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

/ prevalent IN the first ak esntufiss, but thei
Were moderate compared with the enormitiei
/ Of dlaorder, tmpuTity and public rejection o
the Scriptures which disgtaoed the seventh
/ and the following centuFiea Hrhough,D Al
a. one writer says, THE Lord raised ui
| from time 70 time plous men, Jealous Of hi
word, and gave them strength 70 oppose thu
| general dopFaYation, yet these witneaaes Il
| the truth were very few In number in = ehurol
became daily more ensisvsd 70 III passion,
and luats, supporting thst gain 10 godliness.'
| Tho Homieh doctors themselves tell US that
/ IN the year A, ". 600, the Emperor Phocas, one
| Of the most vicious tyranta the world ever pfo
| duoedt and obedIent TO the vllest motives, con
ferfad the title and power Of Tnipi Rai biihot
UPON The Bishop u ROME and Il that IL V wss 81
/ the force Of arms between the two partl 20 IN
the Church then known As the "ArlAnan and
re I pn s.1siu and after bloody contest
l In the eighth and ninth centuries the dogma
oflinsubatenlistio alton appearedi idolatry came
rushlng lni tns Bible was no longer used, and
o. the Pope became more eShorbItant std on.
| preuslNeJ the people were bufdsned with 90 70
monics and tatesi "the Church had become y
widow and mr. own sons aflioted herr AZ
10 the tenth century, II was the oomme nc q
mehi ~ the ,,Fon, leaden ages Of darkness IN
TIE Ch1reh" Monsters were placed ~ hef
them with eternal infamy. THE west was on
ate,n "Finy Pipes, rather apostato thAu Apos.
tolieAl susoseisd each other in = few years,
namedh In tie eleventh century, dths Pop o.
continued thdr quarrela with the emperors,
,as esllesey 2, ths clergy, 70 direct oppositioS
laws were corrupted, and those Of man de-
spissd." nrhe court OF Rome was 4 den or
Wild beasis.n They we're ali worse before
sentences ofIuiges were bought, prayefv were
sold, the rishe Of tho people and al order and
prudence trodion under foot. At the bar were
ss5dSal" 1ip,,", AZ ~ t ~, ~ me ,s
taxes were levied By hatples." In the twelfth
senturyi "Rose was only = held Of battis,b
iato opposite Jar,ies the people and the oafdly
nails were uhdg arms, and II wasspoweF thus
obtained that llsced or dlaplaeed the chief OF
shs Church, wlon .'gn9ds and eonnolls either
fury rtho Blbh wna literally unknown even 70
the Clergy IS aelass. The philosophy. Of Arts.
pasrs nsq ana ~ p,sSe mSn o. asrent
aud TO 90 in thewAra Of the crusader was DO,
olared 10 DO ah infAlllbls expiation for ali
kAy fekR sw SseST'esssqptb SsBtsEy., s9E nearly
be head OF the Church Of Rome, were ii null
ssss other The S ocTs were sSsnaonsd tS
churches fell into ruin, 90 that oomplaintA
and public ACQUISITIONS rose up OH all sides
tie tftssnSS century athe snnsls oftbe komiiS
Church may be reg By the firea Of martyfdom,"
and the very cardinals themaelgsa, writinE 70
VIZ KSg o. rTnsT ds0 .s,;, thss hs Sh ,
her, and that hor obstruction drAweth nigh.n
was q nof line b. some morning to dawn
upon +" this night br death ~ Are these the
boastpd "Jewelsp which bedeek the Church OF
Romet Are these ne "unity, the aanetity, the
Apostolielty, the satholiclty" Of which the
reverend Doctor sleaksi
RoNnM rHfLoLo0T.
Yet having thuIfully prepared the way, he
now returns to TIN point Of hts departure
70 the famous passage In Matthew XVI, 10, and
OffnFn oNDnehlu II once NufIOuu md NuHwent.
I've, He tells US that our Lord did not speak
70 Peter 10 Greek, but In the Syrlo-chaldaio
Is The very words Which christ empioyed II Isy.
log to him, "ThouaTt KtpAd, and on this X
PA will Ibuild ny Church, At what par
was ist Into this Scrct he does moi tell Us, but
he has certainly been very highly favored to
have discovered tie exact eonstriictIon OF the
sentence used By Christ, 10 the syrio.uhaldaic,
on this occasion. Well, fora moment, for the
sake OF tho Argtment, suppose II were 80.
what thent WY, when the sentence comes
70 Re Translated INTO Creek y must resd thus
build my Churel." Such, however, does not
happen to be he oonatruotton Of the Greek
irsnsAiion, andsens NE 1ssona kiPas 10 the
be removed and nplaced BY some other Syriao
word, such. perhaps, as aosn or ado both Of
which signify "T,ek y 70 correspond with Pei,d
all the force OF 'tAs ROmiih semen It IL really
Apity, but It cannot be helped. Facts are
stubborn thlnga, and the construction Of Ian.
