The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-27

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rule he SAID, "than the average Of our young
question Of the celOaCy Of the priesthood WIN also
Little nope is placed by the old Catholics in
THE ACTION OF THE GOVERNMENTS
Is impossible for the State to mix itself dlfect IN
the religions question at issue. This Is for the
Catholics OF Germany themselves to decide. what
the old Catholics now demand and expect Is that
they shall be acknowledged by the government the
Catnoiic Church, with which the governments had 10
10 1etore ne pronunciation OF the dogma In ls tn
dogma OF infallibty nor virtually the Church that
prom1lgates the dogma; The old Catholics say
DOGMA was issued they formed part OF the Catho-
lie church. had their churches and enjoyed the
tered their religious tenets, while the intallibists
have. They 1.-THE old Caunolics) have therefore
tnat is. in so far the communities demand them.
the cnurches and the Church property belong TO the
the governments have 10 decide.
FROM BAVARIA NOTHING is EXPECTED;
but the committee desire to show by the september
Congress that It Is the churchess people that de-
mand their churches back again. The Initiative is
looked for from Prussia; but Bavaria has gwen one
to- VINO, being ACKNOWLEDGEMENT reused to
cease his ecclesiastical functions in his
its aid in executing the eccleslastical sen.
tence deciding that as long as the community
Wished Their pastor ne should remain; And he Is
The Whole movement must, therefore, he OF the
people, and then the government Will be pressed to
CatnoIic Church Is HnavoidaDe. The liberals them
teresting were
THE WORDS OF PROFESSOR RENKENz
Gus one 10 the State. We stood upon the Terrace
OF the SchlOSs looking down on the city In the sun
s anu y,e to me SI a
horizon. The Professor was Of the opinion that
since the government especially the prus,
laws Of the state and in view O. the fact
the CONFLICT with she State the Jssuils had urged
their nocKs to resistance of the law 1t was as much
put an end to the excitement as It was for versailles
to put down the Commune. III" said he 1.-THE
Commune declare tenets conflicting with the State
the State steps IN with its powerful hand; why,
then, shall it not step in when traitorous principles
are preached as religious duties. thereby making
Pope's assumption OF iniability. "LOok at these
That same Louis XIV. VINO let loose slaughter and
IRE and desolation upon the beautiful Palatinate
ana made this old castle rum, ne 1t was VINO
began his downfall: And from the day when
Pope Plus the Ninth 1nsulted the Church by his
words 4 am the tradition soon began, too, his
downward course" must say that we were all
struck with the comparison, right or wrong AS we
there too of the delegates received letters
from Stelermark IN which the Information was
gwen that the Germans working In the manuiac.
tories had declared for DR.. D0llinger, and were
forming old Catholic communities.
REPORTS OF PROGRESS
came In at the time from Hungary and Austria.
The thirteen Hungarian bishops, however, have ac-
copied the dogma The inactivity OF Strossmayer
was criticised
FROM MUNICH
nothing new was reported. D0llinger's election TO
the rectOrate OF the University has been sore de-
feat to the utramontanes. Frledrichs Plank Riehl,
Pettenkoffer Zetel ana Cornelius, elected Unlvers-
Icy Senators. were all antl-infallibillsts.
THE EXC0MMUNICATED DoLLINGER
has now charge over all the Faculties; the whole
intercourse OF the University, with the clerical and
worldly authorities. Will DE directed by nlm. The
Jesuits have hitherto proudly termed Nunlch "The
Catholic City" and considered the University as the
High School OF Jesuitism but what VIII they say
nOw when Munich has become the middle point
Of the present movement and that Unworthy is the
very III Germany first TO make as its representa-
tive the chief priest OF the oppositons SAID TO
members OF the Munich Committee Of ActiOn-"But
! hear that the clerical papers say that the Papal
anathema will shortly be visited upon the University
sole answer eve have capital lightning conduc-
tor on the building" The answer Is apparently
trivial, but 1t shows plainly That Bavarians
pleasant consciousness that, although as many
anathemas are spent on the University as on the
Jackdaw OF Rheims that stole tine bishops ring,
strange TO say'' nobody Is q penny the worse.
The result may, however, be that the Catholic
theological students may be III great part forbidden
to visit the lectures. The fate OF the University Is
anXlously awaited. ! should Ike to tell you some
more interesting but non-theolo2ical incidents or
the Heidelberg excursion yesterday but must re-
frain, as my letter Is already long.
AT DUSK
descended from the castle into the city, and the
evening was spent by the priestly and professional
delegates IN discussing theology and the hopes for
the future. return impressed more than ever with
the greatness OF the movement and the high
character OF the men at Its head The Munich Con-
gress Will be Of unusual interest and will virtually
decide the question of cold Catholic" success or
defeat.