The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-10-22

] The following is ,the programme Of tho
bollinger party, drawn mp by the under
signed, aud read and, with slight verbal
alterations, adopted at their Congress" "
/ Munich: 49,
| Church Catholic, and in enjoyment of all
lts rights, and we will not allow ourselves
to be excluded either from the community
| Of the Church or from the religions and civil
| rights resulting for rs from that community.
We declare that the ecclesiastical CEN
snres pronounced against rs are without
object and arbitrary.
Placing ourselves on the ground OF the
act of faith such as It .is contained in the
symbol Of Trent, we repel the dOgmas de-
creed under the Popedom Of Plus TX. In
contradiction to the doctrine of the Church
and the principles followed by the Council
of the Apostles, notably the dogma OF the
infaiiibiiity and of the sovereign and inn
mediate Jurisdiction of the Pope as ordinary.
We firmly maintain the ancient constitu-
ton Of the Church. We repet every at
tempt to deprive the Bishops Of the imme-
date and Independent government of their
several churches.
We repudiate the doctrine contained in
the Vatican DEGREES, that the Pope ia the
sole representative instituted by God of all
authority aud power in the Church, because
such doctrine 10 in opposition to the Canon
of the Council of Trent, according to which
there exists hierarchy of bishops, priests
and deacons, instituted by God.
We recognize the primacysef the Bishop
of Rome, such as it was racognized by the
Fathers and Councils in the ancient Chris
tian Church, undivided ih"virtue of the
Scripture.
(a) We declare that dogmas cannot be
and the assent, express or tacit, of bishops
who have taken an oath of absolute obedi-
ence to the Pope. Dogmas can only be de-
fined in conformity with Holy Scripture
and the ancient tradition of the Church,
such as it ia contained in the Fathers and
though possessed, as the Council of the
Vatican was, of the exterior conditions
necessary to give it the weight of an ecu
menical council, yet which, with the unani-
nous assent of it's members, has ignored
the foundations and past history of the
Church, could not issue DEGREES having tile
power of binding the consciences Of mem
6ers of the Church.
(b) We declare that the decisions of
Council have to be recognized by the reli-
gious sentiment of the Catholic world and
by Catholic science, as being in conformity
with the original and traditional faith Of
the Church. We claim for the Iaity and
clergy of the Catholic Church, as also for
the Catholic scientific theology, the right
of testimony and of opposition in the bust
ness of fixing the dogmas of the faith.
(c) We demand q reformation in the
Church in concurrence with theological and
canonical learning. Such reformation ought
to be made in conformity with the spirit of
the ancient Church. 1t ought TO remove the
abuses and vices existing at present, and
above all it ought to satisfy the just desire of
the Catholic populations to take part in the
! affairs of the Church.
We declare that the Church of Utrecht
IA ~. nf
consequently that in matter Of dogma there
is no opposition between it and ne.
We hope to be reunited with the Greek,
Oriental and Russian Churches, which have
been separated without any absolute neces-
sity, based on an essential dogmatic differ
ence. We hope that by the Way Of science
and the progress of Christian civilization o
gradual understanding will at last be
brought about with the other Christian de-
nominations, especially with the Protestant
and Episcopal Churches of England and
the United States, ON condition of the 70
(d) We consider the study Of science to
be indispensable for the education of the
Catholic clergy. We consider as dangerous
the artificial exclusion Of the clergy from
the intellectual culture of our age, and
their clustered seclusion in seminaries and
ott er establishments of superior iustruc-
ton under the direction of the Bishops.
We demand that the laical authority do
concur in the education and formation of a
body Of clergy, who shall be moral, piuus,
learned in science and patriotic.
We demand for the clergy, and the, lower
orders especially of the clergy, a fitting
position, emancipated from ali tyranny on
the part of the hierarchy. We repel the
right of arbitrary removal of the inferior
clergy, AsaoUibilitas ad nutu,n, introduced
by the French law.
(e) We recognize the constitutions guar
anteeing the civil liberty and humanitarian
civilization Of our country. For that rea.
son we repudiate the dogma of the absolute
authority of the Pope, which is a menace
to the State, and we declare that we mean
to support Loyalty and firmly our Govern
ment against the characterization dogmati
cally propounded in the Syllabus.
1t being manifest that the so-called
Company of Jesus" has been the cause of
the fatal ruin now existing in the Church,
! and forasmuch as that order has abused its
power to propagate and uphold in the HER
archy of the clergy and amongst the people
| tendencies hostile to civilization, danger
GUS to the State and anti-nationaI; more
over, that the said order teaches and prac-
tices, false and corrapting morality, We
hereby eXDrosa conviction +bo+