New-York tribune., 1870-08-22
TIE GCUMENICAL COUNCIL.

LECTURE BY ARCHBISHOP PURCELL OF CINCIN-
NATI.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 21.-ArchbishOp Purcell de-
lyered lecture to-day for the benefit of the Society of
ST. Vincent de Paul. the subject of the Eeumenleal
Council He said;
come 10 sneak to YOU of the Ecumencal Council.
You are all Of the meaning Of the word Gcumen-
cal 1t II Greek wo[ % ana u cnmeSeaI is one whose
members come every part of the habitabe globe
omBS Ssf "s it, poceeb must be sanctioned by the
Pope and its DEGREES soemnly promIqlgated by the
general council of the Catholic Church Inc Natlcan
our Church. The Pope was exceedingly anxious II
venent TO meet that hall because voices were al
most inaudhie The great dome OF St Peters was over
it. We adopted many expedients to render the
wSr1 wise oi would have been an a4nteTestng Council
Hundreds yards of procured 10 answer
sbcn ahe RS'fh ss the pulpit WAS called All these epedeS
were found useless; depuation OF CARDINALS went snd
the acoustics were better than in the Vatican Finally,
vatican and there 10 continue the Council There this
other OF the Vacan Those who have been
of heat in ST. Peters Church in cold weather You enter
the church and find IL comfortable, but you leave the
church and Immediately chilled by the outside cold
In the Summer you will have bnrnt atmosphere on the
outside and the moment you enter the church you nave
almost "a chill, hence IL not healthy. Last Winter,
particularly t was unhealthy IN Rome ana many Of our
cardinals and bishops died in the first three
months; many more have since died In the
currents of air so that many the older bishops came
leaning their stats lettering along TO find their
laces hardly knowing whether they would live or die
me day we thought one had died in the Council THESE
enngs made IT very ana @ then te sanIg
cut TO hear the orator. Nevertheless under all these
ne Pope never present in the Councils he did not
N side at ALL he did not control minds dscourses
eft perfectly free under the direction Of five Car
i'm one % E Ta de w sa b Pone wbo S n his Gs
let q IA q
YER, so disposed and this leave was never refused
Nv in the esfiration of the audience too
edlo lengthy that little bell was Tung and
rhe ounc composed Of sI bishops and generals OF
e 2s orderi @ Ihere were PatfSs e ems ana aId o. Sd SI
uIl rel resenation of the Ea ard West the North and
south. II all kingdoms and states, and territories, and
ogt-oft 1eway places that were never represented in
TounJI before.
nerira in any such Council. There was fu and farrep
septt ofal Chrisendom. IL ths rst schema were
.aed 90 to discuss the origin OF governments for the
Consst on Of the Church embrsoethe Constitution of
The state and also Of the relgo and sci
sn tn th examination % the question whether
sienthe ruth could at any time 3e Sntagonstc TO re-
yeaied h. whether sen Itc trvth ssoqld be discour
aged, OF whether such restraints should be i'm
posed n on the he, students Of SCIENCE as
MSsn ySsS raSes through ali dePartSents of science
a ops 30 saw that have the Gshts Of science
heen better INDICATED than tsey By the Bishops of
nmSns1Se FLORIDA. who sound thealogian, pro-
EWnd
,ousia philosophy and che.istry in Baltimore- !
a"se L. axleak, be Addressed the Cardinals |
The Roman inquistOn which had d0ze Injustice
a. ,Jle, and said Your Roman aOngTegatOe esteemed
deaenS doctrine contrary 20 scIipt'ns when he
.a5tt the d0sAftue of thu reyoluton OF the asrh.p
This fac TO show that the bishops were fee that
dc Pe lef fheg their freedom thai the cardinals took
sha Slaud from the hand Of the esh0P He slso as
sured y IlaDIsh BIslOps there and sbSwed them what
injury fleir predecessors in their VARIOUS secs would
have done 10 religion, well as - huhshy ana 70 sci
nce IN hey had pressed too far their us nc afgukAts
against tive possibility of existence OF an Anerlcah ft
OF gobe 20 their eory that there GOeid moi ne l3y
anfipodes tha absurd reasoning ttey cOlcluuea
Ahsf wasa wild, ehirercsl project which Nh,lsopnet
<Jolambus proposed, and for which nc hsa
aoik:tited tie aid OF Ferdinand and Isabella
- hSw, do not neRtiOn this fact" SAID ne, %
Vy neproacb "a Xisting Cardinals OF the CathOe Chcn
VI Sslnpy 70 you thet science has its righs "heh
oa never be interfered with and that scientific men
a. We pursue their investigations with the largest ND
~ ~ they disposed to reject Christianity, IL I
t,i tB& said 10 them " Gentlemen, the Bible IL uIe
ma at Dot pretend TO hnd in science anything antaE
n5stic W what 10 contained In the revelation OF that
NE hen you think you have done IL is your duty
. 70 ue decision OF learned, wise 70 the
9s,.ch an the Church win never ind fault with
~, fven Sardlnals condemned Calico, the Pope
.r stened that condemnation and now that great,
S msSss me O0ry everywhere rehabilitated. The
ooa itSn Gard malls themselves acknowledge that In
a % Sone l. that eminent scientific man. and this
s sishOps wished sc tnee TO enjoy the same am,