Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-01-22

Peter and Paul were iyinE mingled together
In certain place In the oataoomba. Ga re.
pairing thithor heap OF bones appeared, but
there was no telling which we're the bonea Of
Peter and which wese the bones Of Paul, until
the heavenly voice, Agail speaking, directed
the holy father how TO distinguish and aepa-
rate between them, which bsiag done, the tive
heads were placed 10 the LAteran church,
while the remainder OF the bones were Agaln
ShuSos and he Other h IN IN Ne eSaSsS ~ w
Vatican. But there IL no trace OF this legend
OF Of the relics Of Peter In the works OF any
author prior TO Eu,ebius, A. ID. $40, who here,
writer Of about A. ID, 2is, gives ua another 10.
stance OF aaoriblnE Language TO an author,
which, unfortunately as before, can Only Be
End YET from this story oithe relies, Eussbius,
Greek writer, lvlag far from Rome, and re-
ceivinE the mere "heArsay" from others,
PsseI m,sS. hs.. Seen ST'1 Rsn. 'sh Pp,
before the day Of his cruolhHlon And from
this beginning the impression that this Apos-
Tie was really In per.on in that city has 6oen
spread abroad, and, like all rumors which are
allowed 10 60 unexamined and uneontrAdleted
for long period OF time, n has cone to be re-
garded as genuine and wsll-auth entioated
whole pretsnSion should be sufnsisnt 10 CON
flute itself especially a. ~ 10 admitted on all
hands that the relies OF the saints were In
to country, and from city 70 city, and EsSsTsliJ
distributed among the different churches
sround theentlte coast Of the Mediterranean
For consider maj here n : iapss Oh 40 yssy.
from the date when Peters deaaise rust have
taken place, in which there isnot the slightest
trace o. lisP Of hls burial % his oons, no clue
preservation, when all at once q voice IL hear
Ia the AIR, and then for tho nrst time hesp
Of mouldy relies i1 exposed, aud BY = disosrn.
duly divided, and ST. Peter sud 81. Paul are
N ade TO share alike the glory Of the tArdT
trophies deereed TO their blssied memories.
our day IL quite tame affair. But the sudden
yenerNtlou cones too late, and there 10 want
log some proof more substantial than In.
Aglned voices In the air to bridge over the pro-
found silence oftuo-And. a-ha All centuries, and
to Identify, amid the dinEy pilas OF millions Of
human bones, tho particular akelston OF the
E,vsS ,sin' - y Mp.sI, tiHs ne way o. Prey.
RELICS OF the dlStlnguished dead. The whole
evidence Of this curious oifcu instance ID, there
lore, sminently hetltlop, and utterly fails to
support the ideA that Peter ever Was A. Rome,
4 rhe fourth general conaiderelian 10 de-
rived from the mannsrtn which the belief ~ Il
Peter was at Rome has hson % widely olrpa-
be Addueed TO show the ssoret Of this Ihine,
and 10 preaentinE those reasons shall ehieny
use the concise and oomprehensiTs language
tinsStiy puts he 9ss.tosthSs ID Vii sily o ~.
rally DO ssked how u happfped that 90 mAny
people OF All persuaStoaf slncs the RSfsTml-
ts SS 81 ne sySr I'1S ne
did exist the tradition In former timeS,p Aad
then he goes % 10 say that thors IL abundAnos
Of explanation IN the circumstances, the more
/. The alleged existence 81 Rome of . book
called Peters Proclamation" during the
Apoltle's hie.tlms; a The mlstrauslatlon Of
several modern RomiSh writer's. = spurious
medieval writing supposed for osnt1Tiss 70
be authentic, a. The frequent use Of Retsr's
soiiSss q HpoIts IL: sSa.. ,As s. .sG
was known 70 have bs.S a. HONE AID 70 have s
BAbylon having occurred updsr Hsro's porse.
oution OF the Christians ia the East, and his |
being th,Isfors sNid 70 have essa eput 20 |
syentuAtinG about the sans time A. PAll'l Al |
Rome, .. The representations that Pslef, !
while he was ~ IstqaNlsm, had made begin.
