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


And most eminent Fathers, in spite Of whai
the,y plainly say to the contrary, and 10 spite
hundred Yeas before the establishment OF tbt
FaPaey, are on his side OF the question adj
nowhete else. And how does he seek 10 ao,
t tSS5n M, ~ sldueias extfseis ftoH
nouee that oihtrs were members on CERTAIN
eenyenli,qns, which disgrAeod the casiy ages
CO., ~ sol.ts,Dv ~ a. thia rather tedious pro.
DO Obliged to follow him with VII No., 80
teneo we may be able TO command, me az
noous Hts irht step 10 a reitcrstiop ~ S,t
he eonoelyes 70 be the evidence OF TeTtuiiisan'
coupled With the comments OF Augustine, w
nelther OF these Fathers, In a single psssSgs
cited BY him, aaorlbe 10 Peter any other pIi.
Sp saSy o ohfa 'ha Tbf q siSS AID grg
wtgog out OF them. the pssssss RON Ter
tullian 10 regard to 4 report that the Blshop
Q, Rome va not only Assuning the titles but
being, 10 conceived and uttered in deem ana
bitter irony, and the succeeding sommeft on
ths infamous and arrogant assumption IL
can well express. His next attempt r. 10
brace up the witness Oyprian-eiting a pass.
Church" IN which IL IL pisinly dssisrsd thai
| al the apostles had equal popsT and aHihoTiiy IN
ms ChsIeh, so that g distlnotIJ appears That
being tie irSt ia the order Of time 70 B. eslies
an apostle, and after our Lords ascension the
| nrst to publicly proclaim the Gospel, a. he
dp,otls Ss" " sSa a'H'lIss oeEinn9s ~ ths
very matter referred 20. BY Oypflan when he
ssys that Christ "ln order TO manifest unity,
s sm' y BE ows authority, % placed the ofi:
one" And again, nthe commencement PRO.
i pcs, ,5SI 1Eni,y and The P,i5asy g Sye
forth az one and tho chair aa one.n y
- Now, this WAS done at Jerusalem and not Al
nome; Lhete y no Allulion here 10 any supe.
ps,.t H 70 20, or qnelAl dstinetion conferred
all the apostles were equal 10 ofieial honot
and power, This clear and unambiGuous evil
own aoeountj tirst, By denying outright what
eflst;srs 2iltsn-ons q st.Vsn IA S SDo ts
spondenoe respecting the AFFAIR." Of the FsnsTh
Church, Yet the testimony st.ndi AsAinst
him in Al its native strength, clearly show.
rlot power on him over the other apostlsSi
nor that the unity referred to II In mere ont
aslIJ 81 ..Isissg sgsPl tn. srS Is
sSmSsnSio 70 f fos sSs ts11s aIs Sa
whole college Of hpostlog. He next proceeds
70 bolster up the witness oriGen, and itAteS 70
inspected oferfoneoua Views in regard 10 ths
divinity OF Christ, "he lived in full eommu.
MON with 4 Church which acknowledged a
sor OF Peter, and was himself aound 90 the
subject, because Jerome, towards the close OF
the fourth century, WAS one OF His most siren.
ter OF AisSsndfia before the JcunsIi OF kiss'X
u. as, and we shall see what sort OF a primaoy
10 the Bishop Of Rome was acknowledged By
examine the DEGREES OF that famous Council.
Moreover, Qrlgen was born A. ID, 1856 and died
A. D. 2ss. Jerome was born A. d, al and died
dlniauit TO understand how jerome could Be-
"tho strenuous advocate OF OfIKeb,p unless
we suppose It was the doctrine OF orisen on
Vooated, and Of the manner In which JeFome
advocated that doctriue We ahAil soon exhibit
most conspicuous example. But In the mean.
the plight Of the reverend Doctor Ia his at
tempt to bolster up this witness OrlEen, who
continues to reiterAte those thundsring words
Romish elNmor, when hesays. ,iFor the Psirs
q every disciple Of Christ; and II you thlnk
himself alone, what viii you say Of join, the
son OF Thunder, and Of each Of the Apostlehi"
andnueh more TO the same purpose. u
Bot the Doctor resorts TO another method
Of turning these fathers TO his account. After
citing the language Of Faber, who in view of
Tertullian's statement respecting the prelsn.
