Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-04


m medlately placed on the IndeN Expurgato-
US, "As educated men, He would have eN.
iaimed what 10 the evidence. Of our
o macy hundreds Of years, for 30 many ages,
rom the times OF the Ptolemlen 10 remote
% b OVERTURNED BY this up
by, all acisuee, all history and all religion "
,oula have sps,si osd Kin in hi. Views just
he false and foolish claim about ST, Peter
A MRNpAcIous ouArrER.
But the Doctor IL reminded Of q certain
,amphlet he had seen, "ln which the author
;ravely attempts to prove that there never
I,oaspsris.S apd he ssys he one ptope.itIon
Il about as reasonable aa the other. Now,
The pamphlet TO which he refers was written
Re purpose q exposing The prinelplss OF
David HumeA philosophy AZ applied TO the
miracles ofthe New TeStNnentj and WhAtely's
oSistsd, but that Humo's principles were alb |
surd. DR.. White can hardly fail to know |
this, and yet no tells the public that the |
Of dlIprovlng the existence OF Napoleon Bona |
pariel Beginnlug with such terElVersauon |
he gees from bad to worse. lie ar,i declares declare,
Misrepresentation, aud unfouhded asaump. ]
uon," and aays its "nothlnE but an empty |
s SS nse Mint, ~ Ssfots q iSItskSs
a Ro N anial one whole hour TO oombat mere |
Protestant pun, "nothinE but an empty |
hound,n how long would IL take him to hght
against real solid GrEumenti And yet there
IL an advantage In his mode OF procedure.
The parties to the discussion are placed as
they should be. We all know that the only
way to prove a negative q by showing that
there ia no proof OF the Affirmative. This was
the course puraued. But the reverend Doc
tor has now come forward aud assumed the
afnrmAtive, leaving me TO rsbut his testimony
ior $ single moment worthy Of credit. Aud
"a. "a. II.N y nasAA
In order TO bring the matter Into as small
| tlsat,on to Speriod not extending beyond the
| course, which every jurlst would oonesde ia
| perfectly legitimate and right, We shall dock
og at ono stroke slnoIt the entire ArssI Of
rs=.. lS,''dpdh The stand Clemsnt OF Rome
10 the hrst century, lgnatius, PADlas, Dlony-
siua, and Irenaeus, Of the seeond oentutyj
sndiiG, uniuS, aud Flrmilian, Of the third &c a.
iuryy ard the members Of the Council OF Nice,
i1 nc fourth ss.tury. These are positively
tered together on this important, this vital
point, for the irst three hundred years Of the
s s0 Sat q R nSs Tn e sq5' iSS
| truth
And whAt. says Clement Of. Rome, the very
| man who, OF all othsru, should know the tru II
Of the matter Ia question: In my former dis.
iulli the only passage that Is relied upon, and
|
to Peters being at Rome. Yet what is the
eoutse pursued BY DIR. White 10 fOsar "a 10 this
and puts u into Clement's mouth Ue s,ys.
"Ciemsnt mentions Peter and Paul as havfnE
suffered mArtyrdom under his own eyes, and
then gives the reference to the passage which
cited from the original 10 q fair irsasiation
Of the text. Dan reckless Gudaclty 70
iSrthsr than thlsi Observe, he does not place
the quotation marks here, as In other places,
He knovs better, and dare not DO az Yet he
would have US believe that clement said what
ne ne,s srSsiOeI ~, 70 HIN, whereas element says
hood-a total perversion OF the truth for any.
one 70 pretend that he says any Sash thing. I
| point aim to use the strongest possible terms
| Of eontradiotiou OF the statement There il
not yestige Of truth 10 II.
AID what says Ignatiuat Writing from An.
tiosh to the Romans, he says " Not as Peter
| and Paul do give you directions % and this
y. white thinks, proves that Peter was Al
500, = ProteStAntE nglish bishop OF mo seven.
teenth century, Think Il does.
gle sylsSs from ihs he works R RspS sTs !iP
on the subject. IL 10 only = quotation which
Lusebiu., who nouriShed about the middle OF
PSpSs and paTpof. 70 &c s,sf.m %SSe Of f' q.
mAhner 10 which the gospel Of Marx was
composed. The whole passage Is quoted Ia
or syllable In the whole Of It about Pe:ef's
being at Rome.
