The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-01-08

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spplicstion 81 ths pre- M = ~
NapoiAon - protested a ~ Helena, and
apparently with truth, that he was not privy Il
to the actnal seizure Of the Pope, and that
when he first received the news nc was ~, M
it requires no argument to show, that neither
Miolls nor Radet would have veptured on such
step unless they has. been well assured aa ina.
structiOiis, at least to the secret wishes OF the
emperor. at is of little moment" says IrIb-
andeau "whesheT NapoleSn ords.v 's seizure r. Ire
protitted by itand took upon himselftts whole
responsibility"
Bossuet has assigned the reason with his us
ual elevation of thought why s"cl, a spoia- |
tion of all the supreme pontif oH secular
be to ssss
''that the church, the common MO: aer, OF all |
nations, should be independent OF all in its
temporal affairs, and that the common center to
which all the faithful should look for the uni
ty of their faith, should be placed i'll q sftua-
ton above the partialities, which the different
| interests and jealousies OF states might occa.
| sion. The church independent in its head of
all temporal powers, finds itself in Il situation
more freely to exercise for the common good
and protection of christian kings, it's celestial
power of ruling the mind when it holds in
the right-hand the balance even amidst 80
many empires, often in q state OF hostility: 1T
maintains unity in all its parts, sometimes by
| indexible DEGREES and sometimes by sage con-
cessions." The principle which calls for the
| independence of the head of the church from
all temporal sovereignties, is tho same which
| requires the emancipation of its subordinate
ministers from dependence on the contribution
| of their tiocks. Human nature in every rank
is the same, the thraldom OF vice and passion
ia felt alike in the cottage, as on the throne.
The subsection of the supreme pontiH to the di-
rect control of France or Austria, is as fatal to
his character and responsibility as the control
of the rural congregations is to the utility of
the village pastor. Equity in Judgment,
whether in temporal OF spiritual matters, can
never be attained except by such as are indie
pendent of those to whom the Judgment is to
be applied coercion of vice, whether in hum
BILE or exalted stations, can never be effect
ed by those who depend upon that vice for
their support; the due direction of thought can
u never be given but by those who are not con-
strained to bend' to the thoughts of Others.
It will erer be the great object Of Tyranny whe-
Their regal or democratic, to beat down this CEN
trail Independent authority to render the censors
of morals subservient to the dominant power
and under it's specious pretence of emancipating
mankind from spiritual shackles, i'll effort
, to subject to o far more grievous temporal OPP
preston:
l The immutabiiity of the Roman Catholic
e church amidst all these disasters, is not the
q least remarkable circumstance in this age OF
2 wonders. 1t appeared unchanged when the
deluge subsidized on the fall of Napoleon. 1t sur
!, vived alike the captivity of the Pope and the
u overthrow of his temporal power, Again
. doomed to death the milk-white hind was
y rites had been performed over the ashes of
: Plus vi. great reaction had commenced
e which, after the lapse of more than forty years
appears to be still in progress. Anarchy had
g its day, a new order of things had arisen out
. of the confusion,-new dynasties, new laws
- new titles; and amidst them emerged the an,
Gent religion. The Arabs have fable that
r the great pyramid was built by the autediu
e. Wan kings, and alone of all the work of man
IS bore the weight of the flood such as this was
q under the great nundation but its deep foun
i dations had remained mistaken; and when
the waters asated it apr. red alone
j away. The republic of Holland was gone
n and the empire of Germany, and the grea
g council of Venice, and the Holy Helv.tiai
q parliaments and aristocracy of France. Eu
rope was full of young creatures, Frencl
If empire. kingdom Of Italy, q Confederation Q
only territorial limits and political institutions
II The destruction of the property, the compost
ton and SPIRIT OF soe,esy mad en1oasn gIs
,, change. But the interchangeable Church sacas still
st the sFsSy,,.+ doc. the pone mean p, Raid S.no,oo
~ to Eugene, in July, 1907, "by the threat of ez
20 communicating met Does he think the worl
- - has gone back a thousand years! Does
suppose the arms sriI fall from the hands Of n,
J.. soldiers; and the hosts apparently invincible
Of which he had collected, were dispersed an
of ruined by the blasts of winter. "The weapons G
a. the soldiers says Segur, in describing the Rms
"a weight to their stiffened arms. During thei
ID frequent falls they fell from their hands; ant
= ~ destitute of the power of raising them up froI
u the ground, they were left in the snow. The
e. did not throw them away, famine and hung'
tore then, from their grasp" Salgues, in g" Nj
~ moirs pour Historic Generate de la FrDmce sou
" Napoleon" says! '"The soldiers could no longe
ce hold their weapons, they fell from the hant
nt even of the bravest and most robust" He e!
~ torted from the supreme Portif fnntan,
" bleau in 1913, after the terrors and eNhausto
We of long captivity, remuneration at the RICH
IL. of the Church over the Roman Safes an
ed within a year after, be himself was compeilt
liz at FoHtdinebIedu, to sign the abdiGation of a
is, his dominons. He consigned Cardinal Pace
Ia and several other prelates the cnnrageo
be counsellors of the bull of excommnmcation
49, n dreary imprisonment of four years amid
y the snow of the Alps; and he himself w
IL y, shortly after doomed to painful exile of 8
OIL on the rock of st. Helena! There is somethir
BILE in these marvellous condolences beyond I'll
ldi operations of chance, and which even Pr
his testant historian feels bound to mark for t
ID observation of future ages. The world b
NAT not gone back thousand years, but that bell
eli | existing with whom Thousand years is
i one day, and one day thousand years. Al
uei without ascribing these events to any dew
Che ton from ordinary laws, supposing that t
common Father ''who sees with equal eye,
Lord of all, the varied modes of worship
his different creatures, had interposed in
a, peculiar manner in favor of any partcul
emit the humble belief, that the laws of the mol
I'd world are of universal application; and the
lry are limits to the oppression of virtue even
sol this scene of trial; and that when power g
waited on the ascendancy of passion and erin
in n has gone such length, as TO outrage alike