The New York herald., 1870-10-22
JERUSALEM.
The Religious Struggle ut the Seat Of Chris
tiauity-Armenians ana Catholics in ArGu-
ment and Conhict-Pnpal InfnllibiIity and
Its Fruits-The0lOgy and POlemics-The Ser
mon the Mount Not Repeated.

Trinity ana CATHOLICS IN Argu.
ment and Conhict-Pnpal InfnllibiIity and
Its Fruits-TheOlOgy and P0lemics-The Ser
mon ON the Mount Not Repeated.
CoNsTANTINOPLE, Sept. 20, 1870.
There have lately been some serious troubles at
Jerusalem between the Armenian and the Catholic
priests, growing out OF the recently proclaimed
dogma OF Papal iDfalibility. This great wrong and
evi to mankind viii, In all probability, become the
source OF many others, and the difficulty In question
Is an example OF those to The "East,r as Is
well known, is composed OF many people who nave
lost their former nationalites and now held
together only as so many communities by their
respective religions, or religious faiths, the
one differing in many respects from the other
Among these are the Greek, the Armenian and
the Catholic communities" all subjects OF the Sui
tan, who has MOI sympathles, as a Moslem, with
them, or, at least, with none more than with the
other. To him all are Christians, and, as such,
should be "unlted brotherhood" The latter,
however, is far from being the case and he is called
upon to Keep them from mutual destruction and TO
preserve order among them, in the all holy OF
Jerusalem, where they constantly fght-it was over
the bones, at least The tomb, OF their common
Saviour In consequence OF the claimed rights of
the Pope to compel the Armenans who have been
converted to Catholicism to retain as their bishop
patriarch, Hassun, Syrian, against their will, q
schism has grown up which threatens TO separate
them, forever from Papal thraldom. The follow
ing extract from an Armenian local paper explains
fully the affair at Jerusalem, TO settle which the
Sultan has lately sent Munif Enendi, President of
he Board OF Public Instruction. to the Holy City,
The 12-24th OF August the Latin convent Of
Jerusalem requested. OF his EXceency the Arme-
man Patriarch permission to celebrate on the fol-
low ing day, as it had been done annually mass in
rho Vh.,
ground that hitherto the Latns have been allowed
to perform mass In that church and in that of the
Holy Saviour, 1t had been only on the score OF fra
ternity, which should unite all Christians BY that
means the new dogma put forth by the Pope OF his
infalbihty, creates another difficulty between the
Roman and the Oriental Church and prevents the
latter from acting with the Latin Catholics as 1t for
merry did. Such maxim, as unexpected as 1t is
intempestive, seems to be as unacceptable and con.
aly 70 aaa n10gy f as 6 gh y contrary
been repeated, from time to time, in connection
with the name OF the head OF the Roman Church.
the Armenians always held 1t to be only rege or
Dream the realization OF which is a mat
ter or utter impossoility; and now that this pre-
tended dogma has formed the object OF an
Ecumen1cal Council, and drawn SO many bishops to
Rome, and some from fear others from persuasion
to adopt 1t, there can no longer be any feenng in
common between the Roman and the Oriental
churches. Christian humility compels the Arlne-
mans no longer TO mention the Pope in their
sme the title Of .lniahbilIfy. ana this we o NV te
Will OF our Catholics chief bishop. The Latins
have supposed that this refusal proceeds from the
quarrel which occurred at Bethlehem, at the be-
ginning Of this month, on the subject OF the sweep
Ing OF the FIVE walks at the entrance OF the northern
part OF the groto OF the Nativity II seems therefore,
proper thal we should add a few words about this
affair." The entrance TO the north Of this grotto as
wei also rs the walks, are in church and belong
to us. Since-more than thirty years. door has
been made IN the wall by the orders Of the superior
authority, 10 the north of our church, SO
az to give free passage to the Latins
visiting the grotto ana from that time they
have swept this passage, leading 10 the entrance
az right. Ihey obtained permission 10 open the
door In question by cluslng 1t 10 believed that they
had no means OF reaching the erotto, while In fact
they had door In the grotto communicating dt.
rectiy with their own convent anG which they use.
II was in consequence OF this new passage that
they commenced sweeping the walks OF the staircase
so that the Armenlans sweep there one weex and
the Latins the other They have even spread the
report thar the Arnenians have no right 10 sweep it
at all. In consequence OF this pretens,on the local
authority tMoslem) had to send policemen TO prevent
bo'h from sweeping there. On this some sixty Fran
clscan priests, with clubs concealed under their
gowns. broke into the church. and telling the Turk
ish officer placed there 10 keep order that
they did not recognize either government or
Governor, began 10 sweep the staircase. on the
day following the police came again to keep the
peace, when the same priests Increased to one
hundred IN number, and accompanied by some one
hundred and fifty Catholic peasants, rushed to the
church and declared that until the Ere nch Cons
or their spiritual chief at Jerusalem forbade tnem
they should continue to sweep the steps
How 80 grave question or sweeping one
who s one OF the most liberal and gentemanly of
Mussulmans. will be deeply edited by the conduct
or these Christian brethren. II tile Tunpee and
shea Moslems have their disagreements at the hcly
tombs OF kerbelay lately visited by your talented
young correspondent. they find parallel at the
tomb OF Chrst-One venerated, though never wOr-
shipped, by all true Mnssnlmans; and the new dogma
Oft Pope OF lnfalllbiy one SO productive Of eyl,