The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-02-27

4, @lied st. Peter from the band Of SAe AnostIS
frS SAID, Feed my lambs; feed my sheep.
r-East this feedingf It is not Z feedin
Vine foOS ~ tie lSod o. Z T. feeding with the a
. Eceicstiai truth, with that truth which IL tn,
oniy 1904 TOT soul that hungcrs and thirst,
fros, t Iod Ihe very least that can be draw
Pastorship of the Universal Church. Well, 1,
ne were allowed to fall into error. where wonIJ
re sne Church Of which he is the head The
ruin. R ., G thsr would tottsr to everlasting
winch anticipates the objections of these latter
uays In the dark hours which preceded onr
pass 10 II; Peter vas allowed to
IN ~ himself, and what did Christ say to him
| Sim9n, Satan hath desired to sift youn-that
hath d Ins Apostles for the word i plural
prayed for thee that thy faith fail not and
Mnen thou art converted, strengthen thy breth,
frno Nv m9 a strong expression. He is to con-
Wnoie effect of the passage, you see goes for
Waro into the fnture-into the history of the
th gives to St. Peter the voice Of au-
@ IN az tmes and in all ages, to strength
ou ana conhrm the brethren in the unchanpe-
aoie faith which Christ revealed. The rever-
eng sa orator then proceeded to speak of the opin
mas o. me early fathers and Of the early cu
tne questions of iufailibility. He quoted ex
ssenslvely from 1reneus. Cyprian, Leo and other
11 4, and cited canons from many of the ear
ever been charged, even by the opponents of
the Roman Catholic faith, with having fallen
h insG error these were st. Peter himself, Ii
Oerlns, and Honorius. He proceeded: But it
seems to me that child would be able to die.
t,hguish tie truth in regard to St. Peter. In
me first place he was not then head of the
nr n%nGn q Ghrist he had only received the
Maver in his faith, bat in his loyalty; and from
sna1 uemPtatlon he returned to newer and
81 Stronger faith And we do not predict that any
a ~ ro11 IT,
not commit sin; but ali we do assert ia that
G Then the Pope, sitting as supreme head of the |
sa! OF Christ, fs solemn1y engaged in de-
ne cannot err The next Pope who is charged |
with falling into error is Liberius He Was |
:; none at the time of the Arian persecution, and
~ ~ said that under fear of death he was in
uucSd to sign an AriGn confession of faith.
W ell let us admit the story as true. there ia
This to be said THE confession that he signed
was an orthodox confession Although it was
proposed to him by an Arian bishop, the con-
!ession itself was strictly orthodox. Second
y, The best historians deny the whole story |
men we come to Pope Honorius; and he is said
nus to have acted: When in the course of the
honothelite heresy-that which denied the ex
stence of two wills in Christ, and therefore
nterfered with the perfection of the two ma /
ne East and presented a statement as true to /
ionorius, he defended them and forthwith
spoused their cause. Now, there is this to be .
a aua ne acted too hastily, and SO deserved I
erts the true doctrine of the NO nnt..i LII ne as,
therefore, of the two wills. - ~ ana
sserts that doctrine With anu as 'he fh ne
dopted into the hnJv az T.t MJ a1erWards n
tut more than this 10 adJa% III oocIrlne.
But 1 write IA an ;naiy;J"aIm a,.S 'e VIRUS r
9 refuses in this manner to 1.t;na aneIeiore
shall close with a brief refronna a thy LING.
ent to be drawn from reason b bo .n =. algu
lis doctrine of infaii;h;I;.v - ,1s l sald
an reason. +bnt 1iIa., t, rs opposed to hu- n
.ally. il ia onnossd ~, az Sa.nonc caith gem
ciety. Would the rood Iard .I. " moaeIn
structed what this 1hros co ,,aa .a' couId De he
Ike IN a naner in wh;cbJ n S 10. Z scarcely p,
ing abont 1modern snniatu - 10 ~. nnG some !.
1t what thew mean nv - anu JeC Know
at the Chny.h of noSS ~. l Hhow very Wen 81
an society Lno,v thn. .I L. iouuet oI Chrls-
ON de0radat;on Oh. h"'s saS tesoueo woman
d mada her The haaS e ~ % G me. us motner, NJ
ne Cbnrch snrrn"ndad soo Cnr!stian family. of
ards Eha h"1d ~ tI soc5eoy WIN SAFE =
.ge tie. wiz tbsratn sAoleoness OF the mar
Id to ;ntsrfere With M, oSa .ne Cnurcm De 70,
ev mean hn thai, a,,,., ou N; soS'etyI II ad
each to act and dac;Ja fs sucte.S sae Iight w
estions of faith tn ;srnro ~. xS IN az 'es
irion and moraiitv aud e. .I ounuaeions Q, str
ok again into paenuiam. xI,..n earto;nin mo Bo
urch of God Is Snnnaesi to a,'s, s.saI Ine =
ade movements kYan ,,,ou ally ally sucn retro- u
ay from the light and G;rent +ha; n Eyes
wn hill to the ahvss IF darImas .ao,. sIePs 1874
1t progress but in The eyes IF Ca ~, I h:
gels it ia a nrooress thai sanJ -. 4uu MS j
ere is no arvmment thot na, ~ oI Is 70 nsu. -
,ri against the infailih;Iitv Jnatr;ra uI1eu W
re question of fact. Won ca,, Sr;n, ~ ~
Mt a pyiori apainst apy occ"rr.,aa my no a!gu-
fact of this kind The s;n,nIa ,' ui aeainst
So or is il not sos Ia Cbr;at tb ;.'Snn ~ y