length. and to believe that bis wishes
aud his thoughts are divine aSpiratiODs- Also
ute power very quickly demOraliZsS its pOssesSOr,
and the poSsesors Of the absolute power of the
Church are bat men
These are some of the facts addaeed and his
.orical Arguments brought forward by q stroag
md growing party within the Catholic Church,
he isDGstaHee Of whose opinions and their gen
srzl effect upon the Catholic world. can not be
oO highly estimated 1t Is announced thSt Plus
~ i dire11f cisS2usued Sltu the proceedings OF
he Council. that he has erdeavored to place re- !
itrieti0Rs aPou its free action, and already
threatens to dismiss it in the early spring Such
IctiOa would DO; Be surprising il the voice Of
.ath0Tity. so long confident at Rome. is no longer
% Be Obsyej aud If, 10 the midst OF the great ,
Council there shall arse Up Catholic PrOtsstants
shO shall Be bold enough to advance such doc .
rines a. these. Ii nav yet be that Papsi iafalli-
lilitY shall be most severely denounced in the !
lone Of its friends--C1ieggo paper