New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-18
RELIGIOUS.
AND CHRISTIAN LIBERTY,

Chapel Observation-Disclosures eighth-sI' near fouiuE
ave- nv the Rev W. T. Clarke from the text 1aaeians
VI The preacher said il seems paradoNcaI 70 "'A vi
,;,r, in connection with Christianity with Christ for
both names are associated with aroSais % y nm NM
& ~, of compact corporation whose directory
Is Rome and whose heal has lust neeh @ h
q which sets its iron clamps on inc
hpp 81 the infant and orbds freedom of growth edu-
cation, thCTgh oeMMT ols t nn half Of the rest
have an infallble Bible Interpreted by lhIalnne
S Sfo0 presbVters elders or emncnces at their heads,
carefully supprcssing Independence e1penng Hfsert1s
cpinion, conscience and conduct Of their members,
TyeryWhcre yoa organized institutions claiming 70
mon6poze The mind OF Christ ana inc Ian3r ., So
pyercisinc authority promulgsting DEGREES ana suee
Ink ;,h M men What freedom has a Catholic Greek
STistisn anywhere Itis striking and sgnneant tet
- sreak vith infable authority aud EXERCISE dominion
over Their countrymen In religious thngs NOV oS ~gu
c is cndcry dealt with. but those who sat ~ Moses
se1 ga A. he could hardy And words scathiug enough
IN cypress his dctcstaton of. IL Is NOS necessary
nov ne, HSman "' Church with its extraysSant claims:
TNs Papacy the child OF historical %cidehts anu
H. lier part Of the eighth century. Nicholas L. called
he Great conrieated next to it's development IN the
ttu century, apa Gregory VII RAISED Al to the highest
MITCH ~ power IN the eleventh century All that mas
Sen Iy, mem b@cs II was not tin she seventh century
-l h.crarchicSl claim began 10 be put forth by the
for Ms 10 Support the claim and Sferward decretas
that hld becH forged prvenhed to be found IN the
SIn,J Il : curious that the o7e passage in the Cos
prs on wAuh the claim Is cnHy based Is pun, lht
s,ue wore standing Tor both Peter and rock; bur
while oar is masculine the other, by the
~ T re- is ~, Shadow Of proci that Peter founded Ihe
cuurch in Rome or that nc Ger Nlsteu tn9t Guy su
de i,evy attempt TO eSEabsa the claims OF .c tFpaah
hicrarch, aud the Pdpsey az texts OF Scrpthre mas
proved = az the undsrI~ls a. I%SSple ~ 90 NY
huiIG ouse out If ntoophsans Catholic wciteT nave
Ie 30 INJURIES u tradition, of their Manufacture.
T = Roman hierarchy 10y slow degrees and almost
ana cent were inverted The Bishop naturally ocame
MISCONCEPTIONS personals IN tG ehuio, ono welded
srrl.ID bishops. usnc their natural advantages to
irsr The .ifIoritv atS influence o their Office,
- a tion 80 e@p-roiIiuc influence The division
- arc Emure strengthened the hcr0rch wand success
ic ignorant, 's9eratc Supcrsttous rulers gave
th bishops al tn Opportunity they wanted TO carry ont
th designs TIE dlNsion 81 the ShGFch 'nt3 Eastern
aUI We tern, Lat 81 aHd Greek 1urthe! inc
- rcucs of Tie West under the Roman Bishop. He
stood forth Ike 1tHd of the people anc te protector
ri flg poor and ter cubng fugitive f"rad sanctuary
~ the church wlor the tyranny of Ino1rchs could not
-ytritcd thcIGs before such august and bened
cent loweri Ia tip chaos that followed Italy prc
teiIy without government, t4nd when ~
50 stephen II assumed the temporal power
Pc took a step that was inevitable bI which still fur
an. increased .Jge prcrOgatycs OF thrhieTarchy The
Enlistment o. dhe Mouksh orders .uhe enforced ceb
acy Of the clergy the unsparing Of power carry
ouf dcrocs tIe tcrrors of eXconpnication launciet
against kings s'd mobiles the assult" prOectorate oV0
tine common FerPle, the state-cra with which rulass
were checkusted aud the Primary acknOwledged-afi
came as % } fG the tic aor 7oo ves T the d.
