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

hANnN ~ NNNuNN NNMuNINNaut MI HlmNn mas
4. ri Ru1h ehoEtsf nsiRed. II is syident
s ~. ia is9 NJ ssS s, The LAKE q THE
u Italy. These two waters had formerly
diterent names, the river being called Aibn.
4, L. and TIE lsEs ShlosIo,h. Bui The name q
from the legend OF a king OF Alba Of that
name being dro uhed 10 it,and the name ofthe
i,l vas changed 70 rlbstlss from a city Of
andeailsd IN honor Of Fi6sfiss uassi Who 1S va,
Emperor Of Rome from the yoaf Al, d. ID, 10
w yeas A, D. 81 Tertulliak has followed an
ola otthoSraphyi or some oorruptor or the
teht after him has obviously eoniounded the
river With that Of the lake, and thus made All
me zen o,1,rsnes Ia their localities. - -
upon this LAKE. Or daiiIisc, whsye he m,sst
have baptized his oonverd, but there Il mol
scrap o. proof anyEAere, dowR TO the dsto
ten, thAt he ever was 10 any part Of ftalyI III
then, tho passage cited be road aocortins 10 All
the kuoWn facts Of the ease, the tfansIatlot,
tween those whom John baptized in Jordan,
wheu thus read, the evidence IL eonslstsnt
,sVla an, s o,ser 1t .h S1 % Sop,sS tut
was ever At Rome. We come next to st. Cy.
grian, Bishop Of Carthage, about the year $50.
~, Language isi but yoEaelLus wa, made
when the place OF Peter, the aaoerdotal chair
became vaoantn--aud, Rome the chair Of
Peter In several places, OF course, II 10 In.
fetIed from thlA statement by those Ignorant
q the facts, that Peter must have Been 10
Of wood or other material was At Rome, 10
hiatt expression IL wholly nEurAtive, M 70.
ing authority TO teach and rule, and then IN At II
waslhe custom o. some early Fathers to speak
S hs,s GsisE 10 ssys5.l oharohss
We begin to comprehend that this eXpresslon
anordl no 2root Whatevet Of the locality OF
his pofuon. For We know he was never 10 Mile.
Alexandra, ia canterbury lensiSnd,J AID YET
every one Of these churches 10 called the
ohalf Of Peterp So the force OF the passage
that afetsr's SSsifnwsa 10 ali the ehStsSSa
ailke-in those where he had been, AZ 10 Jefti.
lAlem, Antioch. snd Babylon, and ia those
thags aud Romol Tbs NEXT pSssaTe IL from
FlrmilllAn, Bishop OF UssAreA, about the rear
A. y. 80 Hho writes thus Of stephen, then
blshop o. Romsi ~ have good reason TO be
stephen, that he who boasts 90 much OF the
SS 70 w msi ~ , hS sisaoP. and protsnds ths,
whole church are plaeed, that he should bring
several other ohurohe, bsslSs that Of oSrIstfS
b, h. By VVs: sh shG s. cat tss.
eltsd By no seal against the heretIoIn
, The atgymSnth that II Stsphcn, bishop OF
Peter must have been At Rome. Hat 4 rsplv
elmilar to that In reference TO " Peters on aiTh
10 offered to upset this oonoluilon, for Ire
nnaa, bishop Of Lyons, speaks for himselt''as
haVlnE the succession Of the apoStles,h al.
though It ls we'll known that not one Of the
Ana Dlsnent, Of AleNandria, eialnl likewise,
succession. Of the Apostlss;n willis 10 10 well
undetitood that not one Of those apostles ever
.ay AlexAadria. But Why oSpsnd words upon
that stephen rally had Pstst'S a suseessioa,5
pretty distinctly inamatea that his protein.
vas incompatible Uith-lL aud that he WAS no
longer ontitled 70 be spoken Of with the respect
due from one bishop to smother. Buthow can
this prove that Peter wAa ever at Ronei And,
bishop Of Rons-who nourished about the
year A. d. 75o, and who 10 supposed to swell
the number q YftnesAes-on this subject By
Pstsr" however much other bishops might
disputett. This IL oeFtaihly not proof clear
enough 70 90 % jury on the most trivial
issi su th Sy y, e9sid engage a court The
ohTsS, 40 sssis.isstisai wrIsey ~ Risssp a
about the year A. d. 25ii and YET We have
SHI ,S,o TnsisVev SP9S The subject from
the old ehAnnel Of EuEeblus again, and oTsn
At that has bovB strangely milapprehended.
