Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-01-29
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Recent Attacks Upon
the Papacy.
REPLY OF REV. DR.. WHITE.

IAsN1A VI aes WAhkhN" AAAANht ~
hall on Sunday evening last, was listened 10
by an audience that filled the hall to over
flowing. Not only was there not standing
room, but hundreds were compelled TO go
away unable to get within tho building or |
sound of the speakers voice, AT the re- |
Quest Of many patrons, we to-day publish |
the lecture entire, with tho following letter
from Rev. DR.. White,
Ma. EDITOR! Ia oonsenting to the publlea-
tlon Of the following lecture In your columns,
wish to premise that my only object u TO
eluoidate and defend point OF Catholic doe
and misrepresentei. I dlsoiAlm all intention
OF being personally offensive, while at the
sane time ! protest against the use Of the
which our adveraariea 90 constantly apply to
Catholics and to the faith which they profess
Thee expressions, introduced IN England tive
hundred years ago, as terms derislon And
oonte mpt, have never been recognized BY Eng
lish or AInericAn Catholics, and therefore u IL
not oon,.tsGt either VIII charity o. ,tn ,Inp ne
quires no such weapons;
Non tall auxlliO mes dtioa,)r ibu, iAis
Tempus egsL
fAny expression which have used sho uld
appear unreAsonAbly severe, hope u viii be
personally, but against the prlnsiplss or sy..
only wish and aim 10 to vindlcate the doc. |
tTinea Of that Church which 10 the "PillAr and |
ground OF the truth."-l Tim |
CHARLES l, WHtrE,D ID. ID.
About seven months ago the Rev. DR., New.
man, pastor Of the Metropolitan methodlst
tain his hearers with an assault upon the
Catholic doctrine respecting the PApAl huPtem
aoy, As this sermon was widely circulated
through the columns OF daily paper, and
calculated to mlsleAd the ignorant, I deemed
tia az occasion for exposing the solid ground,
bishop Of Rome primaoy OF honor and jurls
dietion. This was the subject Of a preliminary
discourse delivered on the 10th OF Juno In St
chiefly to show, from Scripture aud tradition,
that such = supremacy had really been con-
ferred BY Christ upon Peter, the apostle, who
was the first bishop OF Rome. This discourse
has been honorod with reply, principally
from two gentlemen, one layman, Mr.. s, u
Williamson, the other the Rev. DR.. SUI.
derlAnd, pastor OF n Presbyterian oonEte-
Cation. The remarks Of the former are en-
braoed in a pamphlet Of thirty -one pages,
Sss PSsy :s TO S S5 BY tSS ssSS Sna 10
whioh.he has undertaken to demonstrate, that
the Roman PaPaoy Is "the greateSt fSllAey
Utility since the fall Of man. and this demon.
stration, he Informs US, viii result from "An
appeal direct to nc infaliibie word Of the ON
aminationlof the merits Of INSTRUMENTATION,
u may not be out OF place to remark thst |
brother Williamson appears to have been |
singulArly unfortunate in the mode Of Intro |
ducing his pamphlet to tho public. 10 the |
hrst place he entities u "Ptcpho5, or White
to understand what a white stone has 70 DO |
with the primary Of Peter or the Pope. This
word psephos ia Greek term, and taken IRON
the second ehapter OF the book OF Revelations,
which 10 full OF mysterious allusions, and
which no Protestant commentator has ever
Seil.nsTited inputStion OF a visionafy. slT
Isaac Newton vas unuuestionably a great
philosopher, and BY his wonderful diSeovSrle.
10 the physical world he IS acquired Immortal
.hmej But no sooner did he turn hts telescope
Iron the planets TO the visions Of the Apoea
i{P's, than he sSnki1 The scale 81 PEUphS!S 70
adoption OF such title by Brother william
son would lead one to suspect that he has not
escaped altogether the disease known under
evidently very fond OF AbatraetIons; for 10 the
dedication Of his pamphlet, instead OF Ad-
dressing himself in plain English to Christian
and Americans, he scars AIoit into the highest
regions OF metaphysics, aud with a touch OF
the sublime hAilinE the esprit OF Christian
nouncea himself TO these ideal personages a.
A"bible.born witness for Jesus | hone 10
show, In the course Of these remarks, that his
attempted demonstration, far from JuatIiylnE
his assumption OF so honorable AehAfaeter,wil
prove him to be wit-ieas Of illegitimate birth.
MAmsoniS Testimony Tor Jesus has not bee1
looked upon by hts eoreligionists as eNhAuE
tive OF the subject, since the Rev. DR.. Sunder.
land mas come i9It M a, ms sseond to give
takel to show, that the primaoy OF Peter, a.
held by the Catholic Church, IL "mOuBtFoub
dogma Of assumption" and that the Papaoy
founded upon II is n "Btupcndous delualon
which IL destined to disappear from the
world" The Doctor, however, In the seleetlon
and welding Of his weapons, has been more
prudent than brother Williamson. Although
somewhat tinetured with the Apocalyptie
weakness, he has not taken so lofty a light
into the world Of distractions. lie has ven.
tured, however, far enough In the sphere Of
aerial dIGputAtion, to remind one Of an i'm pres.
siVe scene that was Witnessed In the very irst
age Of OhTiBtianity. 1t 10 related In eeoIesias.
teal history, that Simon, the magician, OF
whom mention Is made In the Acts OF the
Apostles, tChAp. Will and whom ST. Peter do
nouneed as being Sin the bonds Of inquiry
enjoyed great reputation at Rome and at
the Court OF Nero, as divinity. Having as
sured the emperor that he could mount up TO
heaven by his own power, he attempted the
feat 10 the presence Of al immense oonoourhe
Of peoplei but when he had raised him self into
the air by his magical art, he was brought
down In double quick time, by the influence
Of the prayer OF Peter, and broke his limbs
This Incident 10 denied by DF. Suuder.
land, although u IL related as q fact by
some Of the most respectable writer's OF the
early church, as Justin Martyr, ST. Ambrose,