New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-08-03
THE NEW DOGMA.
rryr OF THE INFALLIBILTrY DECREE.

annroiGtjon Of ne Hoiy Co,noH J0r EperioSihY re
me5ss o. e XXX hgs pcrpdsa thea the atsry work Of his
redemption, resolved u buId up w my "a eli tie
faithful shouhI bc united by the bond 81 one Ialth h
one charity Therefore, before being g0rlsd, ne 99hoo
III F,fhr moi only for the Apostles, Dut also TOT bgc
who throusl thcr word would believe ~ nm IN O,9cr
that al might be one as the son hSel hu ,e & tbe
Apostle whom he had chosen from The world ~ "r NM
self lad been sent from the Father; th6 ne Wlsn.u
Pastors and Teachers to remain IN ms ChIrn WI tt
the contamination Of the age bat III muiti S."'
and IN order that the entire ini,io,ue " Sn
faithful, through priests ~ communion WIN e'Ct ~
other, might To- preserved IN inc Onehes3 VI
faith and communion he placed the Blessed Peter above
the other Apostles and Instituted in him the perpetual
order that upon his fortitudc the everlasting tempe
might be built, and that upon the Hht5 OF M lIlti
touch the skic, And because the gates of ire ne are
standing upon all sides with hatred every dy ~
order overthrow it II u wore possible ihcieoIo We
with the appreciation OF the Holy Council Goel ~ n.e'
snry the preservation, the salvation, ana me citdo
the Catholic Flock to PROFOUND IN d'col b
the ancient and constant aitH Oh tg III tt INIT
and the nature OF the Holy Apostolic Primary, IN |hth
consists tle stIIHSci t IrIiycJ and hciby all aid
10 prescribe and condemn the contrary errors 80 per
nicious to the flock OF the Lord
on The Iasiitton Of tie Aposolic Primary IN me Pe'-
son Of ne Biesscd Peter
We therefore teach and declare in accordance win me
testimonies of the Gospel that the primary Oh Jio
ton over the CISn o Tu mon fbc ies6i
Apostle Peter by our Lord Jesus Christ. For to simon
alone 10 whom he said Thou shalt be called Cephs
alter he had publicly made his coniessionIto sinon
alone the Lord addressed the words Blessed af od
Simon iona because fe5h ana Dioou du hot 'oi
this 20 thee but my father who art IN heaven ana s
unto thee thou art Peter ana upon ts rO o nrs S
against her. ana 10 thee shall give t1e kcys ~ tnd
kingdom Of heaven and whatever 'nDu a'i and and
upon earth, shall be b0nhd alSO III ntS'eh !, Ia
whatever thou shall loosen upon earth shan DC
P S95GnG alone @' jesus conerfd after his
the jurisdiction of the chef pastor ana ruSL over ms
whole shec pfod, saying, feed my amls feed my sheep'
To this so clear doctrine Of the sacred Scripture 1t has
always been understood ly the Catholic ChuToh are
openly opposed the %ceeu Ul'Ui l IN 5y tbe lord
Jesus Christ his Church. deny that Peter alone was
invested by Christ with veritabe and proper prnacy
Individually, all taken together; or WHO assert Iht
this primary was not Immediately ana oiiccUy con,
fcrred upon the Blessed Peer, but upon The Chuf ana
that the latter transferred it to him the minister Of
H. therefore, any one should say that the Blessed
Apostle Peter not constituted by our Lord jesus
of tie whole Church Militant that the same Peter has
received directly and Immediately from our Lord Jesus
proper y Jurisdiction him be anathoma.
CHAPTER ii.
IOHhBS.