Ea,selIs SAYS The holy apostiei aud dis
the whole world, Thomas, AeooFdInE TO tradi-
ton, feoeiyed PArthlA as bis slotted FeKiOai
AndrSy, Ssythla, and John, Asia Mlnor,
Hhsre, after Continuing for some time, he died
1T EphsuuH. There 10 some reason 10 think
that Peter went to Pontus and QAlatla Gad
Bihy9lA, to CsPPAdoelA and Asia Minor
Of he diSpsrsoS and hist Ss was a Sft snT
~ Rome, where he was erugined with his head
iownWards, which was the way In which no
sin ~. ~, Ssdsrs9gd that he va. 70 suffer
and tho neGt sentence 10: l. what need Ia thers
that We should tell where Paul went when
sptSIdlns the goIpei Of Christ ron Jerusalem
tyrdom at Roms In the reign OF Nero These
thing are distinctly asserted BY OriKan,n
Both the Romish writers YAlesiuG and De Ia
'Eusebius says that OriEsn had ever heard Of
the oonJsotnre,n which eontTAdieta the scrip
turAl account OF Peters mArtyrdom at Babylon
century, only three Of whom will claim our
presept attention, The hrSt 10 Peter, Arch.
bishop Of Alexandria, about this year A. d.
that 10 work Goa PonSnss,n which was for
a long time asofibed to him, he 10 represented
As having heard that "Pstef's martyrdom dId
n no., is axe place A. BseJlop, but At Rome.n
the existence OF this manuscript at ali until
the Council Of OoustAntinople, commonly
called the TIpllan oouuoil, A the bsslnnlns
not tho work Of Peter, and has no merit what.
ever bearing on the issue before US. Arnobius,
another witness, about the year A, ID. $50,
quenoe, speaking OF the swift oonVersion to
Of 80 many different natl0nAll.
Ties, and Among them the Romans, IL supposed
lAnd nnaliy at Rome, the mistress Of the
world even those men were fouud, who, al
Iholkh intent upon the aueient GuperstltIons
-eliSion ofthsf soaStry spp to Sssom %aT main, me
'ers OF Christian OhurohJ for they had seen
he path OF simon MAgusj they had seon his
~ ne S SSs ~ sad
lame 81 QhrlaL Yes, they had seen one who |
lad bsen betrayed BY the false gods Ia WHOM |
n s, srIsssa, and who ey falling headlons when
AlonE the gTou0d. And AfteTySrd the SHv
him, uhen transferred 10 Brunda, worn Out
rom the highest point Of a roof aud die" |
The story here ALLUDED to ID evidently one OF |
ne Wild dramatic legends OF the RomISh
tales Of the "Arablan Nights" We have NOT
wen ins to give Its various Versisna, much
leas 20 trace It's fabulous origin; We are only
sSa 70 PSiat ouI that taklnE the pass
that the things which the Roman converts
'aw happsnsd AtRome.
nnS.S S't &. e. RS 81 sLr Is SAID wh
embraced the faith OF UhristiAnity, for they
aaS tesl thingl thus and so. But there were
many Romans who a9journod awhile Ia the
sheh ithuihNh " hOuti huu even II
The tale were true, they might have seen II 10
The East quite as wei ~ at Rome, Besides
The Conversion ofthe Romans IL by the story
ltselt made lubsequant In the order OF time 10
he vision Of this nery apSotaoloI and yet such
writeFl as TertulllAn, EusebluG and OFoSiuI
ihoW that tho Roman Church was eKl1tipR
lnder Tiberius and before the general OKodus
81 the apostles from JudSA, To such ana
'hronl1ml and contradictions dosa this hiFh.
wrought but utterly bAseleIG i'm agtnAtlon lead
The argument for this Romiah claim. And that
The whole affair was merely held az an allie.
Eorioal eKagEeration would seem TO DO placed
beyond all doubt by the unAnlmlty Of the |
fAtheIs-Juatin, martyr, A. ID. lBTi Irenmus,
A. ID. 900, and TertulliAn, A. ID, $50 the onIy
writer's who for ihe nrst three oenturisI speak |
ot the uoroerer 81 SAmATiA a. living at Rome,
but say nothing whatever las this fable TepTeI |
'ents) Of his rldlngIn the air 10 derry chariot |
shove the oity, and finally, at Peters word, |
IAlllng heAdlonE to the earth 1t IL only ne |
'ehsAry to add that many OF the Roman clergy |
1f modern times regard the entire legend a. |
,minently fictitious. The learned CHARLES |
Weih, RomSn Catholic writer, A. ID. 1909, |
.AyG " II 10, however. generally agreed nova! |
lays that this story 10 not to Be looked upon |
y fAot" But an appeal 10 also made 10 |
LAetAntiuB, smother African, about the wear |
A. ID. $50, said 10. have been pupil OF Afno- |
'iuS. Speaking Of Peters PFoolamAtion,n a. |
vrtiteA document, aud AscFtbIng 1t both 10 |
uTha dIsstnIa. ~ M - -. ,lis Psstahthpn'