The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-14
Dollinger vs.. Ooliinger.

10 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
The following extracts from DR.. Won D0llinger's
work, .'Church and Churches" furnish the best
argument against his recent course that can be adj
duced, and they OF particular interest TO the
readers of your journal at the present time hope
you will publish them. When any man who has
considered the claims Of the Church admits her In
faibtlity as an expounder In matters OF faith
and morals. he must, as . corollary, also admit the
infalibility OF the Pope to the same extent. How
absurd then, is the position OF D0llinger. who.
Catholic admits the infalllbiy Of the Church, and
get when that Church has defined an article OF
faith in an authoritative manner. speaking as the
voice OF the Holy Ghost, he qubbles ana questions
the truth OF the decision The Church, a. human
agency, up to the time when the Holy Spirit illu.
mined the understandings OF her bishops in council
used all worldly means to discover the truth. In.
quiry, criticism and discussion were exhausted,
aided by the prayers Of the faithful In every land.
Dollinger too had his say through his book
Janus before the definition was made, and now,
not content with all that. he asks to reopen the
inferior court win let him snow up his own In
consistency He says beginning on page 45:-
Outside of the Catholic Church has become
bouness as beng absolute as one which recognizes no
law sapaDe Of controlling All these and
the restricted that be imagined,
have openly
tina, purpose to maintain the laws and of the
Church has long mad It's estab ordinances
s %
am s THIS as sD s S
dcnce to itself on the part Of individual churches cal
We'll gropndei in snowledss Of ecclesastcai legislation
IN @ % s s Sh. @
Church ordinances rests according to the Catho
Tor Of the fap. no e
W s or a a ns
acknowledge
He quotes, in confederation Of what he has writ.
The Pope bound by the nature the institutions OF the
Catholic Church, whose head he is within certain limits,
conhaed him for the building up not the de-
He next quotes from the great American scholar,
the late Archbishop OF Baltimore. who says In his
"Primacy OF the Apostolic See':-
The faithful sufficiently protected against the abuse OF
power by the freedom of their own conscience, which
T Pope sHf Ms
are only naS.r As they are &C.
And we read on page 47o the following:-
One thing however, certain. amds. all one
!. WIN q.
me SS. $ I. s IN ASKED wh.ns:
*. rsy. sem VA S' no % ssss
able BY human % NJ e s earth strong
ropew s destruction they effect i.
All that human can do 10 TO compel 70 make
ermage and for longer or shorter tnc keep its seat
from Rome And lastly this chair will be destroyed
because indispensable and rreylaoabie for The
keystone OF the whole building Of the Church
earnest fulfilled the given purpose of God; that
10, TO embrace all humanity, and find all ma
tions. The Papacy win continue because God wills ~ be-
every Catholic believes In because two hundred
of parts Of the world III because
every who knows the condition OF the world
edges H. The Pope cannot dare not teach otherwise than
these hundred millions believe. and have long believed
And these millions will must have the Popewil allow
him 10 be taken from hem--wil not suffer him TO fall.
Americans VIII md this book very interesting es-
peciay the chapter on p. 219-2a9.
A CATHOLIC.