tits necessary that that Which the Prince Of Pastors
and the supreme Pastor of the sheep our LORD Jesus
Christ established III the person OF the Blessed Aoste
Peter, Tor The everlasting salvation ana the prl.5aD
good OF the Church, should, through him. remain forever
also in the Church which, founded upon rock Is TO re-
main m even TO end OF ages Tor II Is ho uoutiT IoI
one yea it known in ali centuries hat the hoy ana
Mo,! b.eS3S ~ 5.' 49,, of Inc TIthoic
Church who from Our Lord Jesus Christ and the savior
and Redocmer OF the human race has receV1u thv heg5
OF kin gdon, lives reigus and judges even down our
times and forever in his the bishops of the
Holy Roman see. which was established by num- ana con-
secIatcd by blood. o. Whoever, therefore, succeeds
Peter IN this see Ecoives according to Ae INSTITUTION or
Christ himself the primacy OF peter over InG "ilCi i
Church The economy Of truth Therefore remains anu
the Blessed Peter always retaining hG hluhers Oh Ae
rock which has not rengulsAed me heln OF te eHue
which had been given 70 him. o. tor TINS reason ~ ms
always been necessary that every church tat Is 70 say
al the faithful scattered IN al places Should put Ins s
selves in communion with the Roman Churcl because Oh
greater preemnence in order that in tins See rom
no they may all coalescc into the structure OF one
body; ~, as the limbs united in the head.
had by the institution Of our Lord Jesus CHRIST MN
SELF by vine right, perpetual successors IN me ri
H. not the successor OF the Blessed Peter this
Primacy-et him be anatheme
OF the Nature aud Character q the Primaey Of the
Roman POntV.
Therefore supported by the manifest testimony OF the
Holy Scriptures and adherng to the outsp0ken ana clear
General Councils we renew the definition Of the Ecu-
nenica Council Of Florence IN virtue OF which all the
faithful Of Christ are obliged believe that the Holy
Apos0Ilcal see and the Roman Pou6 have the prmacy
over the whole world that the same Roman Pontlf IL
the successor of the Blessed Peter the Prince OF the
APOSTLES The true Vicar of Jesus Christ the Chief Of the
Whole Church, The father and teacher Of all Christians,
aud that TO him has been Entrusted by our Lord jesus
Christ the person Of the Blessed Poor the full power
feed rlle and To govern the universal church az
is stated IL the acts oI the ucunelca councils anu the
Sacred Cauons.
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by tine institution o TIE Lord has ne pIteIHeIct o! Or
binary Power all the other churches; and that this
truly episcopal power of the jurisdiction Of the Roman
Po,tih imnod date that the pastors aud the Ialthiu
both individually and taken together whatever may Do
their rite and their dignity are subject % him BY the
duty of herarchca sboriuation and of true obedience
not only in those things which concern the it ana the
and the government Of the Church scattered throughout
the whole universe that preserving the unity bQtn OF
Roman Pontih, the Church of Christ IS one flock under
one Supreme Pastor: such Is the doctrine OF the Gatlo
IL. from NUlC ON
faith and salvation. -
This power of the Supreme Pontif far from iujuring
that ordinary and immediate power OF episcopal JulSdlc
ton by which the bishops, who, Instituted by the Holy
Ghost have succeeded the Apostles co. feed and rule as
true pastors each the particular flock which assigned to
nm IhI eIIPa nj sTr6e And niyefsai Pastor
according to the word OF Saint Gregory the Great: My
honor the honor OF the Unlersa Church Ny honor
the solid strength OF my brethren. am truly hohorea
when the honor due to every one Is not refused To
From this Supreme Power Of the Roman Pontif to
govern the Universal Church results for him the right to
the pastors and noSls of the whole Church.
they may have the privilege OF being instructed and d
reced by him in the way OF salvation Therefore we
condemn and censure the opinion Of those who that
this communication the supreme Head with the Pas
tors and FlOcks may lawfully be hlndered or VINO make
il subject secular power, claiming that the things
provided by the Aposolical See, In virtue Of his au-
orty the government of the Church. have force and
authority only when they are confirmed by the agree
ment OF the secular power . $500 -,
the Roman fsg by the he divine right of the
we teach and declare that he the supreme Judge
the faithful ) and tnat recourse may DC la 10 his
Judgment in all things which belong 10 ecclesiastical
Jurisdiction 12 that ON the contrary the Judgment of
the Aposoca See above which there Is no other author
ty cannot be modified by any one and that no ono 10
permitted to Judge It's Judgment Q3l Those therefore
deyate from the right way truth who assert that 10 ia
lawful tn appeal from the Judgment OF the supreme Pom
tis qoumenical Council as an authority superior
10 the Roman POntil
Ii any one therefore shah say that The Roman Pontin
has only the charge Of inspection and direction but not
the universal and supreme power OF jurisdiction over the
whole Church. not only in things which pertain TO faith
and morals hut also in matters which pertain TO the
discipline and government OF the Church Universal,