ut showed considerable Advancement Ia those
pfetensions'-Dr. white Informs " that sit
than Clement had done toward tho Church OF
CoTinth, and Victor toward the AsIAtle
bl1hopl" Yes, and he might have also added
THAI lgnatius, who wrote from Antioch an
wrote from Carthage To Steven, y and may
others that might be named For u tho mere
fact Of Roman bishop writing a letter to
him 70 be one, o. oodrse 90 the sane prineipis
every bishop who wrote letter from the city
on nus tesidsnee 70 anybody outside thereby
Popea scattered all over tho EaAt at the period
in question. Now tho Doctor, with a eonbld-
bishops Of Rome 3sriyed thslr SutSority 10 70
write letters, III not from the primary OF Pc
terri Sure enough and we return him the
bishops derive thsIf authority TO write letters
when he begins to talk about "Pope Clement
and Pope Victor Of Rome" we must begin TO
talk about "Popo UyprlAn, OF Carthage, Pope
Lyons, Pope Theoph luS, Of AlsxAndria, Pope
Chtysostom, OF ConHtAntinople,n and many
other Popes too numerous to mentionl
shSs sSns e see ths Tre.Shed tallasy Of
that enjoyed By the Bishops OF other cities
IL was not owing to any divine right orig
inauy conferred on them that In after times
esable portion OF the Christian Church, and
over such Bishops as eventually came to 40.
knowledge and submit to their supreme au-
| and thus threw around the Bishops OF that
! city metropolitan Importance OF which 10
process Of time they were eager to take Ad-
that what at iirst had been conceded TO them
/ By the Bishops OF other cities, through defer
i cHft. tney unhlly demanded As matter OF
i right and infOreed by tho authority OF poWsr.
Tnig one secret OF history will serve fully to
explain every citation from the addresses OF
s she S Tash 70 ne bilhops q Home dprisE
| been Addueed In proof Of the Romlsh prfmaey.
| Those addresses were simply matters Of e0HT.
eoScession OF oGioiSi authority wsStsSsP.
But Afterwards, In the seventh and nubae,
quent centuries, the ASSumPtion was boldly
IN lde, aud the uauTpAtlon established by the
aid OF the civil power. The reflection Of FAber
that 10 the tines Of rsftuiiiaa the RoaiSS See
primSSy. But however advaneIag ia these
assumptions from century to century the
Church Of Rome had to contend with power
ton of the title and power OF unIpsTIdl Pope
had yet, even so late as the year A. ID. 500, 10
one o. y tse b @S MhsnS G,S,tesS
| any generation.
But In this boisterIng process the Doctor has
produced two other vitnsIIss from whom he
bTo9e, bishop Of Milan, about A, DISH, who i.
upon PeteTis bones and hesh, but upoS Peer
| contrasting the true faith" But when We turn
70 the referenee in the original text we dad
fore faith Is the foundation OF the Church, for
u 10 not said Of Peters neah, but Of his faith,
that the gates Of hell should not prevail
/ against II. But the confession conquered hell,
and this confession excluded not one heresy
alone, for when the Church. IKE a good ship,
Is tossed, Bmitten by many wAves, the iounda.
| tion Of the Church ought to stand against all
| heTeaieS." Now, to confuse aud middle the
| plain import OF such language As this will re-
quire Subtlety Of genius which we have no
| idea the reverend Doctor himself possesaeB
for when he attempts to draw from 1t the 10
ference that "Peter was inVeIted.wlth Hupe.
rior authority In order 10 declare: his faith
| ~ q rule and to require conformity TO it, be
must mean by the phrase superior Auth oFity'
a superiority over other aPoSties-A mere per
sonsl, official authority, Just as though the
| great truth Of Christie divinity, which vast
falth that Peter confessed, not for himself
| only but for the other apostles, and indeed for
| all Christians, and which truth IL the faith''
| intended by Ambrose when he says sit 10 the
foundation Of the Church, juat As though
this great truth must depend for Its nature
aud existence upon the fact whether or not
| one man should have little brief olfielAl Au.
thority over another to prescribe to him arti-
Giles Of faith, and compel him to accept them
The very statsment OF such monGtroSity Is III
own sufioient rsfutAtion. Aud yet this IL the
position OF the reverend Doctor 10 his attempt
TO force the witness Ambrose into the supper
| OF "the Romiah olAlm,n
But he has been still more unfortunate lf
bridging to the stand the other AdditlonA