gage has Its Tuls and regulations which "the
whole authority of the Homlsh Ohurohn can.
not set aside. Yet withAlit 10 amusing to see
how industriouhy the Doctor works round
oonrHe calling It lipho, In his second calling u
klpAa, and 10 HIS next he may as well call II
kiBhHa, and thsnWe shall have q deoleuSion
OF the word containing Just about as much
sense "a tho old IurHery triplet- ..."
smell The blood Of an Engllshnua, ..,.r
Dead orSliys will;hays some r.
point he drops the Indicative and adopts the
ioeratic style. "May not,n he asks, 1.-TWO
nouns Of different terminhtions be placed 10
opposition with each other a. slgnifying the
same thing ~ And the grammar nsWers mo,
reverend Doctor, not when,As In this example,
the nouns are OF different oaaes-Psires In the
n0minahBe, petra In the ddffpe; Tor all nouns
put Ia appoIiiion must be Of the same cdse. 30
iaeling sull little uncertain whether no has
made Il quite clear he runs the matter further
luto the fog BY aupposng Homething that he
thinks You'd be pleasing to hiaoreek friends,
ehrlstendom for 1900 years did not understAn nd
Greek half ne well a. Brother Williamson and
Dr. Sunderland But has he already forgot
out Of seyentyseven Of the most eminent
fathers and writer's OF the early Church sixty
OF them agree with US In saying that the Petra
does does not mean Peter. Put those sixty authors,
"beREArly account y OF three or four names,
aud We really think that /" the helleniSts OF
Warrington" as ne terms thom, are not nkely
TO feel very deeply the sarcasm Of this ex-
preston, Knowing how they are supported by
an array OF those so many OF whom spoke and
wrote thsGreek language in Its classic purify
70 The &rSa%snt u NJ. wiiiiSaSon up pSn0 tSs
particles Hoh aod Kat leave for that gentle
man, n his own time and way, to dispose
SHARP, ORGTIoIsH
Yet here, 10 passing, We may as well notice
an attempt to throw dlScredit on the tFAnsla-
Al -
cited 10 my former discourse. It oceTTs in a
letter written to stephen, bishop OF Rome,
giving him an account Of the action oil
A. d. $50, Over tnat council OyprIan presided,
and made an opening address, He held that
the bishops Of his day were the successors OF
God jRlyi but Ut, White ahirmS that BY In.
| aerting the woh "oHiyn In the citation 81
| used 4 license which 10 altogether unjustih-
able" Now, uPsn this point 1 propose to call
inform hin that lie idiom Of language often
requires In TRANSLATION the use OF one word for
too, and vice verse, In order 70 expFess the ex.
| The Latin PHRASE raiionem aaiui sui DoniRS
reddItarui, may inieed be rendered by omit.
doctrine of Oypriin will not DO expressed,
Aud for thls oonolInlon refer tho reverend
Doctor to MArAhllps Translation, Londou
edition, mi, letterI2, where he viii dad the
the profAoe Of CEey's Translation, Oxford
edition, iSll, wher on page II II Is said OF
| OypriAn, d" With 81 intense feeling OF the 70.
sponsibilitY OF bihops to their Lord, he
clAlmed for each he right Of acting t1iib no
human responsibility, and dlsclaimed for him.
| self as PrtmAte, the right OF controlling
| othern.n l llkewie refsF him to note No, {,
y. 1ot, vol, !, Of Msshslm'a EeelesiaatloAl His
tory, where 1t Is said ofOyprian shat he ineul-
cater on all occasions that bishops derive their
| once not so much rom their election by the
people as from the Attestation and decree OF
God, so that BISHOPS are amenAble 10 none but
to God onlV.n HNqna but God can
tAka ouEnilanee OF their Aotlonl.n And then
there 10 one other authority 10 which ! viii
| refer him, and that's tho opening address oil
CyPrian MmAelf Al tho Council above mem
toned, where he GTya, For neither does any
one OF our bre ii rel ponGtltu himself bishop
OF bishops, nor BY FAhnioAi thteAtsnIpg force
bis colleagues 20 Necessary yieldinEto him
| sinoe every biBhophaA full liberty and power
| over his own judgnenh while he cannot be
| Judged by another, NOR inNhln turn can he Judge
AnnihsF Hut we al expect the Judgment "
our Lord Jesus Dhiat, WHO oHLY tHnus 81 loluil
| has the power both OF establishing US In the
| government of his Church, and Of Judging US
| Tor our Actsn tPNTia edition, lT20, p. $40
Here, then, are four Witnesses for the benAe OIL
| the passage on which the Doctor sets up Al
authority, aud says that III have uaed an I'm.
juGti1Nbie license" Now, the probability Il
! that Marshall, Carey Mo6heim, and UypriAn
himself would be quite as apt TO know what