Aud what says DIonysiust Eusebiuu again
Of Dionyblua 10 the Romans, the proper trans.
lation OF which have given in my former dis
sSurss, aud tIpm whisht plainly appears that
! inth aud Rome by Peter and Paul was Nv
addressing their instruotions equally to both
| ettlea." and that after this was done they both
suffered martyrdom about the same time. Bnt
! no place 10 mentioned where they died. and
not word Is satd, from the besinnIug to The
| end OF the passage, which Indicates their
bodily presence az Roms. The staiement
nseribsd to Dionysius 81 that st. Peter And 81.
P.ul pteaehed the gospel 10 Corinth aud in
| Rome and suffered mAftyrdom In the latter
city," 10 a false TRANSLATION Of the oriRin,i
text emlnsntly htted to deceive.
put into hts mouth, as reported In the leisure
OF Dr.. White, cannot be permitted. Ia my for
mer dieOurBe have correctly translated and
given Ia full the three passages taken from
! apostles Peter and Paul, by their various ia.
| bors at Jerusalem and in Asia Minor, had led
many 70 Christ and some Of these converts AZ.
forwards returning to Rome formed there a
church to which the apostles sent written To-
stTusttons, and thus proclaimed the gospel
But when the Doctor tells Us that Ifensou1
asserts that Peter and Paul preached the EoS
] pei at home" meanlnE by this this they were
both present A. Rome, he makes out state.
| meut Tor his witness which the witness never
uttered and he also makes the wltneSs saw
! what 10 false In fact,
Ard what Isys oflgeni DR.. White uscrioes
! to OriEen what that writer never said, And
what cannot be found anywhere in his work.
namely That Peter having preached in ASia
Minor, went a. ia,t to Rome, where he was
found In the work. Of OriGen, nor even ia the
citation made BY Eusebi1s himself 1 have
glyen 10 my former discourse full and correct
IFon Ofigon.
And what Says Tertulnsnt lie speaks, 10.
Paul left the gospel sealed with theIr bIood.n
But they also left the gospel In the same way
TO all the Churches Of Chfistendon, so that Il
But not oontent with heGIinE what he VIII.
ness does say, the Doctor puts Into his mouth
YOU ara near Italy, you have Rome. whensa
authority IL soon AthAnd where Peter suffered
In the same manner as hts divine LoTd.T
whatever. Every scholar who has ever read
the passage Of fertulliAn, (Ds PraIcripiIoHS
csp.o,l knows that this mode or EArbling And
fertulliAn, who was At Carthage, and nearer
TO- Rome than to any OF the other great
is meant by having "Sath oritSi@aIh ausbas.
ny" OF fshmony, not OF church gopernmsai
nea, - hand, was arguing against those
who dehied the orthodox faith, and when he
made this appeal, II was not In Alluaion 10 any
exclusive local church, but to the whole
Church In general, wherever 1t existed. Co.,
chairs which tho ApoGtles founded are stiIl
occupied, An they Were-ln which the yefv
letters that they wrote are still publicly read
from Authentic copies, conveying to IA as Ii
were, the very sound of their volee, the very
expression oftheir features. There are pIenty
VI lurbF plhceAs II you live next AchAiA,
you have the city OF Oorinth to 20 toll nsar
Macedonia, you have the town OF PhilippI,
and you hAye ThessAlonica-if you can 20 30
far eastward a. Asia Minor you have the Ad-
vantage OF Ephesus, and II you live near
Italy you have the city OF Rome, whence
re hayt 40 authority near At hAhd. Yes,
naS'y Witch Tux IL s snSHS Win that GhS Es
poured forth all their doetrines-whefe PetSF
aud his Lord suffered the same DEATH where
Paul was erowned with departure ike that
Of John the Baptlsti where the apostle John,
after, without suffering emerging from The
boiling oil, was bAniahsd to 40 lslsnd.n Now,
when We come TO get from the witness the
whole story as II is, what possible testimony
does he render In proof Of the assertion That
Peter was ever at Romet None whAteFeT-
nothing that can be tortured Into such Amean-
log,
And what says Cypriani His language ia
this-"Bnt Cornelius was made bishop when
the place OF FAbiAnuH, that 10 when the place |
OF Peter the sAeerdOtal chair, became VAeant,D |
Now when II 10 considered that these eNpreI.
sions. "plAee Of Peter, !" "ehAiT OF Peter D were
not Indicative Of any one church or locality
exclusively but were technical forms OF es
preston employed TO denote offieial authority
alike In all the churches, and having no ais.
tngtlEe Tolerance IN the hntiIt,s p,r.. !