The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-14
RELIGION In GERMANY.
The Church Movement i'm tho
Empire.
The Dollinger Excitement Dying out--Activity
Of the Ultramontanes-what Assurances Did
tho Emperor Give the Pope l-Enlight-
ened German Catholics and Pro-
testants - Protestant Intoe--
ancs-A Thorough Reform.
BERLIN, April 27, 1871.


BERLIN, April 27. 1871
There are bur few who adhere TO the belief thac
the movement which now aRitates the Catholic
Church Is not schism but simply an ternal strife
which viii terminate by the submission OF bOth
episcopacy and laty TO the established discipline Of
the Church. 1t Is true that until now the Clergy, The
real ecciesta regnans with but few EXCEPTIONS have
acKnOwl lodged the unlimited authority Of The Pope.
The great question Is whether or not large numbers
OF the laity the serpiens, Will openly cease
to obey and It would seem that in many sections OF
Germany they Preparing to do 80. If the schism
which undoubtedly exists between the Roman Pom
tin AMI the boilers from the Ecumenlcal Council
were healed by radical reformors OF energetic turn
It would have already shaken the rock or St Peter
to It's very foundation. But IL must not be forgotten
that Dbnger and his disciples are priests and were
brought up from their earliest infancy as piOus
Catholics, who. not Ike the fanatic pilgrims OF
old, Will not make two steps yard without max
Ing one backward.
ACTIVITY OF THE UirRAMoSTANEs.
1t is wonderful to behold the antllke activity dis
played by the ultramontanes IN semmng the current
OF the age, which has unquestIonably deerorared
at least the temporary scanoldlng OF the Church Of
Rome. There Is not u Catholic community III Ger
many the priest OF which, closely watched BY the
DlSnOp docs eXI0rt MS HOOK 10 continue SCelO-
fast III the faith, and not nobleman, statesman or
any influential individual who Is not taken In hand
far more stringenty than any political organization
ever attempted anu made to work IN behalf OF the
cause which the orthodox managers conceive as tho
exclusive medium OF salvation. And again, what
wonderful silence and what a system Ct secrecy
characterizes this antke work to which L. Is this
undeniaDlc merit OF DollinQer to have impaired new
and unwonted energy and vigor. Fully three months
ago depuiatlon Of the Slesian Knights OF Malta,
headed by the Duke OF Ratibor, and another OF tho
Rnenish-W estphalian knights II Malta, headed BY
Baron Won ScliOremer. FRIED to Versailles and
put into the hands Of The Emperor an address
in favor OF the independence OF the Pope Not
word or the answer gwen them by the Em-
peror has since transptred IN the columns OF the
ever baDbling press. they kept 1t from everybody,
GLOWING y TO De revealed only now, when shey zee
peculiar circumstances, Professionals ana Cathohcs
fighting side 10y side against the French Zoe the En-
pcror might have enIoined secrecy upon them.
And where can another organization be found whcu
" uld so fully keep similar instructons2 Now.
however, when the utmost efforts are making to
enlist the sympathies Oi The German government IN
behalf OF the Church OF Rome they for The frs time
Germanfa-the Emperors reply. IL Is SAID to have
been to the following efect:-My sentiments To-
Catnohc subjects, nave always peen the same. I
look upon the occupation OF Rome as an act oil viO-
the termination OF this war / will. In connection
with other monarchs, consider upon steps TO DO
taken against 1t.
or course sudden revelation like tins acts like
bombshell obscures the real points nj ISSUE TO
Germany and its Catholics IL IS question or no I'm
portanoe whether the Pope remains as sovereign at
the head OF the Papal State. This may interest she
Italians. but Tor the rest Of the world the Pope IL
Chief or the Church, whether residing in Rome or
Madrid, Brussels, Munich, or Cologne. The unques-
tonaDie wish OF the
ENLIGHTENED GERMAN CATHOLICS AND PROTEST.
Is 10 live together in peace and quiet and to con.
slider all sectaran differences purely domestic and
little encouraged by the existing laws. under which
AZ every step IN public and social lie, from tine
be answered, .Wnat IS your religious con- essionW
Take up the official paper OF the government read
column after column OF the names OF those who,
regardless OF the states claims upon them for mill
tary service have shaken the dust from their feet
ana become freemen on American sOtl-nasmuch
as the late ievles embraced oil the laDdwehr men
up TO forty-nve their number IL supposed from
10000 TO 12,O00-and you Will ind attached 70 each
individuals name hts creed, ~ copied from the
register Of births Look at tile lists OF fugniyes
from justice. ut those or witnesses civil tranSac-
tons, indeed at any documents or papers, and you
Will find that whenever individuals are spoken OF
government maintains such invldious and super
iuOus distinctions II IL natural that the citizens
situations generally read, "a servant, nut not .
Catholic, Is wanLed,h or Uice versa, "a clerk, bus
This undue interference works Sui more in
Jurl0usy In schools and colleges. Teachers who
refuse TO subscribe an orthodox confession OF faith
have chance OF appointment, he they ever so
learned and capable IN their respective branches.
Students OF law II they happen to be Jews, are told
at that they must never expect TO adorn the
bench unless they abandon their religion ana theO
logians who dare TO entertain opinion OF their
own or even go so far as To speak openly oil their
convictions respecting the ideal and historical Cnrlst
do 1t at the eminent risk OF being n Catholics, ex
communicated or II Professionals, ruled out by royal
evangelical consistorieS as heretics, and as forever
ineligible 10 the pulpit.
PROTESTANT INTOLERANCE.
II has been that the clergy OF Munich have
openly declared Just as was done only yesterday by
the entire clergy OF this city and the parishes III the
nnx sfrpn AAA IL
ing To consult the members or their charges, that IN
the matter OF Observances and or fath the only and
highest authority the Church; that the clergy IL
divine body OF shepherds, and that wherever the
Pope and bishops are there Is the Church Precisely
the same action mas Just been taken by the Hign
C0nsstory OF the Protestants OF Pomerana., IL has
decided III q spirit sInacking much more oil the SIX
teenth MAN OF the nineteenth century, what shall be
orthodox faith: has subjected learned doctors OF
theology To cr0s,-exannaiions worse than hose
under the Spanish lnqulsition AMI smitrsn them
with title OF heretics, because they hal founded
their religion on Holy Writ ana paid too little atten-
ton TO the utteranceS OF sym0oic books. We may
well desist from multiplying Instances To show how
much this hottest OF ooons-berty OF conscience-s
violated at tue nsgatiOn or with the consent ol the
government and how much
THOROUGH REFORM
Is needed In this respect. Tnat similar. necessity
Is felt by the German israelies may be inferred from
the grand conference held here last week, IN which
no less than 1lty-nine German towns and cities were
preparatory the Israelite Synod. to be held next
uiy, In Augsburg, Bavaria. Tue aforesaid CONFER
ence was presided over " MT hona po Lep
applied for admission. This progress, the president
said partly owing TO the political achievements
In Germany, though the great war which effected
them had brought TO view evils which might be
averted in future by united action and effort. IL was
positive fact that almost nothing had been done.
for the religious welfare OF soldiers oil Mosaic faith.
and that even voluntary offers made 20, the War De-
partment were at first declined and Dot accepted,
until order 10 do so was resolved Lom the Enl-
peror himself