Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-01-29

paI erue(asd.5 ffbid' H. Al. i 'O"'' V"''e ="
Leripilieei third century, says; "Let Us sec
wn S p ,he ,t EoI ,n Proeiaim 20 whom Peter
tOontr. Mareion, lib,Il And, III you are
near Italy, you have Rome whence authority
Il soon Al hand, iohsre Peter lg6sred in the same
msnnes AZ MS divine Lord" tDc Pruscrip.
81. 0yprlsn, bishop Of Carthage, third cen.
tuTy, tells US that Pope OoTneliuS "wAs chosen
place 81 Peter, wSsysoAnt." fEpiit, ad. Anton
as "hrst bishop OF the Church Of the Romans,
81. optStus, fourth century, refers 70 the %.
ts9llshment Of the episcopal chair AtBome ~
Peter, as an unqusstionsble fact, and states
that Peter, the prince Of the apostles, tss' ne
To these writer's Of the earliest ages we
might add Laotantius, AthAnasius, Epipha-
n,Ss AnspsstS Psll.diu' and 9ihsI. o. tns
Peter went to Rome and thore suffered mar
tyrdom. Bishop Pearson, Of the Anglican
Ohuteh, has collected all these tesumonlea In
the Work already quoted, on the nrat bishops
.. The fact OF Peters having been At Rome,
and died there, !. distinctly asserted BY ano.
With catalogue OF the Roman Pontifrs. st.
, ,gs.nSS' sesSn Sp century LIP HgEes Ter
L2l y. oPtatus, din, lib, Con. PsTn.il ST.
AHis sg ~ eI's Egi'I 49, z have Al l'lt rs
y hhN VI Nut blAhOph OIL Rome DOWN TO thcif
time, aud commences II with Peter,
= The same fact IL proved by those writers
who inform us that 81. Mark wrote hi. gospel
bishop Of Metropolis, a contemporary Of the
apostles, states that Marx, Ia his gospel reia.
ted what he heard from Peter At Rome |, and that
Ing 4 Babylon. tApud. 'EuSsb,I lb, 81 UisnsHt,
or Alexandra, says the same, as 10 u stated
by Eusebiup, who rsfera to work Of Clement
F nov lat the h5RoPosSsSpI 81 IrspY nus
tulllAn, foont, MAtoionem, Id. I u OriGen,
[apud E1seb., lib, 81 st, AugustIn, tDe Con-
S AZ me &, esS.
fact. At the end Of this version are the words,
there ends the gospel Of Marx, which he spoke
spd T Tro's In Il LA1 p =. Rome"
10 again Attosted By an amount OF monu.
mental evidence which IL SUFFICIENT to con.
nee nee ihs most sasptlSal. TAis evidence is
mural descriptions, and the very tomb Of
the apostle Peter, Oaius, a priest q the Ro'
man church 10 the second ard thru "a, cen Z.
In vindloatlon Of the faith preserved at Roms,
as received from the apostles can show
you the trophies L. q the apostles f9r, whether
We shall meet with the tropics Of the founders
Of this church, lAdvers. Proc. apud. Euseb.
P; nS The %sEn,issssnt SSsliS o. 81
spot where that apostle ~ Tered death for the
faith, and the church OF st. Paul'G, In the
same city, matks the place were Paul was be-
Eussbius, book Of his history, asserts uus.
qulyooAlly, that "PAul WAS behe AIDED and Peter
srueined at Rome 10 the reign OF NoroI TIL. 70
evidently proved by the monuments Oh which
their names are inscribed, and which to this
day loutth century, are seen In the eems-
81. Jerome IDs Script. EeeleI says Of Peter,
eater he had been bishop Of the Church Of
Antioch, And had preaehed to a.. eonysr,s
the Sssoad wear on ClaudluS tgenf 10 Roms 10
pTiestly chair during twenty-five yeArh, down
sro'gned VITA IaartgrdoH By etuclnxion,
Beng ouIted ~ Komf, on me Netlean Hill, he
reeeivea me yeneration o. the whole city"
c,i,r ,ne .,s ~ ,h aaIneea apoyel We ne
20 historical Tact more ineontesubly estab.
