The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-06-19

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3 .Psss TX. .. ssisscs s~a sA,s.As the
distribution Of pfisss - the success-
full exhibitors ct the Roman Exhibition,
Plus Tx. addressed the following words to
the immense assembly gathered round him:
:. The little Popti6cal State desires to pro-
and of science ID all its depth. The Church
is stationary only within the limits OF the
pure, the just and the true. She does not
create new doctrine, but affirms those
which she has always believed, aud exposes
them in fuller light" It was hardly pos
sible to- express more clearly in o few
words the attitude of the Church towards
revealed truth on the one hand, and hui
man arts and sciences on the other. She
is the sole guardian of the first, and the
most constant and enlightened patron of
the last. Plus TX. added that she had no
fear of any "progress" worthy of the name,
and he made these observations in the
most all the Bishops of the Vatican Coun-
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Lacordaire and the Holy See.-The Revue
du COncite Ecunaeni4ue of the Goth inst, a
publication directed by French Fathers of
the Dominican Order, vindicates with
great warmth the illustrious author of the
life of st. Dominic from the imputation of
GOODNESS or disloyalty towards the Holy
See, or the divine prerogatives of the Ro
man Pontiff. If Lacordaire, says the Pere
Cherry, was intimately associated with
MOntalembert, it is baseless assumption,
contradicted by all the facts of his life,
that he would have sympathized with the
over his dying hour. Confounding the
spiritual and temporal" says the Domini
can apologist of Lacordaire, F." and allowing
himself to become intoxipated by liberal
ism which was sincere but too vehement
and ill-directed, M. de Montalembert !"
desire to forget. But if he thought him
self at liberty to speak thus in his own
name, nothing could Justify him in making
Father LacOrdaire an accomplish in his
sentiments, nor authorize anyone to use the
words of NJ. de Montalembert against a
man achose chief virtu6 aoGs docility and sub
mission t0,o0rds the common Father of tho
faithful.
Mgr. Nardi on Errors Of the Day.-The
learned auditor of the Rota, like other
champions OF the truth, has been the OBJ
ject of q storm of insult and invective from
certain liberal Catholics. He has so COM
pletely refuted M. Crafty and Mgr. Du-
panloup, that their friends are impeIuously
indignant. M. Louis Veuillot gives an
seventh letter from Rome. We are not
surprised that the illustrious journalist
should himself be little unpopular with
the school to which he is SO formidable a
scourge. His picture Of M. Crafty is gu
perior to anything exhibited during this
If were commissioned to paint him, }" he
says, / should surround him with lilies,
because of his candor, and with scarlet
cornflOw ers, to express the brilliant grace
of his style. At his feet you wonld see a
breviary, splendidly bound in blue (chag-
rin,) and fast closed with ornamental
clasps. With one hand he would extend
the screen of prudence, and with the other
replace his sword in its sheath. He should
wear an expression at once dreamy and
keen, and be seen contemplating two al
legorical personages; the ones little
angel, holding razor in his hand, with
which to renew his tonsure; the other, q
head the cap of an academician. Drive
away this little devil, Father Crafty, and
if he is obstinate, use Mgr. Nardi's book by
way Of exorcism."
.Fencl0n on Definitions of Faith.-The
UniUers quotes opportunity the teaching Of
the illustrious Archbishop of Cambria on a
point which just now excites once more
men. of his age wished to prevent the
Church from defining her own infallibility
with respect to dogm1tic facts, under the
twofold pretext: Q) that the question not
having been previously defined was an ar
gument that it was incapable of definition
and (2) that, as certain number of Bish-
ops opposed it, the definition could not be
made. "To reason thus" replied Fenelon,
'tis to display ignorance Of the first elements
of theology. Does this party suppose that
Q truth is still doubtful whenever the
Church is asked to decide itf If this
reasoning were sound, we should be obliged
to cay that before the Council of Nicea the
Divinity of the Word was not of Faith. . /"
The wisdom of the Vicar of Jesus Christ
will enable him to discern times and neces-
stiles we have only to wait to see what
he will do. But dare to assert that the
more efforts this party shall make to elude
or overthrow this fundamental truth, the
greater necessity it will impose upon the
Church of coming at length to an express
and formal decision by the very terms of
promised Infallibility which the party fears
80 much"
The Bishop of Mondovi on Infallibility.-
Mgr. Ghilardi, a Prelate of the Dominican
Order, who has taken a conspicuous part
in the discussions of the Vatican Council,
has just published a work which has not
yet reached us, but of which the title is
full of promise. The subject is thus in
dicated: "The religious and social advan-
tages of the dogmatic definition of Pontif-
cal Infallibility; or, the fears of that defini-
ton changed into joyful hopes for religion
and society, from reasons derived from
theology, history and philosophy" The
various objections, so often rcfuted, as to
of which it is in truth the surest safeguard;
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