The New York herald., 1870-05-15


Fathers attea ing the CoancL The Ecumen cal
papec reads as loDows.
A Doamatic Decree Catholic Faith
Confirmed and Promulgated in the Third
Public Session OF the Vatican Council,
Held i'm st. Peters, Rome, ON Low
Sunday, Apr,i IA, 1870.
Plus BISHOP. SERVANT OF THE SERVANTS OF GOD,
VITA THE Apl ROTATION or THE HOLY COUNCIL,
FOR A PERPETUAL REMEMBRANCE HEREOF
our Lord Jesus Ch.lst the son OF GOD and the
1edeener Vf anSInd, whel about 10 return TO His
Heavenly Fathe., promised that He would be with
His Ch rch, Militant on eartn all Gays, even 10 the
consumm Il o. of IN world. Wherefore He has
never at any { me IA led TO be with Ills beloved
sp use, 10 assst her IN her teaching 10 bless her In
her iaours, TO d her Ia DANGER And this His saving
pioyi ency unc asnQy displayed Ia count ess Othyr
blessi gs. Is most cedrly made manifest by those
very aDludan fruits which nave come to the
Christ an world rom ecumenlcai coOncs, ana
es ec.a ly from tha1 OF Trent, although 1t was
hed III evil Is. For thereby the hoy doc
truts o. relgon were more distinctly defined and
more fully set lo'th; errors were condemned
and lest aimed: tRereby eccles. asst cal discipline
was restore and more hrny established; zeal
for learning am pity was promoted among The
OF young men for the sacred ministry: and finally
the practis3 Lh!isJa morality was restored
among the peoi lie by more careful distraction and
more uent use u the sac. anents. Helce arose,
likewise c.oser u non u the members with the
visible head ana enewed Strength to the entire
mys lcal DOJ Chllst; hence the increased mum
Der OF leig. Us COmuluIiLleS ami Of otner nsltu-
tons oi Cnrsian plety; hence also, that unc asing
Kingdom OF Car.st throughout the world. Nevertne-
less While with becoming gratitude we call TO mind
these ana The inay other remarkable benefits which
the goodness vi God has bestowed on The Church
chiehy through tie ldss Ecumencal Counci We can
not suppress our utLer sorrow for the grevous evils
which have cnl~ns sprung from many having de-
spled ne au,n rity ol tne Aforesaid sacred Council,
or having neglected 10 observe It's most wise
DEGREES.
For Is known TO all that the heresies which the
Fathers OF Iren Ion emned, AMI which rejected the
Divine auIhorl OF the Church TO teach, and instead
subjected al, things belonging TO religion 10 the
Judgment Of ,a;l individual, We're, in course OF
tlme broked up lt0 many sscls and tnar, as these
differed ana d.s IuJed wi h each other, 1t came to
pass, at th, hit all behef IN Christ was
thrown In the mud, OF not few. And so, the
sacred Scriptures themselves, which they had at
first neld up as the only source and Judge OF Chris
tsn doctrine, were 10 longer held IA divine, but,
on the u,rary, begaa 10 ue counted among mstls
and iabes 1nen arose ana spread toJ widely
through the world rnat doclrine OF rationalism or
pJint as being sdpernat ra lnsttuon, labors with
al It's might 70 exclude christ, VINO Is our only Lord
from the ife and the morals of nations,
ana SO to es abllsh, instead, the rein VI
mere eas1n as TN call IT, or ol nature. And thus
wing o SAX ana cIst away the Christian le gion
having denied the e. ne God and HIS Chlls the minds
oi many nave a. las fallen into he aOyss OF panthe
Ism, maerla Ism ana ATHEISM; SO mat now repudl-
ating the reasyIng nature OF and every rule OF
risne and w4o. X uey are laborng TO overthrow the
very iounaa ions OF human society.
Moreover, AS TINS iinpious doctrine Is spreading
evesywh re IL has unfortunately come TO pass that
NOT few ev n tie chl iren OF the Catholic Chur,h
have wand iei from the Wy or true pley, and as
the truth 9rIuua IL decayed III their minds The
olic sentiment gew fdlnJer In them. For, being led
away by yariOas d ST. aAge doctrines, and wrongly
c0lloundin9 ma ure and glace human science and
divine faith, n y nave perverted the true sense OF
the doc rnes winch GU holy moiher the Church
ho DIS and |, ach S. and have endangered the integ
rity ana tn c.liys. laln.
Now, looking at hil these things, how can the
Church iai to be moved her lnnern0st heartYi For
inasnucu as God wis all men ~ be SaSeI and TO
come 10 tile knOwled- d-e of tine truth, Inasmuch as
Christ came t. save tnat which was lost ana 10 Ga
ther Together IN one lie cnllcren OF God that were
dispersed, so lie Church. esaDl. shed by Goi as the
mother and IN st.ess OF ndliJns, feels tlat is
debt0r unto and ready and earnest to raise
up The fa en- TO strengthen the W AK TO take TO her
bosom thoss tnat Ieturn aud to confirm the good
and cairy them on TO be,er things. Wherefore, at
no time can alb slain IRON bearing witness To and
preaching the all ealing truth OF God; know ng that
ii has been Sd 10 her, My spirit that Is III thee,
and my WU ds that have put in thy mouth, snail
not depart out vi ny mouth IRON henceforth and Tor
ever" lisa. IN, 2l.)
Wherefore following in the footsteps Of our prede
Cessors, aid in u Gment OF our supreme Apostolic
duty, We have omitted to teacn and to protect
The Ca. .hoc L.uth, AMI to reprove pervetse tea h-
lngs. And now, he bishops of the whole wor
being gathered ether In This Ecumenica Council
by Uur auLnOri y, aud In the Jy Ghost and sitting
the elm aud judging with u.s. we, guided by the Word
oi God botn written and handed down by tradition,
we ba recei, ed II, sacredy pre5e and truly
set iOrth Dy tue catholic Church have determined to
profess and dec are from this char OF Peter, and III
the sigh OF all tie ng doctrine OF Christ; and In
the power gwen To I ON God 10 prescribe and
condemn the opposing errors.