man Church acousuidated corporation, has CLAIMED
onstic to thf teaching and spirit of Jesus and PauIss
Ct>arism , to dem0cracy-0IHy the infalbhtty
OF the Church, aud not abe official possesri
Of the Pop No Council '9as been found t shat
f.hty O. whoever has happened to MI that char OF
Urban W. aud Alexander w. forty others, guilty Of
any rhine that he emerged against the worst
Of men. BEt iufallihy Is qrallty that cannot tn Of
II center somewhere before 1t can radiate
anywhere It must have h6S< Ana the acton @I tne
nfaLle perfectly logical ant legitimate In fss
d be 5esn the Implicit faith Of the great hcdy Of
Roman Catholics for the last an years As looked At
NIAGARA tn other day and saw that world OF waI boil
IN and whrling anu roari+s IN ths awful c'issm
aud rivers nd mountain springs scattered half
continent contributed u That grand and awfni dis
play. the silent ongoing anc npercepube increment,
the yiTtue and vice, the ambition aud Deueteen;e, The
pey aud crime Of 500 ye=s have cuiminatee IN the
greatest pUnge Of modern tlnles To-Day Inc act as III
yabe. Tue Pope and other Cath0lc leaders see what
- pain TO men VINO rs ia toward Cl,isan
liberty toward the complete emancipation OF the 1ndi-
restraint AVID ecclesiastical dGlinatOn toward season
the nal srbiter and appta' IN matters OF fa ana
mOmentune very year augmented by every discovery IN
erce inv utiGn in mechanics issue from the ,oress,
simn1oise aud Iyceum the GeYs of the ROmsh oOrpOr
alton are numbered Rome has no arms in her arsenal
viii which 20 cope with these potent aud subtle nlu-
nc. that dissolve and melt be- solid bulwark before her
eyes withom formal antagonist Her only possiste re-
stance f' ther consolidation more intense Goa lima
ton, more es.upete central zatisn 49,. 49,.
wscst aud Scst Cathohcs and quits new ana nseaf9
weapon Tn hands Of the enemies OF that churA 1t
he poiut- Il invites attack frO all quarters, and pro
,okcs the hos8+ty of those whe tolerant before
n bands Protestant sects tOgetes in fierce anagAisin
~ It's insane pTstensons. 1t is of those expedients
promp cd by d spair which kill they do not cure; and
a. in this nrslance, is Oi nf the question, dhe
remedy will 81 IDENTIFY hasten the opposite result
still further 11e will tend TO destroy faith Esa
human infaoii,ies and break dawn all ecclesiastical
and sectarian authority. For infalhluy is not the sx
elusive pTetensson Of the Rmish corporation IL u
rrcucay claimed and acted upsn9y every Protestant
The Reforrners educated the Escmsh Church, he
aycd implicitly IN he necessity OF seIe outward niSi
hoe standard % Authority u which ithey could appea
In al matters OF DC trne and OF duty and, denying In
the lhFch, they attributed II to the Bible
-, oh they caiLned.s infahbly true in@very statement
Bsl now requires more courage Than most men
l.asss ~ question tie fnalbity oftIhat great Book
Eescrtbeles, al ft rs good and gram In the Bble Is
he ,act that the EuL has Of passages that
uuE' h. be read public II anywhere and IL contains
syT-,s in history mathematics geology, astronomy,
ci,apoimgv and nar1Is attributRg TO God acts and
motives which would d sgrsce man. Aig commencing
men ior doing what rs simply neSassh: BESIDES,
true are capable Of various interpretations and
evcry lristisu acct rso,rscnts different reading OF
the 5ac book Each Protestant sect has supplemented
the SCRIPTURES with a creed which 1t claims CONTAINS the
word Of m Bibles you got believe the 81 e1tces the
scorl Church dsowus IUu III you reject the Augs
burg Co <e.son the LutheIals turn against you HyOu
reject the Westminster Caiecsm the Presby u lans pro
nounce ys hereto, and E0u DO not accept dhe MN
ship Tie .gaptst~, the NethOdlss, the Qlakers also
have ina ds which they regard az practicaly lhia-
BE- and vhf1 with all the Patls and penalties iAy can
and ire IN n COW them off Tiny bid Won read the in
fable Bible If yOn ind anything therein c01t&siry
Il their sy&-elns they dlS9Rn you as a mere
Rnsta .ilSf, thyy grant, but your liberty eSds 10
ic~s chcrt from theirs you an 3XcOmInunlcate s1
o.-r,d .itsf ~ dan "a rois i'm tlis world Dg1Y
~ fte fate in the world ca Gane. Freedom they
gc bal Is the ErecdOm 70 think ~ they think and DO
~ hey do, the flfdOln OF soldiers HDher dGll the nee
so o. the jail the freedom of tks hanRmans rope
nc komsh principle If oVeTywbge found IN PfOtes-
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