ana ,Sst ~ Roas H@Sua sSs s Htas TSs ssD
position that the FAtEor describe MarkIs
gospel a. composed At Rome under Peters
.Ss. S e, . TsI qRSSSS ,h;
ylon msntlonsd, a Pstsr'l nt,i EPistls e
Babylon scarcely had 40 existence in Peters
waa very much farther from JsFuIAlsn than
vac Antioch, II, Peters relies and tombn at
Rome belng more frequently mentioned BY the
Latin wtlterl than his relics and tom6s In
other cities. a. The mazda for relies which
prevailed about the time Of tbs eStAbiIshmest
Of the Papsey, especially from the fourth TO |
favored a6Y marvellous legend that miESt b
told OF them. IL The ready conversion, on |
any wild rumor, ofcOvseilus into esriainiy, and |
the facility q oltlnG Preteaded passages from |
authors In whose works no such passages are |
10 be found IS. The ptaatioa Of the Tathers |
10 dating the Episcopal suseessioaG 10 the |
iiifsreet churches, from the apos,ls. 10 The |
tan churches, and hence frequently BY the |
Latin fathers a. bishop Of Rome. II. The |
chair Of Peter being Hksd 10 ALI the local |
writers In that at Rome, Is. The superstition |
that some OF the Fathers thought thst st. |
Iohn had been At Rome, and a single passage |
names Of Peter sad Paul Sad JohS o SaaH.s,tSs
the inference that ell three had been At Rome. |
10 The superstition that the Fathers eneouf- |
legend Of the learned dogs and the hsry char. |
iot,n which story required the presence OF |
Peter As one OF the Imagined actors and 20. |
The discussion o. the alleged facts, az faet,,
apostle, without reference to their manifest |
historical ineonslatency, has greatly contrib
uted to their being nov regarded as trAdl- |
spite OF this ineonSistsney, at the period OF |
the Reformation, was allowed TO Supei seds |
all Inquiry as to the reality Of the traditional
Of Cardinal BAEonluI, A. d. lS9S, OGrdlnGl |
A. d. 1883, And the Fest upon this |
latter point, have been permlited TO remain |
the public mind. Its in this WaT that We |
see how the misapprehenaion that Peter was |
ever At Home has grown up into popular go |
ocsptanee, thus adding but Aaothst instance Of |
take the place Of feet, so that the fAllGoJ OF |
4 CONCLUSION, 40 though 10 were an undou6lsd |
seTtAlniy, remain! lonE hEsd In the prevalent
nomleAl views OF the world prior 10 the 90 |
pernlean system, thus showing how an IN
ruth may usurp the place Of truth 10 the
iuror light, some clearer AUGMENTATION stie 1
,eFVenes 10 detect the fAlSity, Such disooV-
~ however, y fast exposing the impOIition
hat 81. Peter ever WAS At Rome.
8, Our hith general ooaSidsrGtlea 10 from
Si.s ssSSa s%a 81
What Ia the simple point 70 be exAmlusd but |
hist whether during certain time, q certain |
Aud what would he he natural SIreSt tPm Hse.
iiAte proof OF the fact but the authentic state.
mont, In so many words, that At the given |
tine the given man did 90 to and was present |
in the given plNeei And II that single state. |
nent were from a competent And Eenulne
source, II could not be essentially Strength |
rned BY ever so many subsequent repstitionG.
equivalent to II, IL TO DO found 10 auY efedibis |
writing for the hrat three centuries. Nov II |
vii not do, nrat to dtIumf that Peter was At |
lime, or for any period OF time, there 10 moth
ing to be found which eontrAdIots this sIIump- |
t0H. Because we show that Peter 10 10 the |
EAst, at Jerusalem, on the day OF Penteeost,
md subsequently, at other places In Asia, till |
Vt last We have him at old Babylon but = short |
Tins before his deeOas and II 10 ineu mbent on |
the RomAnista to show with equal cleArness |
that he ever was at Rome And II for three |
centuries there does not appear to be angle |
line nor word nor syllable OF any author which |
Dropd that he went to Rome, We say the abb |
ssnee Of the positive assertion 10 sutnelent |
explanation Of the absence OF positive de- |
niAl, because Il 10 very pAlpAble that there |
would DO nobody to dispute what there was |
Nobody TO Amrm, Moreover, when we CON |
,lder how much, In the view OF the RomAnlGts,
he Importance Of the question 10 augmented,
~ what they hold Peter to be, in his hiKh OF. |
ielAl character, by the vital and indl spenIable
relation he 10 deem ed to sustain to the Church,
md BY the fact that they regard him as d. |
,lnely and specially CON mis- med to establish
he Romlsh See, and to make the Church at |
Rome the centre Of unity" and the seat OF |
I'll ecoleslaatIoal power on earth 10 II not In
,redible, 10 II not past the faTtheSt limits OF |
human belief, that the event Of IueA q man, |
joining 20 such a place, for IueA = purpose, |
ihould not so much as be liIpSd or Whispered |
D. limited at, anywhere in all the world for |
hrse hundred years succeeding the day when |
he event should have taken plAeei And n |
hen We shall show, As we propose to do, that |
UeA g me CIai, that there IL neither trace nor
tradition OF Peters ever being personally At
Rome. for tho HFAt thFae eRntnriea ~ tshnN L