nshed thsn That o. 81. Peters having been A.
h9me ana mere nnered mnrtyrdomi whence y
follows that we are compelled either 70 admit
mat Aet or reject All historical testimony
w M. . 10 not snrptlslns, thepeiote,
tAnt side have had the eandor to aoknowlodEe
IBIS iaet, a. Gave, Usher, OAsAubon, Ohamler,
blondel, Selden, Nedal, Hammond, Pearson
NOR S,no ST9Sp' SSssRh SsshSeI' I1hn P XIV
Ter, and others.
", NE n,ss mentioned o. these authors l,ys;
peter was At Rome, aud for some time resided
there" tS0e, ApoSt. s. PetTuG.l NoteyeD did
oSlyin himself deny that Peter died At Rome
| % account OF the Agreement among ieTa,
he says, 81 do not deny that he died there
lInsttt, book q Oh. 81 Among the numeroul
eStIsets from Lsrdner, MiehAeis and Gave,
which Adam CLARK, the distinguished common
tator on the Scriptures, has introduced iuto
his compilations, We Ind the following re-
Pp s I ,Is 70 ~. Peters martyFdom A.
tradioted, dlsinterehted testimony Of Anelsni
writers IN the several parts OF the world
Greeks, Latlns, and syrians. Nevei
was any other place named besides Romei mo-
did any other city ever glory In the mArtyrdon
OF Peter, There were, In the second and thir'
eenturles, disputes between the Bishop o
the time OF teopinE Easter and about the bAp
nm OF heteues, YET none denied the Blshol
o. Rome what they called the Chair OF Peter
tdinsd BY early aHd well Stteated traditions. l
any make a. III ii-T's q such facts We are no
tory. the SoaseS1sn scO Of u" Which Would i" !
f'Riitl tsr A.vIu. produced such an array of wi,
nesses, not Gully from among the early writsr
Of the Church, but also from the itstsment
.S n9S .s.t P.tss az IA
Rome, 1t may appear Supernuous to notice IN
objections which DR.. Sunderland has raised OF
s%O0Sy USy sIa o aTS
tation and ErAtuitouH Imposition, II We can
not accord the Rev; Doctor the merit Of histo
tutlcai fenearch ana logical hcument We mus
ceftaiply allow that he has q wonderful fAoIl
ity for the mystlncatlon Of facts. In hi
heightened essay, (for It cannot be called ArEu
ment,) he indulEes In six considerations gains
the fact OF Peters having been at Rome, an
we shall proceed to examine them separately
!, There II no evidence In the Blbla tina
Peter was at Rome, while there IL eyldsno
that he was elsewhere,n The second part o
this proposition IL a brilliant piece OF reason
Ing. Does u follow that because a man hA
been at some time In New York and PhilAdel
Ehia' no therefore nsvsr was In Warrington
The seuond part Of tho assertion IL equal,
unteuahle. Does the New Testament infoTn
US OF all that Christ and his apostles said ani
didi DR.. Sunderland no doubt observes tn
Sunday or frat day OF the week 40 q religion
holiday, and perhaps would be greatly scAn
dalized u the horaes Att4ohed to the street
ears had bells, and made some noise Of
that day. But whore doeh the Bible tel
" 81 the obligation OF keeping the Sun
uy ulslnetly sets apart the Saiurda
ot we seventh day Of the week, fer religion
ooseIyhnee, put not the Sunday, Therefore
aee9I,SSlnt 70 Doctor Sunderland'a reasoning
'.S,hi shouIa 70 BACK 70 the Jswial
piAouee' or ne muat abandon bis biblical At
R1n,ps 70 sot aslae me iaot that Peter was q
b hs, but Mter All 70 mere not the highes
aesIee o. prooAoiliI that the New TehtAmen
SHes a nesiy stste thla aeti 81. Peter date
hs htN eplstle RON babylon, and we hay'
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